Fresh fears over Pele’s health

The Brazil football legend Pelé has been moved into a special care unit in hospital in São Paulo, according to reports.
The 74-year old who won three World Cups during his glittering playing career was admitted to the Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo on Monday with a urinary infection. He had an operation at the same hospital on 12 November to remove kidney stones and was discharged three days later. On that occasion Pelé had been admitted with abdominal pains that forced him to cancel a book signing event in Santos, where he lives.
Tests showed that arguably the world’s greatest footballer was suffering from kidney and ureteral stones. “He is clinically stable and in recovery,” doctors said on his release from hospital on 15 November.