{"id":7220,"date":"2022-12-31T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/?p=7220"},"modified":"2022-12-31T15:00:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:00:22","slug":"john-mahama-mourns-world-soccer-king-pele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/john-mahama-mourns-world-soccer-king-pele\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>John Mahama mourns world soccer king Pele<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/ultimatesportsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pele-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7221\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed sadness at the passing of Brazil\u2019s Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known worldwide as Pel\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The greatest footballer in history died in S\u00e3o Paulo on Thursday, December 29, at age 82.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former President, in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency, said it was sad to hear the passing of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, simply known to the world as Pele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy heart goes out to his family and indeed the entire football fraternity across the globe,\u201d he said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brazil\u2019s Pele was one of the greatest footballers that ever lived, beautified the game and iconised the No. 10 shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe inspired many of us as children, some of whom grew up to become great footballers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe also was an icon for those of us who never got round to mastering the game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the brief moments we had the ball at our feet we dreamed that we were like the great soccer maestro.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Mahama said Pele was a respected global ambassador and symbol of courage, peace and hope for many, particularly the black race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRest in endless peace!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Lizzy Alhassan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed sadness at the passing of Brazil\u2019s Edson Arantes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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