Los Angeles Times (Sunday)

Pelé’s family meets at hospital

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Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November.

Doctors said last week that Pelé’s cancer had advanced, adding the threetime World Cup winner is under “elevated care” related to “kidney and cardiac dysfunctio­ns.” No other hospital statements have been published since.

Edson Cholbi Nascimento, one of Pelé’s sons and known as Edinho, arrived Saturday, one day after he gave a news conference to deny he would visit his father at the hospital. Edinho, who works for a soccer club in southern Brazil, had said then that only doctors could help his father.

Zeke Rankin kicked four field goals, including a 37yarder for the go-ahead score with 2:05 left, and Middle Tennessee State, which overcame a 14-0 first-quarter deficit, beat San Diego State 25-23 in the Hawaii Bowl . ... Former USC quarterbac­k Kedon Slovis is transferri­ng from Pittsburgh to Brigham Young, he announced on social media.

Jacksonvil­le Jaguars defensive lineman Dawuane Smoot, who is tied for the team lead with five sacks, is out for the remainder of the season after tearing the Achilles tendon in his right leg Thursday night against the New York Jets . ... Several members of the New York Giants were in Minnesota’s Mall of America when a shooting occurred Friday evening at the mall’s Nordstrom’s location. A few players were in the mall, and several players were in the team’s meal room, a meeting-type room just outside their hotel, which was adjacent to the mall. No one from the team was harmed in the incident, which left a 19-yearold dead in the shooting.

Reigning NBA Finals most valuable player Stephen Curry will miss at least two more weeks for Golden State as he recovers from a partial dislocatio­n of the left shoulder he suffered Dec. 14 in a game at Indiana.

Former UFC fighter and mixed martial arts announcer Stephan Bonnar died at 45 of presumed heart complicati­ons.

At least 27 people were injured when stands partly collapsed during a basketball game in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, health authoritie­s said.

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