Olympic Latest about Olympic Rio 2016: Pele pulls out of Olympic Games opening ceremony By FourFourTwo Staff published 5 August 16 Edson Nascimento Health problems have forced former Brazil star Pele to decline the opportunity to light the Olympic cauldron at the iconic Maracana. Edson Nascimento Get FourFourTwo NewsletterThe best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Who is the most expensive footballer of all time?2Who is the most expensive Premier League player of all time?3‘Even though it was late in the game, the Arsenal fans started singing my name. It felt like the moment I announced myself as a professional footballer’: Ex-Gunners star recalls scoring first senior goal as a teenager at Highbury4'I started to drive myself crazy': Former Manchester United midfielder explains why it all went wrong for him under Erik ten Hag5What Trent Alexander-Arnold's 'legacy' comment tells us about his future, following revealing interview
Rio 2016: Pele pulls out of Olympic Games opening ceremony By FourFourTwo Staff published 5 August 16 Edson Nascimento Health problems have forced former Brazil star Pele to decline the opportunity to light the Olympic cauldron at the iconic Maracana.
