Members of the Brazil National Guard are pictured as the casket of Brazilian football legend Pele is transported by the fire department, from his former club Santos’ Vila Belmiro stadium on January 3, 2023 | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazil said a final farewell to Pele on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly-divided country. … Read more
Football legend Pele has been laid to rest after having his coffin carried through the streets of Santos in Brazil, as the public paid their final respects to the sporting icon. Thousands of fans gathered to watch the procession to say their last goodbye to the three-time World Cup winner on Tuesday ahead of his … Read more
Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Group G – Brazil v Serbia – Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar – November 24, 2022 Brazil’s Neymar reacts after a challenge from Serbia’a Sasa Lukic REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli DOHA-Brazil duo Neymar and Danilo will miss their country’s remaining two World Cup group games and face a fight … Read more
Hibernian forward Martin Boyle will miss the rest of this season after undergoing surgery on his knee. The 29-year-old, who returned to Easter Road in August after a six-month spell at Saudi club Al-Faisaly, was forced off in Hibs’ 3-0 win over St Mirren in October. Boyle was still selected by Australia for the World … Read more
Tubi has picked up exclusive U.S. streaming rights to the supernatural thriller Bed Rest from STXfilms and Project X Entertainment. The film starring Melissa Barrera (In the Heights, Scream) will debut on the platform on December 7. The first feature helmed by Final Destination 6 scribe Lori Evans Taylor, Bed Rest follows Julie Rivers (Barrera), … Read more
Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker will miss the rest of the season after injuring his left knee in the fourth quarter of the ninth-ranked Volunteers’ loss to South Carolina on Saturday. Tennessee announced Sunday that Hooker had a torn ACL and thanked the fifth-year senior transfer from Virginia Tech for being part of the Volunteers’ resurgence. … Read more
Friends and family of actor/writer/director John Paragon paid tribute to him earlier this week, laying him to rest at Hollywood Forever in a unique urn that memorializes his character from Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Jambi the Genie. The purple and gold box containing his remains is a recreation of a similar Jambi box seen on the television … Read more
CNN — Government prosecutors and defense attorneys on Thursday announced they have finished presenting evidence in the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial, wrapping up a seven-week effort to argue whether five alleged members of far-right militia plotted to stop Joe Biden from assuming the presidency. For five weeks, prosecutors showed the Washington, DC, jury hundreds … Read more
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. Hong Kong CNN — World leaders are converging in Phnom Penh this weekend for the first in a series … Read more
A surge in an upper respiratory illness has shut down a Kansas City, Kansas, school and is filling pediatric wards around the metro area.Micah Nelson turned 9 months old on Wednesday. He’s being treated at the University of Kansas Health System for RSV and has been in and out of the pediatric ward of the … Read more