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South Korea will resume its annual bell-tolling ceremony to celebrate New Year's Eve after two years of suspension due to COVID-19.

World football authority FIFA has asked organisers of football competitions around the world to observe a minute of silence at upcoming games to honour the late Brazilian great Pele - FILE PIC

Chinese travellers leave the arrival hall of Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, near Rome, on December 29, 2022 after being tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)

Ronaldo signed for Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia, the club announced, in a deal believed to be worth more than 200 million euros. The 37-year-old penned a contract which will take him to June 2025. Photo by Al Nassr Football Club/AFP

There are few, if any at all, whose passing evoked as many tears and tributes as when the world learned of the passing of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known to all as the great Pele.

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People walk by a mural depicting Brazil's late football players Pele (L) and Garrincha (R) at Tijuca neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 29, 2022, just hours after the passing of Pele at a Sao Paulo hospital. Pic by Mauro Pimentel/ AFP)

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A photograph of Brazilian football legend Pele displayed on a giant screen prior to the French L1 football match between Olympique de Marseille and Toulouse FC at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille on Dec 29, 2022. - (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)