‘Goodbye to the King’ – how papers across the world reacted to Pele’s death

File photo dated 16-07-1966 of Brazilian football player Pele at Goodison Park, Everton, during a World Cup training session. Brazil great Pele has died at the age of 82, his family have announced on social media. Issue date: Thursday December 29, 2022.

The death of football great Pele on Thursday provoked grief from around the globe as the world’s papers rushed to hand tributes to the three-times World Cup winner.

Here is how some of the papers reacted: