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Brazilian football icon Pele released from hospital

Xinhua, May 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Brazilian football legend Pele was discharged from hospital Saturday after prostate surgery, doctors said.

The 74-year-old was released in early morning after doctors performed a transurethral resection of the prostate and confirmed there no sign of tumors.

The only player to win three World Cup titles was treated at the same facility last year for a severe urinary tract infection. Endi