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Daniel Moxon

Lewis Hamilton pays tribute to Pelé and remembers football legend's touching gesture

Lewis Hamilton led tributes from the Formula 1 world after the death of football legend Pelé on Thursday.

Considered by many as one of the greatest footballers ever to play the game, the Brazilian won three World Cups with his country and became one of the first global soccer stars. He died in hospital in Sao Paulo, aged 82, after having received treatment for colon cancer.

Tributes poured in from across the sporting world and beyond after the news was shared by his daughter, Kely Nascimento, on social media. British F1 star Hamilton was one of whose who shared a public message of grief.

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