“On the throne of global football was Pele’s acclaimed record which says that he scored 1, 281 goals in 1, 363 games. This is true and false: Half-truth.” When Frenchman Jules Rimet became FIFA President in 1921, his mission was to wean football off the dominance of the Olympic Games, and project it as the most popular sport, unifying people from all walks of life. Rimet’s mission was no mean task considering the fact that the Olympics dates back to 776 BC – about 3,000 years ago, when the…
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