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Megan Rapinoe to retire following 2023 NWSL season

Megan Rapinoe announced her plan to retire from professional soccer following the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season.

The record-breaking forward will participate in her fourth and final World Cup with the U.S. women’s national team in July and August, before finishing the second half of the NWSL campaign to end her career.

"I’ve been able to have such an incredible career, and this game has brought me all over the world and allowed me to meet so many amazing people," Rapinoe said.

Pele transferred to palliative care after no longer responding to chemotherapy

Brazilian icon Pele has been transferred to palliative care after doctors discovered that he was no longer responding to chemotherapy. Pele has been receiving treatment for bowel cancer and was recently diagnosed with a respiratory infection during his latest spell in hospital, although he was soon stabilized in relation to the infection and could continue treatment on the cancer. According to Folha de Sao Paulo, chemotherapy was no longer having any positive effects on Pele and the decision was made to transfer the 82-year-old to palliative care, where he is receiving comforting meas...