This file photo taken on January 15, 2018 shows legendary Brazilian footballer Pele, smiling during the opening event of the 2018 Carioca Football Championship at Cidade das Artes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pele is in hospital after collapsing due to exhaustion, preventing him from travelling to London for an engagement this weekend, the English Football Writers Association (FWA) revealed on Friday, January 19, 2018. Pic/AFP

Brazilian football legend Pele is resting at home according to his spokesperson, who dismissed reports he had been taken to hospital with exhaustion. The 77-year-old was due to travel to London this weekend for a dinner held in his honour by the Football Writers Association (FWA). Pele -- the only player to win three World Cups -- withdrew and the FWA said he was being monitored by doctors. But his spokesperson called reports of his hospitalisation "fake news", BBC reported on Friday.