Sao Paulo: Football great Pele arrived back in Brazil yesterday after a six-day hospital stay in France. The three-time World Cup winner was discharged from a Paris hospital late on Monday after treatment for an urinary infection following an appearance at a promotional event in the French capital with France striker Kylian Mbappe.

Pele,78, left the Sao Paulo-Guarulhos airport in Brazil in a wheelchair and was taken away by van. His discharge from hospital came after current Brazil star Neymar, who plays alongside Mbappe for PSG, paid him a visit in hospital in the Parisian suburbs.