Football legend Pele will spend Christmas in hospital after a medical report showed that his cancer has advanced.
The football star's daughter, Kely Nascimento, said fan support was a "huge comfort" to him.
"Your love for him, your stories and your prayers are a HUGE comfort because we know we are not alone," she said in an Instagram post.It comes after recent reports from staff at the hospital suggested Pele was improving. "The patient continues to show improvement in the clinical status, in particular the respiratory infection. He remains in a regular room, is conscious and with stable vital signs," Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital said.
Pele had a tumour removed from his colon in September 2021 and has been going through chemotherapy in his battle against cancer.He won three World Cups with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and scored 77 times in 92 games for his country's national team.
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