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Pele leaves hospital after urinary infection

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File photo shows Brazilian soccer legend Pele smiling during a news conference in Hong Kong 27. November 2014 

Brazilian soccer legend Pele has been released from hospital after treatment for a urinary infection that was discovered by doctors who were treating him for colon cancer, medics said on Monday.

Pele was discharged on Saturday, a statement from the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo said.

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