By AFPMore by this AuthorSAO PAULOPele was released from a Sao Paulo hospital on Monday, his Brazilian doctors said, two days after the football great had surgery to remove a kidney stone. The three-time World Cup winner was admitted to the Albert Einstein hospital last Tuesday, after returning from France where he had received treatment for a urinary tract infection. "The patient ... was discharged from hospital this morning," his doctors said in a statement. Pele had an operation on Saturday to remove the "kidney stone," which the hospital had previously described as a "ureteral stone." Pele, who is widely considered to be the greatest footballer in history, spent almost a week in a Paris hospital after falling ill following an appearance at a promotional event with France striker Kylian Mbappe.

Source: Daily Nation April 15, 2019 19:07 UTC