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    Who was Pele’s wife Marcia Cibele Aoki and did they have children together?

    MARCIA CIBELE AOKI was married to arguably one of the best footballers of all time – Brazilian legend Pele.But she enters a period of grieving along with the footballing world as the legend has sadly passed away after severe health issues.
    Pele and Marcia confirmed their relationship in 2016Credit: Reuters
    She supported him both on and off the pitch, including during his final days.
    Find out more about who Marcia Aoki is below…
    Who is Pele’s wife Marcia Aoki?
    Born to parents Paulo Aoki and Isaura Aoki, Marcia is of Japanese descent.
    Pele’s wife was born in Sao, Paulo, Brazil, and has a brother named Carlos Alberto Aoki.
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    Marcia attended her local school in Brazil before heading off to high school to secure a bachelor’s degree, and that led to Aoki starting a business in the medical supplies sector.
    Aoki reportedly met Pele in the 1980s at a New York Party but they were rumors never surfaced of a relationship until 2010.
    And despite being pictured together often, the lovers never confirmed their relationship until July 2016 when they announced their marriage.
    Marcia is now Pele’s third wife.
    Most read in FootballPele – all you need to know about Brazil iconPELE was widely regarded as the greatest footballer ever.

    Here is all the info you need on the soccer titan, who has passed away aged 82.

    Have they got any children together?
    The lovebirds do not have any children together but Pele has seven children from previous marriages and reported affairs.
    Pele had three kids from his first marriage with Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi – Kelly, Jennifer and Edinho.
    He then had twins Joshua and Celeste with second wife Assiria Nascimento.
    And he also has two more children named Flavia and Sandra Regina Machado. More

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    Meet Cody Gakpo’s stunning girlfriend who is set to become Liverpool’s latest Wag after January transfer

    CODY GAKPO won’t be coming to Anfield alone after agreeing a stunning deal to join Liverpool.Gakpo will be bringing along his model girlfriend Noa van der Bij, who he has been dating since at least December 2020.
    PSV Eindhoven star Cody Gakpo has been dating model girlfriend Noa van der BijCredit: @noavdbij
    Noa van der Bij has followed Cody Gakpo in Qatar to cheer him on at the World CupCredit: @noavdbij
    Noa van der Bij has been supporting Cody Gakpo while playing for the NetherlandsCredit: @noavdbij
    Noa has been working as a junior booker for Cachet Models ever since completing her studies in management at Avans University of Applied Sciences.
    The blonde beauty is very active on social media and that has helped her attract over 17,000 followers on Instagram.
    And she appears to be very much into the high life as she has posted photos of her in various exotic places, such as Monaco, Ibiza, Saint Tropez and Curacao.
    Noa is set for another trip as this time she is coming to the UK with her boyfriend Gakpo.
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    The now ex-PSV Eindhoven star enjoyed a stunning World Cup campaign with three goals in five matches for the Netherlands in Qatar, with Noa cheering him on.
    And now she will be doing so from the stands at Anfield after the versatile forward agreed to join Liverpool.
    The Reds reached a £37million deal with PSV, which saw them hijack Manchester United’s bid.
    United were believed to be preparing a January swoop for the 23-year-old after opening talks with his representatives last month.
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    Cody Gakpo will be bringing Noa van der Bij with him to LiverpoolCredit: @noavdbij
    Noa van der Bij will be cheering on for Cody Gakpo from the Liverpool standsCredit: Instagram / @noavdbij
    The Dutchman was also said to be keen on joining the Red Devils and expressed disappointment at the collapse of his proposed summer transfer to Old Trafford.
    The Manchester giants tried to sign him in the summer but instead got Antony from Ajax.

    Gakpo still had the chance to move to the Premier League but refused to board a private jet to Leeds and wasn’t attracted by Southampton’s club-record bid.
    However, he finally got his chance to play in the English top flight and is now expected to spearhead Jurgen Klopp’s attack with the support of his stunning girlfriend from the crowd.
    Noa van der Bij appears to be loving the high life with some stunning tripsCredit: @noavdbij
    Noa van der Bij has travelled to various luxurious places while in a relationship with Cody GakpoCredit: @noavdbij More

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    Watch Alvaro Morata’s wife prank Spain star by pretending her waters have broken leaving ex-Chelsea ace unimpressed

    ALVARO MORATA was left red-faced after his pregnant wife pretended her waters had broken.Model Alice Campbell already has three children with the football ace.
    Alice is pregnant with her and Alvaro’s fourth child – and decided to have some fun with her husbandCredit: INSTAGRAM
    Alice Campbell has over three million Instagram followers and regularly posts photos of her familyCredit: Instagram / @alvaromorata
    And with the fourth one on the way, she decided to have some fun with the former Chelsea striker.
    A video uploaded to her Instagram page shows the moment she pranked her husband.
    Alice sprays a bottle of water through her jogging bottoms, leaving a puddle on the floor while stood in the hallway.
    Barely able to contain her excitement, she then calls her hubby into the hallway as he watches football on TV in the living room.
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    Morata slowly walks towards her before reacting to the news that her waters had supposedly broken, the first sign a woman is going into labour.
    The 30-year-old forward looks concerned as he inspects his wife and sees the liquid on the floor.
    But before Alice could take the prank any further, she bursts into laughter.
    An annoyed Morata then marches back to the sofa.
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    Sneaky Alice tricks her husband using a water bottleCredit: INSTAGRAM
    Morata was enjoying the football before being interrupted by the trickCredit: INSTAGRAM
    The post has gained over 226,000 likes with Alice’s followers finding the clip hilarious – and expressing sympathy for the fooled Morata.
    The pair married in Venice in 2017 after Morata proposed on the stage of a magic show in 2016.
    He is preparing for the return of the La Liga season with Atletico Madrid after Spain’s World Cup campaign unravelled.
    After starting with a 7-0 win over Costa Rica, the 2010 world champions stumbled to the last-16 before suffering a penalty shootout calamity and being knocked out by Morocco.
    Despite Spain’s difficulties, Morata can be fairly happy with his contribution as he scored three times in Qatar.
    Since leaving Chelsea after two difficult seasons in 2019, he has bounced between Juventus and Atletico Madrid with varying degrees of success. More

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    Lewis Hamilton’s F1 team-mate George Russell enjoys winter getaway to Italy with stunning girlfriend Carmen

    MERCEDES F1 driver George Russell has been enjoying a winter holiday with his stunning girlfriend.Russell and his partner Carmen Montero Mundt went on a trip to Italy as he continued his downtime before the next F1 season.
    George Russell took a winter trip to ItalyCredit: Instagram / @georgerussell63
    The F1 star went with his girlfriend Carmen MonteroCredit: Instagram / @georgerussell63
    During the trip they enjoyed some pastaCredit: Instagram / @georgerussell63
    As well as some Italian coffeeCredit: Instagram / @georgerussell63
    George Russell enjoys trip to Italy with stunning girlfriend Carmen MundtCredit: Instagram / @georgerussell63
    The Mercedes driver is on break during the F1 off-seasonCredit: Instagram / @georgerussell63
    Russell also visited a tailorsCredit: Instagram / @georgerussell63
    They went for a drive during a stunning sunsetCredit: Instagram / @georgerussell63
    The pair went and visited the Leaning Tower of Pisa and enjoyed some authentic Italian pasta during their holiday.
    He shared pictures of the trip on his Instagram page, which showed him posing for a snap on an Italian street.
    The post was accompanied with the caption: “Italia”.
    Fans loved the pictures, as one commented: “Perfect, Giorgio! Always match the aesthetic”.
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    A second wrote: “Eat pasta, drive fast”.
    A third added: “Eat and drink well eh?”
    Although some were more interested in the cardigan he was wearing in one of the pictures, one said: “George, with all due respect, what are you wearing?”
    A second added: “My brother in Christ, hire a stylist”.
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    Russell has been with Carmen since 2020, who works as an investment broker.
    The 24-year-old Mercedes driver will be back in action on March next year when F1 returns.
    The season was set to have 24 races but with the cancellation of the Chinese Grand Prix, there are only 23.
    However, Formula 1 is currently considering a replacement race.
    The pair have been dating since 2020Credit: Getty
    Earlier this year they went to an NBA game in MiamiCredit: AP
    They also attended the “No Time To Die” World Premiere at the Royal Albert Hall last yearCredit: Getty More

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    Julia Rose shows off her sensational figure in barely-there bikini as she takes break after ‘splitting from Jake Paul’

    JULIA ROSE has stunned fans with two revealing posts amid rumours she has split from boyfriend Jake Paul.The influencer posed in the desert wearing a barely-there white bikini, much to her followers’ delight.
    Julia Rose has shown off her incredible figure on social mediaCredit: Instagram @juliaroseforpresident
    Julia Rose has one million followers on InstagramCredit: Instagram @juliaroseforpresident
    Julia Rose captioned her post: “December in the desert”Credit: Instagram @juliaroseforpresident
    It appears that Julia Rose and Jake Paul have gone their separate waysCredit: Instagram @juliaroseforpresident
    Jake Paul and Julia Rose recently went on holiday togetherCredit: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClT6HwDO0Ep/?hl=en
    Jake Paul held a rose in his mouth and hinted at the breakup
    The 28-year-old flaunted her curves with a number of close-up images.
    She took to Instagram again a few days later to post a mirror selfie of herself wearing only white lingerie.
    It appears that Rose is no longer with the YouTuber-turned-boxer.
    Paul share a cryptic post on social media, fuelling speculation that the duo, who have dated on and off since 2020, have gone their separate ways.
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    Just three days ago, he uploaded a photo of him holding a rose in his mouth with the caption: “Picked the wrong Rose.”
    It was only last month that the couple went on holiday together to Hawaii, frolicking in a waterfall pool together.
    Their trip away came after Paul had beaten former UFC champion Anderson Silva in the boxing ring.
    The win took his record to six professional bouts undefeated.
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    He could be back fighting again as soon as February after his trainer BJ Flores teased a return.
    Paul is supposedly in talks with KSI and brother of Tyson Fury, Tommy.
    The Fury family have had a long-running feud with the Pauls – and two scheduled bouts between them have fallen through as the Brit has withdrawn on both occasions.
    Rose had even joined in with the rivalry. She claimed that Tommy would use his partner Molly-Mae’s pregnancy as an excuse to cancel again.
    Julia Rose and Jake Paul have dated since 2020Credit: Getty Images – Getty
    There were claims Paul and Rose were planning to have a babyCredit: Instagram
    It appears Julia Rose is now singleCredit: Instagram More

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    Inside the glam life of Kylian Mbappe’s rumoured girlfriend Rose Bertram, the mum of two model who dated Dutch star

    WHILE Kylian Mbappe was gearing up for the World Cup final, his rumoured girlfriend was showing fancy footwork of her own.Stunning model Rose Bertram, 28, appeared at a fashion show in Qatar on the eve of the biggest game in world football – giving her one million followers on Instagram a glimpse into her glam life.
    Rose Bertram is the rumoured girlfriend of France ace Kylian MbappeCredit: rose_bertram/instagram
    On the eve of the World Cup final, Bertram was spotted modelling in QatarCredit: rose_bertram/instagram
    Model Bertram shows off her stunning figure
    Sharing photos wearing a red and white football shirt-inspired ensemble, there was no Mbappe.
    Just a mention of the organisers and a thank you.
    She captioned the snaps: “What a beautiful night walking for Qatar Fashion United! Big thank you to Carine Roitfeld, CR Runway and Vladimir Roitfeld.”
    In recent months, reports in his homeland have claimed Mbappe is smitten by the Belgium beauty.
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    Their paths crossed on one of their fashion jaunts in Paris, although either is yet to confirm a romance.
    But Bertram is known to the football world…
    Her ex played
    Just five months ago, Bertram opened up about her painful split with Gregory van der Wiel, once of Ajax and capped 46 times by the Netherlands.
    The two got together when she was just 19, and had a whirlwind romance – where she followed his career from Paris to Istanbul to Sardinia and Toronto.
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    They would welcome two children in their time together.
    But cracks began to form in their relationship as van der Wiel suffered some mental health problems such as anxiety and panic attacks, which began to affect the couple.
    Earlier this year, Rose said: “There are a lot of people who deal with this.
    “It’s not talked about enough and in my case if you don’t know enough about it, it’s very difficult to understand that person.
     “It hasn’t always been easy to deal with. It breaks my heart that he feels this way and that I can’t help it.”
    After eight years together, they sadly parted ways.
    She says she still has a good relationship with Gregory .
    Rose said: “He is the father of my children and I would be very sorry if we broke up in a bad way.”
    Five months ago Bertram explained her painful split with a former footballerCredit: Getty – Contributor
    Bertram split with Gregory van der Wiel after eight years
    Bertram’s relationship with van der Wiel suffered as he struggled with his mental healthCredit: rose_bertram/instagram
    As a footballer’s Wag, Bertram was well travelled before her mid-20s and had lived in several countriesCredit: rose_bertram/instagram
    A career to fall back on
    However, despite van der Wiel’s problems off the field – Bertram’s career went from strength-to-strength.
    At 13, it was her mother who managed to sign her on to a modelling agency.
    By 16, she was cast by the Dominique agency at 16 and appeared in a photoshoot by famed German photographer Juergen Teller.
    Through the years, Bertram has starred in ad campaigns for H&M, L’Oréal, Hunkemöller, Primark and Agent Provocateur.
    Keen-eyed Netflix viewers will have noticed she was one of the models used to promote the doomed music event Fyre Festival.
    Bertram, right, was one of several stunning models who promoted the Fyre Festival, as documented in the new film on NetflixCredit: Netflix
    Bertram, right, appears with some of the world’s top supermodels in promo shots for the Fyre Festival in 2017Credit: Instagram @rose_bertram
    Bertram has become synonymous with the fashion world and a celebrity in her own rightCredit: Getty
    Earlier this month, Bertram attended The Fashion Awards in LondonCredit: Getty
    Bertram first signed for a model agency aged just 13Credit: rose_bertram/instagram
    In 2015, Bertram was photographed exclusively by US rapper Tyler, the Creator for pop-culture magazine Oyster.
    The same year, she became the first Belgian model to appear in the Sports Illustrated Swim Issue.
    Keeping it private
    Mbappe has always kept his personal life private and remained tight-lipped about his girlfriends.
    For years, it was suggested he dated former Miss France Alicia Aylies.
    But now it appears that mother-of-two Bertram has charmed the PSG forward.
    She admitted she’s ready to move on from van der Wiel.
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    In recent months, Bertram has admitted she’s single and ready for a romanceCredit: Refer to Caption
    Mbappe and Bertram have remained tight-lipped about a romance between them
    “I am currently single and ready to meet someone new,” she said just a few months ago.
    That someone might just be the best thing in football right now. More

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    Who is Beth Mead’s partner Vivianne Miedema? Arsenal stars relationship compared to ‘David and Victoria Beckham’

    BETH MEAD’S heroics inspired England’s Euros triumph this summer – but she’s not the only world-class footballer in her own house.Mead, 27, was one of the standout performers for the Lionesses, winning the Golden Boot and player of the tournament trophies.
    Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema are a coupleCredit: Instagram @bethmead_
    Both were nominated for the 2022 Ballon d’OrCredit: Getty
    Mead and Miedema went on holiday togetherCredit: Beth Mead / instagram
    She fired Sarina Wiegman’s side to glory with her six goals and five assists in just six games.
    Her performances on home soil have led to her being the favourite to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
    The Arsenal attacker also came second for the Ballon d’Or this year being beaten by Alexis Putellas.
    Mead is an inspiration to many leading the way for women’s football in England.
    Who is Beth Mead’s partner Vivianne Miedema?
    Mead is dating her team-mate and fellow Arsenal star Vivianne Miedema.
    It was confirmed by Mead after her Euros win that she was going out with the 26-year-old Dutch striker.
    The duo are both goalscorers with Miedema one of the most prolific in the Women’s Super League.
    She has been at the Gunners for six seasons scoring 78 goals in 97 matches.
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    Miedema helped fire Arsenal to the WSL title alongside Mead in the 2018/19 season.
    The ex-Bayern Munich forward is a record breaking attacker just like her partner, she is the Netherlands’ all-time leading goalscorer finding the back of the net 95 times for her nation.
    She is also a European champion after winning the Euros in 2017.
    Mead joked that they are the David and Victoria Beckham of women’s football, saying: “Yeah – of the lesbian world.”
    Both found out they were nominated for the Ballon d’Or while on holiday together, Mead said: “I was buzzing. I was like, ‘Wow, I’m nominated for the Ballon d’Or.
    “She [Miedema] said, ‘Yeah, it’s my fifth time. I’m really proud of you though’.”
    Miedema requires surgery after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament rupture.
    Meanwhile, Mead is also in the treatment room with an ACL injury.
    Mead was previously in a relationship with Arsenal team-mate Danielle van de Donk.
    The duo are partners on and off the pitchCredit: Getty
    Beth Mead and Vivianne Miedema found out about their Ballon d’Or nominations while away on holidayCredit: Instagram @bethmead_
    The Arsenal team-mates celebrated Mead’s Euros win togetherCredit: Miedema – Instagram More

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    Wanda Nara and her kids pose in Messi shirts ahead of World Cup final after latest split from Argentina ace Mauro Icardi

    WANDA NARA and her kids have been snapped posing in Lionel Messi shirts ahead of the World Cup final after her latest split from Argentina star Mauro Icardi.The stunning model revealed that she has broken up AGAIN from her husband after failing to save their marriage in the Maldives.
    Wanda Nara and her kids have been posing in Messi shirts ahead of World Cup finalCredit: Instagram / @wanda_nara
    She revealed this week that she has split up with her Argentina star husband Mauro IcardiCredit: Instagram @mauroicardi
    Wanda Nara revealed she had failed to save her marriage while on a recent holiday to MaldivesCredit: Instagram / @wanda_nara
    Mauro Icardi was left out of Argentina’s World Cup squadCredit: Getty
    The pair have endured a rocky few months on the relationship front, with Icardi, 29, said to be dating a Turkish actress back in November.
    That was weeks after Wanda was spotted kissing rapper L-Gante.
    By the end of the month, the couple appeared to have sorted their differences after they were seen loved up together in the Maldives.
    But Wanda said the trip wasn’t able to save their relationship and confirmed they’ve split once again.
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    However, the beautiful 36-year-old Nara is putting those problems aside to cheer on her country in this afternoon’s World Cup final against France.
    And she has posted a snap of herself and her three boys, Valentino, Constantino and Benedicto, who are from her first marriage with footy star Maxi Lopez, decked out in Argentina shirts.
    And they all had the number ten decked on them in tribute to the legendary Messi.
    Icardi is currently on loan at Galatasaray in Turkey and is not part of Argentina’s World Cup squad after being left out by Lionel Scaloni.
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    Nara and Icardi married in May 2014.
    They have two daughters together, Francesca, aged 7, and six-year-old Isabella.
    Icardi has one goal in eight caps for his country but he last represented them back in 2018. More