体坛英语新闻：Pele to be discharged from hospital

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Pele will be discharged from a Brazilian hospital on Tuesday after making a full recovery from a urinary tract infection.

The 74-year-old has spent the past two weeks in Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital.

After originally being treated with antibiotics, he was transferred to intensive care and placed on dialysis to help support his only kidney.

"Pele has shown good clinical progress without signs of infection," the hospital said in a statement. "Considering the good recovery the medical team have programmed his release tomorrow (Tuesday)."

Regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time, Pele played in Brazil's 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cup-winning teams.