Brazilian football legend Pele (left) delivers a joint press conference with US football team New York Cosmos’ Spanish player Raul Gonzalez (right) and Cuban player Yenier Marquez (out of frame) during press conference in Havana on Tuesday. The New York Cosmos will kick off a new era in sporting relations between the United States and Cuba on June 2, when they become the first US sports team to play in the island in 16 years. AFP PHOTO
HAVANA: Brazilian legend Pele backed Sepp Blatter’s re-election as FIFA president despite the corruption scandal embroiling world football’s governing body, saying it needed an “expert” chief.