Pele's goal count a topic of debate - CTV News

Nobody disputes Pele's greatness and his penchant for scoring. The exact number of goals in his career will forever be a topic for debate.

Pele often said one of the reasons he should be considered the greatest player of all time was because of his feat of scoring more than 1,000 goals. But many dispute his count because Pele included goals scored in friendlies or matches against semi-professional or even amateur teams.

Many of his goals came at a time when it wasn't as easy to register match statistics, and not all of them were caught on tape. There is also a discrepancy in the total number of matches he played.

According to Pele, he was the all-time leading scorer in the history of the sport with 1,283 goals in 1,366 matches. That would be an extraordinary 0.93 goals per game.

OFFICIAL MATCHES

If only goals in official matches are tallied, Pele's mark was considerably lower no matter the source, standing at fewer than 800 goals. That would leave him behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Romario and Josef Bican, who played before Pele's time.

Pele scored a total of 95 goals with Brazil's national team, but 18 of those goals came against clubs or combined squads in games which usually are not included in official statistics.

Another 34 goals were scored in friendlies against other national teams.

CONTROVERSIAL GAMES

Pele played in nearly 550 unofficial matches, in part because his Brazilian club Santos made a fortune by playing exhibition matches and touring with the soccer great around the world.

Some of the lists of Pele's goals include friendlies and exhibition games against low-level opponents. He scored against under-23 national teams, combined squads, regional teams and even in some military events while he served in the Brazilian army.

Among his opponents were Saudi Arabia's under-23 national team, Uruguay's armed forces club and Rio de Janeiro's athletes' union. In total, it's believed that more than 500 of Pele's goals came in unofficial matches.

Argentina great Diego Maradona was among those taking shots at Pele for his controversial goal count.

"Who did you score them against?" Maradona asked in an interview with Pele in a television program years ago. "Your nephews in the backyard?"

RECORD BOOK

Guinness World Records credits Pele with 1,279 goals in 1,363 matches. It says he added more goals in "special appearances" after ending his career, but doesn't specify them.

Pele played a few celebratory matches after officially retiring in 1977. In his farewell match that year, he played one half with Santos and another with Cosmos, his last club.

FIFA

The governing body of soccer gives Pele 1,281 goals in 1,363 matches, two goals more than Guinness in the same number of matches. The reason for the discrepancy is not clear, as neither entity provides a full list of Pele's goals and matches.

FIFA adds that Pele scored more than 100 goals in a season twice, in 1959 (127 goals) and in 1961 (110 goals).

SANTOS

Santos also says Pele scored 1,281 goals, but in 1,365 matches. It says 1,091 of those goals were scored while he played for the Brazilian club. Santos says he also broke the 100-goal mark in 1965, with 106 goals.

STATISTICS FOUNDATION

Even the statistics site RSSSF, arguably the most accurate source for soccer stats, credits Pele with different goal totals.

RSSSF lists Pele with 1,284 goals from 1,375 matches, limiting his total in official matches to 769 goals.

The site says Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list of goal-scorers in official matches, followed by Argentina star Lionel Messi.

OTHER TOP SCORERS

When considering goals in unofficial matches, Pele is not the only player to have scored more than 1,000 times.

Bican, who played for both Austria and the Czech Republic, tops some of the lists with more than 1,400 goals, followed by Brazilian striker Arthur Friedenreich.

Guinness mentions Friedenreich, who played in the early 1900s, saying he "scored an undocumented 1,329 goals" in his 26-year career.

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Canadian supermodel Coco Rocha hits 'nail on the head' on 'nepo baby' conversation - Yahoo News Canada

Coco Rocha posted four videos sharing her "unpopular opinions" on the "nepo baby" conversation. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for American Ballet Theatre)

Coco Rocha is getting real about nepotism.

The 34-year-old Canadian supermodel shared a four-part video on social media sharing her "unpopular opinions" about "nepo babies," a topic that's seen recent internet discourse and celebrity umbrage following a Vulture feature calling out stars like Lily Rose-Depp, Zoey Deutch and Bryce Dallas Howard.

Titled "The Year of the Nepo Baby," the feature spotlights the children of parents in the entertainment industry who have pursued their own careers but with an inherent advantage. Since surfacing, stars like Jamie Lee Curtis and Kate Moss have shown their distaste for the conversation.

Rocha began in her first video by saying she's "bitten" her tongue on the "nepo baby" topic for awhile despite being asked "a few times" to share her opinion. She also prefaced her clip by sharing that she's reached major achievements in her successful modelling career, but was raised by a single mother who worked as a flight attendant.

"Let's be real, privilege is a ladder. It's a ladder that's a thousand steps high. Some are born higher on the ladder than others," she said. "That is a fact."

The Toronto-born model continued to explain that all models who have seen some success have "at least a few steps up on that ladder" since they were born photogenic.

"Some start higher on the ladder because they were born in wealthier countries. That is a privilege. Some, like myself, were boosted higher onto the ladder because we worked with some great photographers or great designers that helped us get there," she continued. "They were given a change to make a mark which they had not yet earned.

"Because of the racist legacy of this industry, white models start off higher on the ladder than models of colour. More opportunities are given to them, whether that's fair or not. And yes, some 'nepo babies' started off higher on the ladder because their parents were famous. Everyone has an advantage over someone else in this world."

Rocha added that she was confused why so many models would complain about others who have seen success thanks to nepotism since many are "hundreds of steps up that ladder" of privilege.

"How about we recognize our own position, reach down and pull someone up?" she ended in her first video.

Rocha continued her thoughts in her second video, asking why people are fixated on nepotism in the modelling and entertainment industries rather than nepotism in business, finance, politics and other fields.

"That monopolization of power is world-changing. But according to what we read these days, the peak of our problem is who takes the pretty pictures or who's in the next blockbuster movie. Let's see this for the distraction that it is," she said. "This has happened so many times before: The modelling, entertainment and fashion industry is usually as a scape goat to what is really going on in the world."

Rocha said that in 2018, there was a "temporary focus" on sexual harassment in the fashion and entertainment industry, which is still prevalent, but distracts from the "bigger picture" when there's an emphasis on a single group of people in a small industry.

She added that every industry sees harassment worldwide, and that the media spotlighting it as an issue that's "'unique'" to the fashion industry is "clickbait."

"I guess it's just not glamorous for them to talk about the same issues in other industries," she continued. "I'm not saying that these problems shouldn't be addressed. I'm just saying, when someone is saying, 'Focus on this one thing right here,' often, they are distracting you from a much bigger issue that is springing up all around you."

Still, Rocha added in her third video that some "nepo babies" actually "deserve" where they're at in their careers.

"Some of them, surprise, surprise, are actually great at what they do — maybe better than you or I might ever be," Rocha said. "Yes, they were born into privilege. Maybe their parents were famous or wealthy, but they took that chance circumstance and made the most of it."

Rocha then gave an example of 33-year-old model Anna Cleveland, the daughter of 1970s model Pat Cleveland, saying she can "promise" Anna can "out-model" other people in the industry.

Rocha also continued to say she's known sister models Bella Hadid and Gigi Hadid for a decade, and that they are the same "sweet, kind-hearted" and "absolute professionals" they were when they started. After sharing an anecdote from a Vivienne Westwood show, Rocha said she's put up the Hadids's work ethic against any model in the last decade.

"Cindy Crawford once told me that she thinks modelling is 10 per cent a lucky break and 90 per cent what you do with it," Rocha added. "Every successful model had to apply that formula."

In her final video, Rocha replied to a TikTok commenter who said "unfortunately, you see some 'nepo babies' getting praised for the bare minimum."

Rocha responded by saying, "All models have been born with some advantages, some just more than others. If any of them wanted to make it, they would have had to put in some effort."

However, she added that "not all 'nepo babies' succeed" in their careers, adding that "time will always tell" and that she'll "never write off anyone" based off of their background until they have the chance to prove themselves.

Ending her video, Rocha explained that her own three children, Ioni, Iley and Iver, will grow up in her shadows of success as they find their own path.

"As a mom, I'm going to give them every advantage I can, as any good parent would. After that, I hope that they can prove, on their own, their worth in this world," Rocha shared. "I hope people will give them a fair chance to do that, not based on who their mom was, but who they are now."

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'Who Is the MVP' Topic Desperately Needs an Intervention - The Big Lead

Patrick Mahomes is going to win his second NFL MVP award when the time mercifully comes to hand out the honor. Few people dispute this! Well, few dispute it now that most of the smoke has cleared and Jalen Hurts has been sidelined with injury. And when this happens, we will finally know peace after months and months of trying to project who will win it without the requisite information and half the sample size. Perhaps that will be an opportunity to look back and realize the real MVPs were the friends made along the way. Or perhaps we'll look back and realize once again what a tremendous waste of time this topic is year after year after year.

My money is on the latter.

Look, there are more than a half-dozen 24-hour sports networks and more podcasts than there are people. The content machine must be constantly fed and has the jaws of Joey Chestnut. And maybe there are a bunch of people out there who do care. But I really wonder who the actual hell is interested in Who Is the NFL MVP roundtable discussions beginning in, like, Week 6.

Sports debate television is supposed to be fun and light and requires some sort of suspension of reality. There's nothing wrong with harboring and sharing strong opinions about who or who isn't the MVP a third of the way through the year but even the most passionate consumers must know, deep down, that this whole process is pretty ephemeral as the state of play is constantly changing.

The true and correct answer every time this comes up is "we'll see when all the games are played." Yet no talking head worth their salary is ever going to say that because it would break down this arbitrary fifth wall to sensible reality. Instead we are treated to anger and all sorts of passion on the topic. Which, again, is fine. But I would posit that the whole MVP check-in routine is wildly inorganic. It's the product of a writers' room that's phoning it in, not reflective of the public. Because no one is walking around in their everyday lives starting conversations about which quarterback deserves this future bauble.

As with all things in content, the quest to give the people what they want turns cyclical. Eventually those running these types of shows believe that the people want whatever they are giving them. Because that's the easiest way to go through the day.

More alarming is that some of the people who engage in this type of fare don't even seem to enjoy it. Take Nick Wright, who I am not picking on because his hair is magnificent and he's vastly more interesting and authentic than the replacement pundit. He is an unabashed Kansas City Chiefs fan and yet he's not happy with Mahomes winning the award because other people are now going to suggest Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson deserves to be in the conversation.

As predicted… the media simply cannot help itself, it must create a foil for the clear & obvious MVP.

It’s gone from Mahomes vs… Allen to Tua to Hurts & now to Jefferson, when it’s been Mahomes by a mile all along. https://t.co/sXVUpVGKgt

— nick wright (@getnickwright) December 27, 2022

So what I'm suggesting is drastic yet perhaps necessary. All MVP discussions should be banned before the last two weeks of the season. In all sports. Think of society if we weren't distracted by debating things that don't have actual answers because the answers will inevitably change.

Think of the shows as well. They would be better. They would have time to explore other topics. They could try out new bits. They could know a freedom once thought impossible because they thought they had to check this box at least twice a week.

Perhaps I'm a dreamer, but I can't be the only one who envisions a world where we simply waited to weigh in until the scales actually showed us something meaningful.

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Top 10 searched topics on Yahoo Finance Canada in 2022 - Yahoo Canada Finance

The Yahoo Finance audience was keenly interested in oil and gas prices in 2022. They were the most searched-for terms on the website this year.

Every year, the Yahoo Finance Canada team takes a look at what users were searching for the most on the site. There was no shortage of volatility and changing dynamics in financial markets, but cars and crypto were some of the biggest areas of interest among our audience. Here's a breakdown of what transpired in these sectors and beyond.

Energy

In a nail-biting year for all things energy, "oil prices" and "gas prices" ranked first and second, respectively, on Yahoo Finance Canada's top 10 most searched list.

In late-February, Russia's invasion of Ukraine roiled the global energy complex, sending benchmark crude prices to triple-digit highs last seen before the major oil price collapse that gained momentum in 2014. A growing consensus on a recession next year has weighed on prices since June.

But investors didn't ignore this year's crude rally, sending several oil and gas stocks to the top of the list of best performers on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Rather than risk investment on new production, many of those companies rewarded shareholders with juicier dividends and stock buybacks this year. Those upsized perks didn't sit well with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden as fuel prices climbed to record highs over the summer.

In October, Biden slammed American oil majors for booking "outrageous" profits. Trudeau's government is set to roll out a new two per cent tax on stock buybacks in January, double the one per cent excise included in Biden's climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act.

Analysts say strong returns from Canadian oil and gas stocks in 2023 will see the resource-heavy S&P/TSX Composite index (^GSPTSE) outperform U.S. markets next year.

While oil and gas investors rejoiced, 2022 was a year of pain at the pumps for drivers. Gasoline and diesel prices spiked to record highs due to a mix of resurgent demand, tight refinery capacity, and rising crude costs thanks to the war in Ukraine. According to Statistics Canada data, Vancouver saw an eye-watering average price of 225.4 cents per litre for regular gasoline in June.

Source: GasBuddy.com

Cryptocurrency

The second half of the year hasn't been kind to the crypto world. Bitcoin, the most well-known digital coin, is capping off 2022 trading at a two-year low.

Bitcoin and bitcoin price nabbed the fourth and eighth spots on the top 10 most searched list.

While some investors might be used to the boom-bust cycles of cryptocurrencies, confidence in the sector was particularly shaken by the abrupt collapse of crypto exchange platform FTX. Investors were hoping Binance, a rival exchange, would come to the rescue but those hopes were short-lived after Binance's CEO announced it walked away from its preliminary intention to acquire FTX.

Binance was the seventh most searched topic on the Yahoo Finance Canada website.

Coinbase (COIN), a major publicly-traded exchange platform, was fifth on the list. The company's stock is ending the year at an all-time low, unable to escape the curse of plunging cryptocurrency prices and industry scandals that have undermined investor confidence.

Transportation

In case you hadn't heard, Elon Musk bought Twitter and took it private in a deal worth $44 billion. But that's not the Musk-led company readers were looking into this year. Tesla stock (TSLA), which hit a 52-week low just before the holidays, was one of the top searched in 2022. Shares of the electric vehicle company have fallen about 66 per cent this year as of late-December, erasing around $626 billion of shareholder value, according to Bloomberg.

The slide doesn't just coincide with Musk's takeover of Twitter. Competition in the electric vehicle market has been heating up, with traditional automakers investing billions in new production around the world.

But Tesla wasn't the only transportation company Yahoo Finance Canada readers were keen to read up on. Air Canada (AC.TO) rounded out the list in the 10th spot. The Montreal-based airline had a tumultuous 2022, as it grappled with a surge in travel demand and what it called "operational instability" through its post-pandemic recovery.

The increase in demand, combined with labour shortages and processing issues, resulted in a wave of cancellations and delays and brought chaos to Canada's busiest airports. Air Canada's stock has had an equally bumpy ride through 2022, with shares down around 12 per cent this year as of late-December.

Rounding out the top 10

In a year shaped by inflation and geopolitical instability, "gold price" ranked number six on Yahoo Finance Canada's top 10 most searched list.

A go-to store of value when inflation runs hot, and a traditional safe haven when world events get spicy, the price of gold climbed to a 19-month high above US$2,000 per ounce in March as Russian President Vladimir Putin ramped up attacks on Ukraine. Since then, the yellow metal's performance has lagged, primarily due to the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by 425 basis points from March to December, strengthening U.S. Treasury yields.

Speaking of yellow and metal, "Canadian dollar" was number nine on this year's most searched list. The loonie had a tough year on the heels of strong performance against the U.S. dollar in 2021. After starting the year at about 79 cents U.S., Canada's currency has dropped to a two-year low, near 73 cents U.S. That's mainly due to the mighty greenback benefiting from its reputation as a global safe-haven currency, which has pushed it higher this year against many international peers.

The top 10 most searched-for topics on Yahoo Finance Canada in 2022

1. Oil prices

2. Gas prices

3. Tesla stock

4. Bitcoin

5. Coinbase

6. Gold price

7. Binance

8. Bitcoin price

9. Canadian dollar

10. Air Canada stock

Michelle Zadikian, Alicja Siekierska and Jeff Lagerquist are senior reporters at Yahoo Finance Canada. Follow them on Twitter @m_zadikian, @alicjawithaj and @jefflagerquist.

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Off Topic Thread: Favorite Christmas Movies - Bluebird Banter

Christmas Eve and I don’t have to buy presents.

Erik_T is in town and we're going to go for a drink later today. Other than that, all I have today is cleaning. Oh, and wrapping.

And there is football today. Lots of football.

We are having our Christmas a couple of days late, my son and his girlfriend are coming down from Edmonton on the 27th, so we’ll have the day then, but we’ll have a nice meal tomorrow.

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Today’s question is “What is your favourite Christmas movie?”

There is a number that I have to see every year.

A Wonderful Life is my favourite. Yes, I cry at the end every time. The line “No man is a failure if he has friends” always gets me. Friends have been a theme for me lately, I’ve always been the type that has a few very close friends, but in the last year, my circle of friends has grown. I think the two-plus years of not being able to see friends have made us more interested in meeting up with people. I have several friends with whom I go out for lunch every couple of weeks. And I have new friends I play squash and tennis with who are willing to have a beer after we play. I’m luckier than I deserve to be.

Holiday Inn is an old-time musical with Bing Crosby, and Fred Astaire aren’t much for actors, but one can sing, the other can dance, and they make a movie with a rather silly plot worth watching. Bing is lazy and opens an Inn that is only open on holidays. He and Fred fight over a woman, or two women, neither of whom can see these guys are jerks.

The movie was where the song ‘White Christmas’ first appeared.

Beyond that we watch Alastair Sim’s Christmas Carol every year. And Love Actually, which I think I like mostly because Alan Rickman and Bill Nighy are great in it, as much as most of it is stupid.

Tell us about your favourite Christmas movies. Even though Bruce Willis said it isn’t a Christmas movie, I am putting Die Hard in.

Poll

My Favorite Christmas Movie is

This poll is closed

• 8%

  Home Alone

  (8 votes)

• 7%

  Elf

  (7 votes)

• 15%

  It’s a Wonderful Life

  (14 votes)

• 14%

  Die Hard (not a Christmas movie to me)

  (13 votes)

• 23%

  National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

  (21 votes)

• 0%

  White Christmas

  (0 votes)

• 1%

  Holiday Inn

  (1 vote)

• 10%

  Christmas Carol

  (9 votes)

• 3%

  Love Actually

  (3 votes)

• 2%

  Bad Santa

  (2 votes)

• 0%

  How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carry, not the tv cartoon)

  (0 votes)

• 13%

  A Christmas Story

  (12 votes)

• 0%

  Something else.

  (0 votes)

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'What's Up Welland?' podcast wraps up Season 1, covers topics ... - Niagara This Week

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FASB defers sunset date of reference rate reform guidance - Wolters Kluwer

The FASB today issued Accounting Standards Update 2022-06—Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848), that extends the period of time preparers can utilize the reference rate reform relief guidance. The amendments in ASU No. 2022-06 are effective for all entities upon issuance.

In 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, which provides optional guidance to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting.

The objective of the guidance in Topic 848 is to provide relief during the temporary transition period, so the FASB included a sunset provision within Topic 848 based on expectations of when the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) would cease being published. In 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) delayed the intended cessation date of certain tenors of USD LIBOR to June 30, 2023.

To ensure the relief in Topic 848 covers the period of time during which a significant number of modifications may take place, the ASU defers the sunset date of Topic 848 from December 31, 2022, to December 31, 2024, after which entities will no longer be permitted to apply the relief in Topic 848.

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