Brazil's 1994 World Cup winning coach Parreira hospitalized amid cancer treatment

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Carlos Alberto Parreira, the coach who led Brazil to victory in the 1994 World Cup, has been hospitalized while undergoing cancer treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The hospital has not disclosed further details about his condition.

World Cup-winning coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has been hospitalized in his fight against cancer, hospital Samaritano Barra said Wednesday. The 83-year-old Parreira, who oversaw Brazil's run to the 1994 World Cup title, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2023. The hospital said in a statement it won't provide details about Parreira's health or when the former Brazil coach arrived for treatment.