The six-nation Bangabandhu International Gold Cup football, organised on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, begins here on Wednesday.

Brazil legend Pele, real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the only man to have won the World Cup of football thrice (1958, 1962, 1970)  and widely acknowledged as one of the two greatest footballers of all time –FIFA rated him as number 1, ahead of Maradona - muimay visit Dhaka later this month, possibly coinciding with the Bangabandhu International Gold Cup to be held January 15-25 here.