Pele backpedals on Robinho drug comments

RIO DE JANEIRO: Pele apparently backtracked on comments that Brazilian soccer stars Robinho and Ronaldo have had drug problems, saying on Wednesday his comments were misinterpreted by the press.

On Tuesday, Robinho threatened Pele with legal action.

Speaking last week at a tourism business conference closed to the press but which the Sao Paulo radio station Jovem Pan managed to record, Pele said: "It's unfair to talk of drugs in football just because of one or two cases, as happened with Ronaldo and Robinho, who had that problem."