Discover the cultural history behind soccer's famous mononyms and how traditional nicknames transformed legends like Pelé, ...

The eighth of our extracts from The Soccer 100 looks at the King, the first (and still only) man to win three World Cups as a ...

Pelé and Diego Maradona are reportedly set to be honoured during the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Cup at Estadio Azteca ...

NEW YORK — Pelé was remembered for a life beyond the field, for transcending the sport of soccer and becoming perhaps the most well-known person on Earth. “Before Pelé, ’10′ was just a number,” ...

Brazilian soccer icon Pelé, regarded as the sport’s greatest player whose wizardry on the pitch helped popularize it as “the beautiful game,” died Thursday following a yearlong bout with cancer. His ...

SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — As the FIFA World Cup approaches, the image of one of Brazil's most recognizable footballers lives on ...

The United States has gone wild over foreign-born players on several occasions. Now the largest World Cup ever is arriving.

After the famed match, Pelé gave his shirt to his teammate, Dida, whose family kept the piece in their possession for decades ...

The Brazilian soccer legend's funeral procession will take place on Tuesday morning Thousands of fans gathered in Santos, Brazil, to pay their respects for the late soccer legend Pelé. Pelé's public ...

SAO PAULO — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The standard-bearer ...

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