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 ...
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 ...
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,” ...
Pelé made history in the 1958 World Cup final. Now his shirt could sell for millions. Courtesy of Sotheby's One of the ultimate pieces of World Cup memorabilia will hit the auction block later this ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. "Everything we are is thanks ...
In a 1994 interview with WCVB, Brazilian fútbol legend Pelé called the first World Cup in the United States a "dream come ...