Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, has died. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” and three-time World Cup champion had ...

Brazil will hold football great Pelé's funeral in the stadium where he played some of the best matches of his career. Pelé, whose full name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento, died on 29 December after a ...

The casket of late Brazilian soccer great Pele is draped in the Brazilian and Santos FC soccer club flags as his remains are transported from Vila Belmiro stadium, where he laid in state, to the ...

"Because there are two Michaels [laughs]," the three-time World Cup champion explained. Pele clearly had no intention of ...

SANTOS, Brazil — Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country as millions of fans in Brazil and around the world mourned the sports ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — 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 ...

A Brazilian dictionary has added "Pelé" as an adjective to use when describing someone who is "exceptional, incomparable, unique." The announcement by the Michaelis dictionary on Wednesday is part of ...

SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Forty-five years after Pelé played his last game, it’s hard to imagine modern soccer, or Brazil, without him. Geovana Sarmento, 17, waited in the three-hour line to view Pelé's ...

SAO PAULOSAO PAULO — Neymar eclipsed Pelé as the top goal scorer for Brazil’s national team after overtaking the three-time World Cup winner’s career total on Friday. The goal that put the 31-year-old ...

SANTOS, Brazil — Brazil said a final farewell to Pele on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid his respects ...

SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid his ...