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 ...

Chelsea’s Estevao Willian has now reached a Brazilian milestone that only footballing legend Pele has reached before. Estevao is constantly being compared with legendary names in football such as ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Christ the Redeemer was lit up in a Pele shirt among Brazilian tributes to the soccer great on the first anniversary of his death on Friday. Pele died of colon cancer at age 82.

Dondinho and Celeste named their first son Edson after Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventors in history. His family nicknamed him ‘Dico’, but he received the moniker ‘Pele’ in school due to his ...

SANTOS, Brazil — 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 respects ...

Over decades, adoring fans around the world mailed thousands of letters, postcards and packages to the sports legend without his address or full name. Almost without fail, they reached the office of ...

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 ...

Young forward Endrick, who will join Real Madrid next July, became this Monday the second youngest Brazilian footballer in history to play in a Copa America, surpassing Pelé at 17 years and 339 days ...

Football great Pele has been released from hospital in Paris and will return to Brazil in the "coming hours," Brazilian media reported Monday, citing his spokesman. The 78-year-old's discharge came ...

*Soccer legend Pele was hospitalized in Brazil early Thursday morning after collapsing, but doctors have given him a good prognosis after suspecting exhaustion as the cause, reports TMZ. Pele, 77, was ...