Pele, the man they called O Rei, the King, passed away on Thursday, aged 82, after a drawn-out battle with illness in Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital. Synonymous with the term 'o jogo bonito', ...

Pelé, the King of Football, would have turned 85 this Thursday, October 23, 2025. The Athlete of the 20th Century was 82 years old when he died on December 29, 2022, due to multiple organ failure - a ...

Pele, who helped inspire Brazil to glory in 1958, 1962 and 1970, is the only player to have won the FIFA World Cup on three separate occasions.

FIFA World Cup 2026 will be the 23rd edition of the global football showpiece, contested by national teams from FIFA’s member ...

Somehow, the amount of goals Pelé scored in his career has been hotly debated for a while now. Did this goal count? Did it happen in a friendly? Has he reached 1000 goals? Has he not? But, generally, ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil great Neymar received a plaque for becoming the team’s all-time leading goal-scorer in official matches in the early hours of Saturday. However, the language used to describe ...

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 ...

Who has scored the most goals in a single calendar year? A record not officially recognised by FIFA, there are names who have made it to the Guinness Book of World Records for scoring the most number ...

Long before it was 'Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?' the debate over which player is the greatest of all time was dominated by Pele and Diego Maradona. Pele's exploits for Brazil and Santos earned ...