Pelé, one of soccer’s greatest players and a transformative figure in 20th-century sports who achieved a level of global celebrity few athletes have known, died on Thursday in São Paulo.

He’d won three World Cups, scored goals galore and become a global icon, but Pelé wasn’t quite done yet, so off he went to the US and helped transform the sport of soccer in North America.

Pele was coming off his third World Cup win in 1970, when a newly formed club in the fledgling North American Soccer league called. He wasn't interested at the time, but he would relent five years ...

Today, 50 years after Pelé’s arrival to New York, a new international star walks on the American pitch. Lionel Messi, captain of the Argentine National Team who led his country to the 2022 FIFA ...

Check out, 25 Things You Didn’t Know About Pele. Written by Adam Silvers ( @silversurfer103 ) When Pele saw his father crying after Brazil lost the 1950 FIFA World Cup to Uruguay, he told him ...

Pelé at Villa Park and mingling with the crowds 50 years ago Autograph hunters, photo opportunities - and playing with Trevor Francis' hair ...

It was 50 years ago tomorrow that World Cup holders England faced the team widely viewed to be the best in international history in Brazil – that wondrous line-up of Pelé, Jairzinho, Gérson ...

In the latest of our World Cup icons series, BBC Sport tells the story of Pele and his role in helping Brazil bring us the beautiful game in 1970.