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.

How Pele conquered America: Nearly 50 years on, the late soccer legend's stint with Beckenbauer, Chinaglia and the Cosmos is still the model for Lionel Messi and others seeking US stardom ...

Outside the Albert Einstein hospital in São Paulo, fans started gathering when they heard the news of Pele passing. Some were dressed in the number 10 shirt Pele wore when playing for Santos.

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.

Pele's number 10 football shirt, worn when he played at Home Park 50 years ago, is on display at The Box in Plymouth. Follow BBC News South West on Twitter , external , Facebook , external and ...

As Pele's coffin is carried through Santos to his final resting place, Sky's sports correspondent Rob Harris has been speaking about the commercial deals the Brazilian football legend had to take ...

PELE, the greatest footballer of all time, has died at the age of 82. The world of football is in mourning after it was announced the Brazilian icon has passed away in his homeland. Pele had been r… ...

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.

At 6 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Antônio da Paz boarded a bus for the funeral of the soccer icon Pelé and rode the four hours to Santos, Brazil, where his idol was set to lie in state.