Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend who won three World Cups and became the sport’s first global icon, has died at the age of 82.

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.

The son and daughter of Brazilian football legend Pelé have taken to Instagram to post moving tributes and pictures of their father as they spend Christmas at his side at the Albert Einstein ...

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Pele played for New York Cosmos between 1975 and 1977, drawing huge crowds to American stadiums. He also made a name for himself in pop culture at the time, appearing in films, art works, and even ...

Pele’s official tally is 757 goals in 831 games between 1957-1977. But Pele scored well over 1,000 career goals when friendlies are factored into the equation.

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.

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 ...

Pelé, o Rei, has died. Brazil and the world are grieving, and many of us mourn an idol we never saw on the pitch. Being 23 years old, I was not around during the start, middle, or even the end of ...

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, 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… ...

Pele is one of only four players to score the most open play goals in World Cup finals. His three strikes were split between a brace in 1958 and the deadlock-breaker in Brazil’s 4-1 win over ...