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 ...

If soccer had a soundtrack, it would be samba. The ball is a pandeiro, the feet caxixis. Each touch is an embrace, a "feast for the legs that play and the eyes that watch, much more than a big ...

Roger Federer is one of the greatest players in tennis history alongside Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The Swiss legend, 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.

The World Cup is a communal offering, breathing joy into thoroughfares across the world. It belongs to the children, to the workers, to the peasants - to the masses of people who dance when ball ...

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 ...

Brazilian soccer great Pele says his poor health will keep him from lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics. In a statement on Friday, Pele said: "I'm not physically ...

Former coach César Luis Menotti stated this Friday that "Pelé" is the greatest of all time, above Maradona or Lionel Messi.

This is the seventh in a series by The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup. The previous six articles have looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and Italy again in 193 8, ...

The Brazilian National Team defeated Chile 3-0 at the Maracanã this Thursday (4th), with goals from Estêvão, Lucas Paquetá, and Bruno Guimarães. Scoring the goal that "opened the gates" for the canary ...

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 ...