Pelé, who died Decemember 29, was a soccer icon like no other, regardless of whether his goal scoring record is really accurate. "He's Elvis. He's Neil Armstrong. He's the first to do it," David ...

PHILADELPHIA — Bob Rigby boarded two flights and a hydrofoil boat, traveling 30 hours to meet the New York Cosmos in Sweden as their last-minute goalkeeper for a 1975 world tour. He grew up in ...

Bocaina de Minas, BRAZIL (AP) — Down a dirt road in the mountains of Minas Gerais, Pelé’s home state, Jorge Tavares received the news of the star’s death from a 4 a.m. newscast. As a boy, Tavares and ...

We all know both Santos and Pelé himself like the spotlight. But this has clearly gone too far. Even if he's only taking a penalty, there's no way to justify a 70 year old man from competing in an ...

Pelé wrote that he feels "a little better" with "each passing day" on Instagram Brazilian soccer star Pelé is wishing for a speedy recovery after undergoing surgery earlier this month. The 80-year-old ...

No soccer player achieved more than Pele during his more than two decades on the pitch. Whether it was his three World Cup championships, more than any other player, or the more than 1,000 goals he ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé was simply “The King.” He embraced “the beautiful game” of soccer in his 1958 World Cup debut for Brazil and never really let go. He won a record three World Cups and was widely ...

Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend widely hailed as "O Rei do Futebol," the king of his sport, the only man to win the World Cup three times, died Thursday at a hospital in Brazil. He was 82. His death ...

The casket of late Brazilian soccer great Pele is draped in the Brazilian and Santos FC soccer club flags as his remains are transported from Vila Belmiro stadium, where he laid in state, to the ...

In this Wednesday, April 2, 2014 photo, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, is interviewed at The Associated Press in New York. As soccer’s showcase returns to the land of “jogo bonito” ...

It's not every day you get exclusive access to a living football legend. That man is three-time World Cup winner Pele, and here's how he answered our questions on everything from Lionel Messi and ...

Dec. 30—Bob Rigby boarded two flights and a hydrofoil boat, traveling 30 hours to meet the New York Cosmos in Sweden as their last-minute goalkeeper for a 1975 world tour. He grew up in Delaware ...