Pele

The goal Neymar scored against Bolivia on Friday, which brought him to 78 goals overall, overtook Pele to become Brazil’s all-time leading scorer. The forward, who was playing in his 125th match for Brazil, had a...

Tuesday, as Brazil bid its ultimate farewell to football hero Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva presided over the tributes. In the city of Santos in...

Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos. The oceanside home of the team nicknamed “Peixe” — “fish”...

Pele, the legendary Brazilian soccer player who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history, died on Thursday at the age of 82. Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital,...

According to a social media post by his daughter, the great Pele’s family paid him a visit on Saturday at the hospital in Sao Paulo where he is battling cancer that is progressing as well as...

Lionel Messi has set a new South American men’s record by scoring his 79th international goal for Argentina, surpassing Brazil icon Pele. Messi scored all three goals in Argentina’s 3-0 victory against Bolivia in a World...

Pele on Sunday congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo for ‘breaking his record’ of goals scored in official matches. Portuguese star Ronaldo hit a hat-trick for Juventus in a 3-1 Serie A win over Cagliari to bring his total...

Pele, Maradona and Ronaldo were among 50 global football icons to pay tribute to workers striving to combat the coronavirus pandemic in a video posted by FIFA on Saturday. The video, which lasts almost one-and-a-half minutes,...

Football legend Pele told Kylian Mbappe on Tuesday that he believes the French World Cup winner can emulate his own achievement of scoring 1,000 career goals. The 78-year-old Brazilian claims to have netted over 1,000 goals...

Teenage star Kylian Mbappe played down comparisons with Brazil legend Pele after stealing the show in a 4-3 victory for France that sent Argentina crashing out of the World Cup. Billed as Lionel Messi’s chance to...