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 ...

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.

Pelé, the greatest soccer player ever and the most decorated athlete in the history of "the Beautiful Game," has died at the age of 82.

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. “Everything that we are, is thanks to you,” his daughter Kely ...

Pelé was still there, in the air, heading that ball. It was like he could stay suspended for as long as he wanted to.” Facchetti’s teammate Tarcisio Burgnich was more circumspect.

Pelé—believed by many to be the greatest soccer player ever who paved the way for the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo—died Thursday at age 82 after a long battle with colon cancer ...

When Pelé ended his legendary, game-changing soccer career at the Meadowlands in 1977, he went out with a special rallying cry. Having played half the game for his final team, the New York Cosmos ...

Pelé ended his career on Oct. 1, 1977, in an exhibition between the Cosmos and Santos before a crowd in New Jersey of some 77,000. He played half the game with each club.

Pelé is widely considered to be one of the greatest soccer players in history. He played in four World Cups, winning three – in 1958, 1962, 1970) – and scoring 12 goals in 14 games.

In an interview aired Sunday night on TV Globo, Pelé’s daughters said the Brazilian soccer great was hospitalized last week in Sao Paulo after contracting a lung infection, following a Covid-19 ...

Pelé’s final NASL regular season match was at Washington’s RFK Stadium, and his last official appearance came at Soccer Bowl ’77 in Portland, Ore. He went out a champion.