He told the story of how the brothers that created Adidas and Puma became bitter rivals, leading to a $120,000 payment for Pele to tie his laces at the 1970 World Cup. The story begins with two ...

The name stuck. Pele, the athlete, came out of nowhere as well. In 1958, people turned on the television to watch the first international broadcast of the World Cup. Black and white screens ...

The most noticeable, to fans fortunate enough to consume matches that way, was the first World Cup broadcast in color. Suddenly, watching legends such as Pele, Jairzinho and Uwe Seeler make ...

“@leomessi winning his first World Cup as was deserved for his career ... his daughter explained. Pele had a colon tumor removed in September 2021 and has since been receiving chemotherapy.

Lionel Messi, who recently lifted the FIFA World Cup, took to Instagram to pay tribute to Pele. French football star Kylian Mbappe posted a picture of him and Pele on Instagram and wrote ...

Pele holds the trophy after Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final of the 1962 World Cup in Chile. Sadly he missed that game after being injured in only the second match of the tournament.

but I've never seen a player as good as Pele was in 1970." Many would concur with the late Brazil star’s opinion, although just as many would argue that fellow World Cup winners Maradona and ...

He had been a player for Fluminense and Atlético Mineiro, but a knee injury (in a clash against Augusto, later captain of the Brazilian national team in the 1950 World Cup) cut short his career ...

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Pele and his Santos team-mates have often claimed they were behind a ceasefire struck during Nigeria's brutal civil war in 1969 but is the story more fiction than fact?