Pelé’s wife, fans mourn Brazilian soccer legend at Santos stadium
SANTOS, Brazil — Mourners began paying their respects to Pelé in a solemn procession past his coffin at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in his hometown...
Pelé, Muhammad Ali first two on Mount Rushmore of all athletes
Pelé passed this week, at age 82, and though it probably was no news bulletin that he enjoyed fame beyond belief in his time, it...
Cristiano Ronaldo had ‘very close’ offer from MLS side to Al Nassr deal
One MLS team made an apparently enormous bid in an attempt to land Cristiano Ronaldo. Multiple reports indicate that Sporting Kansas City was highly interested...
Ronaldo joining Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on record deal
He’s actually doing it. Cristiano Ronaldo forced himself out of Manchester United — the club that raised him in the mid-to-late 2000s — as the...
How Pelé forever raised popularity of soccer in United States
The GOAT is gone. Pelé died Thursday at 82 in his native Brazil. But not before becoming the finest soccer player who ever lived, and...
Pelé brought unrivaled star power, following to New York
This was a warm summer day in 2001, and a man named Edson Arantes do Nascimento at birth walked with a slight limp on the...
Pelé’s daughter shares heartbreaking post after soccer icon’s death
Pelé’s daughter, Kely Nascimento, shared a heartbreaking Instagram post on Thursday in the wake of the soccer icon’s death. Moments after news emerged Thursday that...
Soccer stars pay tribute to Pelé after his death at 82
Tributes were pouring in Thursday after soccer legend Pelé, who won three World Cups with Brazil, died at 82 following a bout with cancer. Pelé,...
Soccer icon Pelé dead at 82 after health battles
Edson Arantes do Nascimento remembered exactly when he first saw his father weep. It was 1950 and Brazil, appearing in soccer’s World Cup for the...
Pelé nears one month in hospital with no sign of improvement
SAO PAULO — One of Pelé’s daughters said Wednesday she and her family are enduring moments of sadness and despair as the 82-year-old Brazilian soccer...