On a rainy fall afternoon in 1977, at a stuffed stadium in New Jersey’s Meadowlands, boxing legend Muhammad Ali joined dignitaries from entertainment and political circles to watch Pelé end his soccer ...

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, ...

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 ...

Bocaina de Minas, BRAZIL — 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 his ...

A Brazilian dictionary has added "Pelé" as an adjective to use when describing someone who is "exceptional, incomparable, unique." The announcement by the Michaelis dictionary on Wednesday is part of ...

Pelé, Brazilian soccer legend and record-holding winner of three World Cups, has died. He was 82. The footballer's agent, Joe Fraga, confirmed his passing to the Associated Press. Pelé died Thursday ...

In 2018, a handful of years before his death, soccer titan Pelé, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, sold his Hamptons home of nearly 40 years for $2.85 million. The three-time World Cup champion, who ...

Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November. Doctors said earlier this ...

I saw the Brazilian soccer demigod Pelé play in person a few times and have watched innumerable clips of his greatest hits. Two of my most indelible memories are of goals that he didn’t even score.

Soccer legend Pelé is justifiably regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time, and one of the most significant people of the 20th century. But sources in Netflix’s new documentary film “Pelé” ...

Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also published stories in Forbes and worked in broadcast television as a reporter for Hawaii-based ...

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 Nascimento ...