Pelé made scoring look easy, getting the ball into the net in the most varied and beautiful ways — dribbling past defenders, firing powerful shots, striking well-placed free kicks or using firm ...

The soccer legend known mononymously as Pelé originally hated his nickname. He preferred his given name, Edson—a tribute to Thomas Edison, since at the time, power had just reached his parents’ town.

Before Pele, there was Zizinho. An artist on the pitch who later became a coach, he was at the heart of establishing Brazil’s footballing identity.

Without a shadow of a doubt, Brazil is the greatest football nation of all time. They are the most successful, with five World Cups won. They are also the only nation to play in every World Cup—no ...

London: Troublesome Chelsea striker Diego Costa would have been considered a petty criminal rather than a master villain in the 1950s and 1960s, according to Brazil great Pele. Costa, who was born in ...

Pele made scoring look easy, getting the ball into the net in the most varied and beautiful ways – dribbling past defenders, firing powerful shots, striking well-placed free kicks or using firm ...