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 flickered as a skinny ...

Mexico 1970’s colorful innovations and historic landmarks put world soccer under a whole new lens. Compiled by Mauro Diaz THE 1970 WORLD CUP in Mexico ... on black-and-white sets.

Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, congratulated Argentina's Lionel Messi on winning the World Cup and ... daughter explained. Pele had a colon tumor ...

unveiled a statue of Pele at its headquarters on Thursday, the first of a series of events to commemorate June’s 50th anniversary of the team’s third World Cup triumph. Pele, who will be 80 in ...