Azteca was the first stadium to host two World Cup finals, won by Pele's Brazil in 1970 and Diego Maradona's Argentina in ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The design is full of city landmarks and soccer icons. Each of the World Cup's 16 host cities will have its own poster, and ...

Pele named Arsenal as the English team he'd most liked to have signed for if he were ever to come to the UK to play his ...

By appearing in Qatar – 64 years after they played in Sweden – they had set a new record for the longest gap between participations. Wales eclipsed the previous mark set by Egypt, who ended a 56-year ...

Brazil has recalled Neymar for the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina in March, the football ...