The burial began around 2 pm local time after the hearse (a fire engine actually) drove through the streets of Santos for about three and a half hours. At the Memorial, Pelé's body will remain in ...

SANTOS, Brazil--Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid his ...

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Neymar's return to boyhood club Santos has been confirmed, with the Brazilian side sharing an emotional video - dedicated to Pele - to announce his signing. The forward, who was earning £ ...

Pele and his Santos team-mates have often claimed they were behind a ceasefire struck during Nigeria's brutal civil war in 1969 but is the story more fiction than fact?

At the age of 12, he joined Pele’s old club Santos. At 24, he became the most expensive player in English football history when he joined Manchester City for £32.5million as the marquee ...

Pelé had three siblings, María Lucía, Edson and Zoca, who made up a very humble family, so much so that he said that when he arrived at Santos, “the first thing I did was run to the water ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Pele traveled the world with his club team Santos and his national team Brazil, entertaining crowds with his magical brand of soccer. He scored 1,281 goals in his 22-year ...

Pele will be buried in a private cemetery in Santos, a coastal city located 60 kilometers from Sao Paulo, where he is the greatest idol of the homonymous club with which he won two Libertadores ...

Brazil have recalled Santos forward Neymar for this month's World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina after more ...

Brazil legend Pele and his Santos side toured Europe in 1973 and played the Pilgrims at Home Park that March - you can read more about it here. Around 40,000 packed into Home Park that night as ...