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 ...

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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 ...

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?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

He'd go on to score 643 goals over 19 years in a golden era for Santos. He won a place in the ... Italy's Giovanni Trapattoni battles for the ball with Pele during an international friendly ...