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Brazil creates King Pele Day in honor of football icon
AFP · 3 months ago
Brazil football legend Pele will be honored in his home country by a commemorative day baptised "King Pele Day", reported Tuesday's edition of the government gazette.
Mother of Brazil's football giant Pele dies at 101
AFP · 3 months ago
Celeste Arantes, the mother of Brazilian football legend Pele, has died aged 101, outliving her famous son by 18 months, the family announced Friday.
Pele to Endrick: Five teen talents that lit up Brazil
AFP · 6 months ago
Brazil is unparalleled when it comes to footballing success and fervour, and for many the sport itself is synonymous with the Brazilian national team.
Pele 'would have been sad' at state of Brazil team, says son
AFP · 9 months ago
Pele "would have been sad" at the state of the current Brazilian national team, his son Edinho has told AFP in an interview days before the first anniversary of his death on Friday.
Women's squad seeks its share of Saudi football boom
AFP · 1 year ago
As Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar pack Saudi stadiums, a quieter but equally dramatic transformation is unfolding for women's professional football, which didn't even exist in the kingdom five years ago.
Two-goal Neymar breaks Pele's record as Brazil crush Bolivia 5-1
AFP · 1 year ago
Neymar surpassed Pele as Brazil's all-time top scorer with two second-half goals in a 5-1 win over Bolivia in South America's 2026 World Cup qualifiers on Friday.
Brazil's Borges outdoes Pele with emotional World Cup hat-trick
AFP · 1 year ago
Ary Borges has come a long way in a short time, achieving a feat not even Pele or Ronaldinho could manage and winning high praise from Brazilian superstar teammate Marta in the process.
From Pele to Beckham -- four superstars who left football's elite leagues
AFP · 1 year ago
Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi's move to spend the final years of his stellar career in the United States will come as a crushing blow to Barcelona fans who dreamed of a return to the club that nurtured him.
From Pele to Beckham -- four superstars who dipped their toe in football's backwaters
AFP · 1 year ago
Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi's move to spend the final years of his stellar career in Saudi Arabia, according to a source close to the negotiations, will come as a crushing blow to Barcelona fans who dreamed of a return to the club that nurtured him.
Football great Pele enters Portuguese dictionary as an adjective
AFP · 1 year ago
"Pele," arguably the best footballer in history, is now also an adjective. On Wednesday, the word "pele"
CONMEBOL: Messi's statue to be placed next to Pele and Maradona's in federation museum
Live Soccer TV · 1 year ago
Messi's statue will stand in the CONMEBOL museum in Paraguay next to the two football icons.
Like Cosmos signing Pele, says Ronaldo's new coach
AFP · 1 year ago
Cristiano Ronaldo's new club coach Rudi Garcia on Sunday compared the Portuguese star's arrival at Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia to Pele's signing with the New York Cosmos in 1975.
Colombian stadium first in Latin America renamed after Pele
AFP · 1 year ago
Colombia is the first Latin American country to meet FIFA president Gianni Infantino's request to name a stadium after Pele.
Rodrygo pays tribute to Pele as Real advance to Spanish Cup last 16
AFP · 1 year ago
Rodrygo scored the only goal and celebrated by paying tribute to Pele as Real Madrid advanced to the Spanish Cup last 16 on Tuesday with a hard-fought 1-0 win over fourth-tier Cacereno.
Pele gets resting place in world's tallest vertical cemetery
AFP · 1 year ago
Pele was a footballer like no other, and his final resting place will be exceptional, too: a large replica stadium complete with artificial turf inside the world's tallest vertical cemetery.
Brazil says final farewell to 'King' Pele
AFP · 1 year ago
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the tributes Tuesday as Brazil says a final farewell to football legend Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time.
Final farewell for Pele, Brazil's football 'King'
AFP · 1 year ago
Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos.
US soccer owes almost everything to Pele, says former New York Cosmos teammate
AFP · 1 year ago
US footballer Bobby Smith does not hold back his tears when paying tribute to "King"
Mamelodi Sundowns extend lead as South Africa honours Pele
AFP · 1 year ago
Mamelodi Sundowns beat Orlando Pirates 2-0 and stretched their South African Premiership lead to seven points on Friday as South Africa remembered deceased Brazilian superstar Pele.
European leagues to honour Pele with pre-match tributes
AFP · 1 year ago
Top flight football matches in England, Italy, France will all honour Pele before each match in the upcoming round of games, it was announced Friday.