Pele's father was a local professional soccer player who held the distinction of scoring ... tournament in Sweden with a knee injury. He made up for lost time by scoring the game-winning goal ...

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?

TARCISIO BURGNICH, WHO MARKED PELE IN 1970 WORLD CUP FINAL "An artist in my eyes is someone who can lighten up a dark room. I have never and will never find difference between the pass from Pele ...

Neymar has eclipsed Pele as the top goal scorer for Brazil’s national team after overtaking the three-time World Cup winner’s career total of 77 against national teams with a goal in a World ...