RIO DE JANEIRO — The soccer star Edson Arantes do Nascimento — known around the world as Pelé — has died at 82. He'd been battling complications from colon cancer and had been admitted into ...

Pelé, the Brazilian soccer legend widely hailed as "O Rei do Futebol," the king of his sport, the only man to win the World Cup three times, died Thursday at a hospital in Brazil.He was 82. His ...

Pele, King of Futbol By Gentry Kirby Special to ESPN.com "If you would use the word perfect, Pele almost is there. He was the greatest soccer player in the history of this game," says former West ...

Pelé, Charismatic Master of the “Beautiful Game,” Dies at 82. The Brazilian superstar played in four World Cups and was the only player to win three, in 1958, 1962 and 1970.

As soccer’s first global star, Pelé had an influence on the sport different from the stars that followed him, including Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi. Dec. 29, 2022 ...

Pele, the transcendent, Brazilian star considered by many the greatest soccer player to ever lace up his cleats, died Thursday. He was 82. His death, confirmed by his agent Joe Fraga, was a result … ...

Pelé, one of soccer’s greatest players and a transformative figure in 20th-century sports who achieved a level of global celebrity few athletes have known, died on Thursday in São Paulo.

Brazilian soccer legend Pelé has been hospitalized for chemotherapy treatment of a colon tumor Wednesday, a spokesperson at Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital confirmed to CNN.

Edson Arantes do Nascimento remembered exactly when he first saw his father weep. It was 1950 and Brazil, appearing in soccer’s World Cup for the first time, had just been beaten by Uruguay in ...

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The soccer star was a three-time World Cup winner. AFP via Getty Images They didn’t divorce until 1982, a year after Pelé’s affair with Xuxa Meneghel, a children’s entertainer, became public.