Discover the cultural history behind soccer's famous mononyms and how traditional nicknames transformed legends like Pelé, ...

The eighth of our extracts from The Soccer 100 looks at the King, the first (and still only) man to win three World Cups as a ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The ...

Four of the game's all-time greats are also the most valued by collectors, but who stands above the rest? It's hard to say.

Pelé was remembered for a life beyond the field, for transcending the sport of soccer and becoming perhaps the most well-known person on Earth. “Before Pelé, ’10′ was just a number,” current Brazil ...

SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — As the FIFA World Cup approaches, the image of one of Brazil's most recognizable footballers lives on ...

From that moment on, the World Cup became a stage for some of the game’s greatest legends. Brazilian icon Pelé became the ...