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 ...

Brazilian soccer legend Pelé, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, has died. He was 82. The standard-bearer of “the beautiful game” and three-time World Cup champion had ...

Brazilian football legend Pele died on Thursday at the age of 82 in Sao Paolo. The only three-time World Cup winner and owner of countless records, his reputation as "the greatest" is well deserved.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Christ the Redeemer was lit up in a Pele shirt among Brazilian tributes to the soccer great on the first anniversary of his death on Friday. Pele died of colon cancer at age 82.

Pelé, considered by many the greatest soccer player of all time and one of the world’s most popular athletes for decades, died Thursday in his native Brazil after battling colon cancer. He was 82. His ...

Two years ago this month, soccer lost arguably its greatest-ever player in Edson Arantes do Nascimento — better known worldwide simply as Pelé. Pelé died on Dec. 29, 2022, at age 82, but left behind a ...

Thousands queued to pay their respects to Pelé at a public wake staged at Santos FC's stadium ©Getty Images Pelé died at the age of 82 on Thursday (December 29), and is lying in state at the Estádio ...