RAMON MARTOS was raised on stories from his grandad about the time he marked the great Pele. And the teenager is now ...

Pelé, the King of Football, would have turned 85 this Thursday, October 23, 2025.The Athlete of the 20th Century was 82 years old when he died on December 29, 2022, due to multiple organ failure, a ...

Brazil sportswriter Mauricio Savarese had been preparing for the death of soccer legend Pelé for months, if not years. When ...

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 death ...

With Inter Milan, Juventus, Manchester United and Real Madrid having all tried to sign Pele, the Brazilian government, under president Janio Quadros, declared him an ‘official national treasure’ to ...

Pelé, Brazilian soccer legend and record-holding winner of three World Cups, has died. He was 82. The footballer's agent, Joe Fraga, confirmed his passing to the Associated Press. Pelé died Thursday ...

Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also published stories in Forbes and worked in broadcast television as a reporter for Hawaii-based ...

Pele was arguably the greatest football of all time - and his tragic death has sent shockwaves around the world. His dedicated third wife Marcia Aoki was at his bedside when he passed away at the age ...

Pelé—believed by many to be the greatest soccer player ever who paved the way for the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo—died Thursday at age 82 after a long battle with colon cancer, ...

Football legend Pele recognised his 'secret' daughter in his will after denying she was his for his entire life, it has been revealed. The Brazilian soccer icon had previously refused to acknowledge ...

Pelé was defined in the last couple of decades by what he wasn’t — namely, Diego Maradona. Pelé was soccer’s straight-edged counter to Maradona, the outspoken cocaine addict who fraternized with ...