Brazil prepares to bury legend Pelé in city he made famous
Brazilian sports legend Pelé is being buried Tuesday, with his nation of more than 200 million people and the world watching.
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Brazil's Lula pays respects to Pele as 150,000 attend stadium wake
SANTOS, Brazil : More than 150,000 people including President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid their respects to the Brazilian soccer great Pele in the coastal city of Santos, filing past Pele's open casket at the Vila Belmiro stadium to bid a final farewell.
FIFA to ask all countries to name a stadium for Pele: Infantino
FIFA will ask all the world's countries to name a stadium for Brazilian football legend Pele, the head of the sport's governing body, Gianni Infantino, said on Monday at the late icon's wake.
No decision on Russia's potential switch to Asian confederation - RFU head
The Russian Football Union's (RFU) Executive Committee members have not expressed their intention to switch to the Asian confederation even as the country remains suspended by European soccer body UEFA, RFU head Alexander Dyukov said.
'Your legacy will be eternal': sporting world pays tribute to Brazilian legend Pele
:FIFA lowered all flags at its headquarters in Zurich following the death of Pele, while the Premier League and A-League pledged to pay tribute to the soccer great through applause as the sporting world bid farewell to one of its greatest heroes.
Pele or Maradona? Debate will continue raging over who was greater
Before Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo came along, the enduring debate in soccer about who was the greatest player centered on two men: Pele and Diego Maradona.
Pele factfile: Three World Cups, over 1000 career goals and more!
Brazilian football icon Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time and a three-time World Cup winner who masterminded the "beautiful game," has died at the age of 82, his family said Thursday.
Football in 2022 reviewed: Looking back on a dazzling year for the world's biggest game
It was a year where it felt like the sport truly got back up and running after multiple years of disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and what better way to celebrate than by closing the year out with the sport's biggest tournament, the FIFA World Cup.