Pelé made scoring look easy, getting the ball into the net in the most varied and beautiful ways — dribbling past defenders, firing powerful shots, striking well-placed free kicks or using firm ...

The soccer legend known mononymously as Pelé originally hated his nickname. He preferred his given name, Edson—a tribute to Thomas Edison, since at the time, power had just reached his parents’ town.

It seems Pele has been up to his old tricks again. No, not ghosting past defenders, scoring 1,280 goals and eating World Cups for breakfast—I'm talking about Pele worshipping Pele. A Pele love-in, ...

Some matches are far less obvious: The performance of Croatian captain Luka Modric through three games is most similar to that of Kuwait’s Abdullah Al Buloushi in 1982 … naturally. But what if we ...

Before Pele, there was Zizinho. An artist on the pitch who later became a coach, he was at the heart of establishing Brazil’s footballing identity.

Now the most decorated soccer country in the world, Brazil hadn't won a World Cup heading into the 1958 tournament. That all changed when Pelé spearheaded the team to a 5-2 triumph over Sweden in the ...