SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil have won a World Cup after losing their best player and they will be looking to the memory of 1962, when Pele was injured against Czechoslovakia, as an omen to get them ...
“In Brazil, Pelé is protected like a natural resource,” Miguel Acoga wrote about the soccer legend in a 1966 issue of LIFE magazine. But during the 1966 World Cup—pictured above and famously won by ...
Pele is hopeful Brazil can go on and win the World Cup without the injured Neymar -- just as they went on to win the competition after he picked up an injury in 1962. Neymar has been ruled out for the ...
The 2015 FIFA Club World Cup is going on right now in Japan. If you haven’t heard much about it, it’s not because you’re living under a rock. The Club World Cup just doesn’t really garner a lot of ...
Pele is Brazil’s joint all-time leading goalscorer, with 77 goals in 92 internationals. He is the only player to win three FIFA World Cups, in 1958, 1962 and 1970. A tribute to Pele on his official ...