By Janina Nuno Rios MEXICO CITY, June 5 (Reuters) - In a modest room tucked inside a historic Mexico City conference complex, ...

In the third of our World Cup icons series, BBC Sport tells the story of Pele and his role in helping Brazil bring us the beautiful game in 1970. As Brazil's team bus weaves its way through the ...

The news is out: the only player to win three tournaments tops our greatest players of all-time World Cup leaderboard. And as ...

World Cup Final: Brazil Pele (10) victorious as Roberto Rivelino (11) jumps on top with teammates after scoring goal vs Italy during 18th minute at Estadio Azteca. Mexico City, Mexico 6/21/1970 CREDIT ...

A historic room in Mexico City, where football icon Pele stayed during the 1970 World Cup, is now an exhibition as Mexico ...

Every so often, a national team comes along that embeds itself in a nation’s psyche. It can flood a country with hope. It can cause its inhabitants to temporarily forget about their day-to-day woes.

In a supreme advertisement for entertaining and attacking football, Pele and Co. brought the World Cup trophy back to Brazil.

Football is rarely just football and footballers are rarely just footballers. Pelé was a brilliant forward, a player of grace and imagination, of explosive pace and extraordinary balance, but that is ...

What makes the Brazil team of 1970 perhaps the greatest side of all time? The individual brilliance within their team? The cohesiveness within their playing style? Perhaps, but the fact that Mario ...

SAO PAULOSAO PAULO — Soccer great Pelé did not attend a ceremony Thursday to unveil a statue of him representing Brazil’s historic 1970 World Cup winning team. The Brazilian has suffered with mobility ...

Pele's crowning glory was winning the 1970 World Cup as he approached his 30s, four years after he had vowed never to play in the tournament again after being kicked out of 1966. He won it as the star ...

While Pele had no serious concerns on the pitch, off it was a different matter. He was popular in Mexico. One previous visit to Guadalajara with Brazil had prompted nearly the whole town to close, ...