Not Maradona, not Messi – this is why Pele is the World Cup’s greatest-ever player

The news is out: the only player to win three tournaments tops our greatest players of all-time World Cup leaderboard. And as ...
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The greatest team of all time? Brazil brilliance at the 1970 World Cup writes the Selecao into the history books

In a supreme advertisement for entertaining and attacking football, Pele and Co. brought the World Cup trophy back to Brazil.
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Reliving Pele's Legacy: A Nostalgic Journey Through Mexico's World Cup Past

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

Communism, Nasa and a place for Pelé: how Brazil prepared for the 1970 World Cup

In this extract from their forthcoming book on South America and the World Cup, Mark Biram and Tim Vickery describe la Seleçao’s strange buildup to the classic tournament ...

England hero nutmegged Pele but then had Brazil World Cup icon’s signed shirt stolen

England hero Alan Mullery ‘collected the money’ for nutmegging Pele – but then had a priceless piece of history stolen. The ...

The Soccer 100: Pele — Brazil’s globetrotting ambassador

The eighth of our extracts from The Soccer 100 looks at the King, the first (and still only) man to win three World Cups as a ...

World Cup Moments: The Match of the Century

When one thinks of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico thoughts immediately turn to the great Brazil side led by Pele.That Seleçao ...