Discover the only two Ghanaian Ballon d’Or nominees: Michael Essien and Asamoah Gyan, whose 18th-place finish in 2010 remains Ghana’s best-ever award ranking.

On the 86th birth anniversary of Pele, a Brazil fan who never saw him play live remembers the King through his late father’s ...

São Paulo visits Santos this Saturday (17) at 3 p.m. (Brasília time) at CT Rei Pelé in Santos, São Paulo state. The match is ...

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Monday evening is the big moment: London will host the eagerly anticipated Ballon d'Or ceremony. The prestigious award recognizes the best performances of the past season, from August 2025 to July 202 ...

As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 ...

Lionel Messi was not the first international soccer superstar to play in Minnesota on Saturday. Before the Argentine midfielder scored for Inter Miami in Minnesota United’s 4-1 win in St. Paul, Pele ...

The facts around the goal are pretty neat -- it may have been a friendly, but the goal was an 80th-minute winner for Brazil against England: never a shabby fixture to score a game-winner in. At 17 ...

Pele's death on December 29, 2022 reverberated around the world, as arguably the most well-known player on the planet passed away at 82 years old. The Brazilian superstar was a giant of the game, a ...

Pelé, the soccer player who rose from an impoverished Brazilian slum to become the most famous and, for a time, the best-paid athlete in the world during a spectacular career that produced more World ...

Editor’s note: This article was updated on September 9, 2023 to reflect Neymar breaking a Pele record. When Neymar scored the first of two goals against Bolivia in a World Cup qualifier, he surpassed ...