Soccer legend Pelé died of colon cancer on December 29 at the age of 82. Thousands of Brazilians paid tribute before his private burial. More from News Soccer legend Pelé died of colon cancer on ...

Azteca was the first stadium to host two World Cup finals, won by Pele's Brazil in 1970 and Diego Maradona's Argentina in 1986. Mexico is sharing the 2026 World Cup with the United States and ...

Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, congratulated Argentina's Lionel Messi on winning the World Cup and ... daughter explained. Pele had a colon tumor ...

A 3-0 blowout loss to Peru and a 1-1 draw to ... the West German legend participated in the same World Cups as Pele had and reached the final in 1966. Germany's Miroslav Klose and Portugal's ...

Thousands of fans paid their final respects to Pelé, the three-time World Cup winner who established his country as the supreme power of soccer. A procession took place through the streets of his ...

Pele holds the trophy after Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final of the 1962 World Cup in Chile. Sadly he missed that game after being injured in only the second match of the tournament.