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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pelé's former club Santos returns to the top tier of Brazilian soccer with an eye on Neymar

SAO PAULO — Santos secured its return to the top tier of Brazilian soccer next year when it hopes that star striker Neymar will be back at the club which achieved a global following with Pelé. Santos president Marcelo Teixeira said in the early hours of Tuesday that he will wait for Neymar and his Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal to …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Brazil to celebrate national “King Pelé Day” on November 19 to pay tribute to soccer great

Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Brazil will celebrate a national “King Pelé Day” on Nov. 19 every year, marking the date the soccer great scored what he considered to be the 1,000th goal of his career in 1969. The Brazilian government’s official publication said Tuesday that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had passed a law sanctioning the national tribute to the …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pele’s mother, Celeste Arantes, dies at age 101 in Brazil

The Hindu

Celeste Arantes, the mother of late soccer great Pelé, died on Friday at age 101. Arantes spent the past five years in a vegetative state and was not informed about her famous son’s death in 2022. The Pele Foundation said on its social media channels that the mother of the only three-time World Cup-winning player was a role model. “Dona …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Footballers on film: the soccer stars who’ve tackled acting, from Ian Wright to David Beckham

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The latest former player to delve into the world of acting is ex-Arsenal star, Match …

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1 year ago

Mario Zagallo, Brazil’s World Cup winning player and coach, dies at age 92

The Hindu

Mario Zagallo, who won two World Cups as a player, one as a coach and another as an assistant coach for Brazil, has died. Brazilian football confederation president Ednaldo Rodrigues said in a statement in the early hours of Saturday confirming Zagallo's death that Zagallo “is one of the biggest legends” of the sport. “We love the national team so …

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1 year ago

Mario Zagallo, the World Cup winning player and coach for Brazil, dies at age 92

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Mario Zagallo, who won two World Cups as a player, one as a coach and another as an assistant coach for Brazil, has died. Brazilian soccer confederation president Ednaldo Rodrigues said in a statement in the early hours of Saturday confirming Zagallo’s death that Zagallo “is one of the biggest legends” of the sport. “We love …

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1 year ago

Brazil pays tributes to Pele one year after his death, Christ the redeemer wears his number

Firstpost

Santos FC also held a tribute at its Vila Belmiro Stadium, where Edson Cholbi do Nascimento, one of Pelé’s sons, released 10 white ballons from the center circle. Brazilians paid several tributes to football legend Pelé on Friday, one year after the three-time World Cup winner’s death at age 82 due to a colon cancer. 🤴🏿♾️ pic.twitter.com/BlYYlBtIe4 — Santos FC …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Mbappé has reached 300 career goals faster than Messi or Ronaldo, Thierry Henry is impressed

Hindustan Times

Mbappé achieved the feat over the weekend in a 14-0 rout of Gibraltar at the age of 24 years and 333 days. HT Image "What this kid is doing is really out of this world," said Henry, who is now in charge of leading the new generation of France's players as coach of the Under-21 team. Mbappé then replicated another …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Neymar scores 78th, 79th goals to surpass Pelé and break Brazil’s all-time goal-scoring record

Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Neymar scored his record 78th and 79th goals for Brazil in a 5-1 World Cup qualifying win over Bolivia on Friday. Neymar’s goals in the Amazon city of Belem put him two above the total of three-time World Cup winner Pelé as the Selecao’s top goal scorer. URUGUAY 3, CHILE 1 Bielsa’s reshaping of Uruguay started with …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Neymar beats Pele’s record to become Brazil’s all-time top scorer

The Hindu

Neymar became the top goal scorer for Brazil’s national team after surpassing the total of three-time World Cup winner Pelé on Friday. The goal that put the 31-year-old Neymar on the top of Brazil’s scoring record with 78 came in the 61st minute in a World Cup qualifying match against Bolivia in the Amazon city of Belém. 🇧🇷 5 x …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Pelé went from poverty to football superstardom

Hindustan Times

He was just a boy, only 17. Yet in the World Cup final of 1958 Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, showed the poise and supreme skill that would mark his career. Even a goal he didn’t actually score, against England in the 1970 World Cup, became famous, because few—including him—could work out how Gordon Banks had managed …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Will Lionel Messi come to MLS? In Miami, everyone has an opinion

New York Times

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida looks like it was designed by an eight-year-old on the back of a napkin. “Even as time has passed, my desire to remains intact,” Messi told Argentina’s Sportia shortly before the 2018 World Cup in Russia. It’s something that I still have left to do.” During a recent interview with Brazilian …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Lionel Messi named FIFA Best Men’s Player for 2022

The Hindu

Lionel Messi won the 2022 FIFA Best Men’s Player award in a ceremony in Paris on Monday. Lionel Scaloni, coach of the World Cup-winning squad was named as the Best Men’s Coach while Emiliano Martinez won the award for Best Men’s Goalkeeper. Spanish midfielder Alexia Putellas won the FIFA Best women’s Player award for a second year in a row. …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Soccer newsletter: U.S. men’s team players show support for Gregg Berhalter

LA Times

Hello and welcome to the weekly L.A. Times soccer newsletter. Today we’ll discuss the upcoming U.S. national team camp, Banc of California’s popularity among MLS visitors, how Erling Haaland’s record scoring pace might prove to be the thing that prevents Manchester City from winning the Premier League and why we wait for iconic figures to die before we decide to …

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2 years ago

Brazilian players face backlash for skipping Pelé's funeral

Associated Press

SAO PAULO — Brazilian soccer stars past and present are under fire from fans for skipping Pelé's funeral and opting to pay their respects on social media. “You didn’t even show up for the funeral of the man who paved the way for you to have the life that you have,” said Joao Vitor Custodio on Kaká’s Instagram post about …

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2 years ago

Brazilian players face backlash for skipping Pelé's funeral

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brazilian soccer stars past and …

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2 years ago

Pelé buried at cemetery in Brazilian city he made famous

Associated Press

SANTOS, Brazil — Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country. If they had, they would feel this gratitude I feel now.” Among those at the stadium was Pelé’s best friend Manoel Maria, also a former Santos player. And that can be seen in this long line with people of …

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2 years ago

How Pelé embodied the ’beautiful game’ of football

Live Mint

For more than a month now, around the time that Pelé was moved to end-of-life care, a video has been doing the rounds on social media. Pelé, who had consoled his father eight years earlier when Brazil lost the 1950 World Cup final at the Maracana Stadium with a promise that he would one day win a World Cup for …

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2 years ago

The Full Circle | Pele buried at cemetery in Brazil, the city he made famous

India TV News

The legend will now rest in peace. A section of the stands was filling up with bouquets placed by mourners and sent by clubs and star players — Neymar and Ronaldo among them — from around the world as loudspeakers played a song named “Eu sou Pelé” that was recorded by the Brazilian himself. Among those at the stadium was …

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2 years ago

Rodrygo honors Pelé, Real Madrid advances in Copa del Rey

Associated Press

MADRID — Rodrygo scored in the second half and celebrated by honoring the late Pelé as Real Madrid edged fourth-division club Cacereño 1-0 to advance to the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey on Tuesday. The Brazil forward broke the deadlock in the 69th minute, dribbling past two defenders inside the area before sending a curling right-footed shot …

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2 years ago

Farewell to 'The King': Pele arrives at his final resting place

Daily Mail

The coffin of Brazilian football legend Pele has arrived at its final re ting place after a massive procession through the city of Santos in Sao Paulo state which saw more than 200,000 people line the streets to pay their respects to the fallen legend. Pele's coffin was gingerly lowered onto the shoulders of National Guard soldiers who carried him …

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2 years ago

Brazil prepares to bury Pele in Santos; Lula attends mass at Vila Belmiro stadium

The Hindu

Forty-five years after Pelé played his last game, it’s hard to imagine modern football, or Brazil, without him. Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, filed Monday past the body of Pelé on the century-old field where he made his hometown team one of Brazil’s best. Pelé’s coffin, draped in the flags of Brazil and the …

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2 years ago

Explained: Pelé in pop culture and how he fought the Nazis

Firstpost

After Pelé, widely acknowledged as the greatest footballer of all time, passed away last week, the tributes poured in from people around the world. Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine played Allied prisoners of war alongside Pelé, with Max von Sydow playing one of the Nazi major at the German camp they’re all hauled up in. The Allied prisoners end up …

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2 years ago

Brazilians mourn Pelé at the stadium where he got his start

Associated Press

SANTOS, Brazil — Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began filing past the body of Pelé on Monday on the century-old field where he made his hometown team one of Brazil’s best. Brazil’s newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will come to Vila Belmiro shortly before Pelé's coffin is removed from the stadium. …

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Pelé's former club Santos returns to the top tier of Brazilian soccer with an eye on Neymar

Brazil to celebrate national “King Pelé Day” on November 19 to pay tribute to soccer great

Pele’s mother, Celeste Arantes, dies at age 101 in Brazil

Footballers on film: the soccer stars who’ve tackled acting, from Ian Wright to David Beckham

Mario Zagallo, Brazil’s World Cup winning player and coach, dies at age 92

Mario Zagallo, the World Cup winning player and coach for Brazil, dies at age 92

Brazil pays tributes to Pele one year after his death, Christ the redeemer wears his number

Mbappé has reached 300 career goals faster than Messi or Ronaldo, Thierry Henry is impressed

Neymar scores 78th, 79th goals to surpass Pelé and break Brazil’s all-time goal-scoring record

Neymar beats Pele’s record to become Brazil’s all-time top scorer

Pelé went from poverty to football superstardom

Will Lionel Messi come to MLS? In Miami, everyone has an opinion

Lionel Messi named FIFA Best Men’s Player for 2022

Soccer newsletter: U.S. men’s team players show support for Gregg Berhalter

Brazilian players face backlash for skipping Pelé's funeral

Brazilian players face backlash for skipping Pelé's funeral

Pelé buried at cemetery in Brazilian city he made famous

How Pelé embodied the ’beautiful game’ of football

The Full Circle | Pele buried at cemetery in Brazil, the city he made famous

Rodrygo honors Pelé, Real Madrid advances in Copa del Rey

Farewell to 'The King': Pele arrives at his final resting place

Brazil prepares to bury Pele in Santos; Lula attends mass at Vila Belmiro stadium

Explained: Pelé in pop culture and how he fought the Nazis

Brazilians mourn Pelé at the stadium where he got his start