Tipped to become an even bigger star than Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, Adu was the youngest professional athlete in the history of major US sport and was swiftly christened the ‘new Pele ...

Pele, 80, is in “good clinical evolution” and “will remain, from now on, in recovery in the room,” according to a press release from the hospital where he was admitted on August 31.

Pelé was said to be stable and conscious in a common (non-ICU) room Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pelé, has been reported to be improving but doctors are ...

The great Brazilian striker was asked who the greatest footballer of all time was - to which he gave a humorous response.

"If you would use the word perfect, Pele almost is there. He was the greatest soccer player in the history of this game," says former West German star Franz Beckenbauer on ESPN Classic's ...

Italy's Giovanni Trapattoni battles for the ball with Pele during an international friendly at Milan's San Siro stadium in 1962. Italy's Giovanni Trapattoni battles for the ball with Pele during ...

Pele named Arsenal as the English team he'd most liked to have signed for if he were ever to come to the UK to play his ...

Pele helped Brazil win the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970. (Image: Hans-Jürgen Schmidt/HJS-Sportfotos/picture alliance) ...

In a rush to venerate Pele, the relaunched New York Cosmos announced in 2013 they would be retiring the team's number 10 shirt. The only trouble with such a tribute was that in 1977 they had ...