SAO PAULO (AFP) -- Pele "would have been sad" at the state of the current Brazilian national team, his son Edinho has told AFP in an interview days before the first anniversary of his death on Friday, Dec. 29. Edinho (left) is the son of Brazil football legend Pele (AFP) Brazil have struggled in...
SANTOS, Brazil (AFP) — An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday, Jan. 2, to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away with his dazzling skill. A fan of late Brazilian football legend Pele gestures while attending his wake at...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -- Pele is revered in Brazil as the eternal "King of Football." Pele (AFP) But the legendary player's image is more complicated when it comes to the trickier terrain of politics in his home country, where he faced criticism for his failure to speak out on racism and his...
PARIS (AFP) -- His face appeared on televisions around the world and dominated the homepages of news outlets everywhere as global media bowed to the late, great Pele, the undisputed "King" of football. A man takes a picture of a wall depicting an image of late football stars Diego Maradona of...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro declared three days of national mourning Thursday for Pele, after the legendary footballer died at age 82. The measure was announced in a decree published in an extra edition of the government gazette and signed by the outgoing president, who is set to leave...
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian football icon Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who transformed the "beautiful game" and is widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, died on Thursday, Dec. 29, at the age of 82. In this file photo taken on December 08, 2005, Brazilian football...
DOHA (AFP) — Neymar said Saturday, Dec. 10, he was "psychologically destroyed" by Brazil's elimination from the World Cup in a penalty shootout defeat to Croatia and admitted it hurt more than any other loss in his career. Brazil's forward Neymar is consoled by teammates after they lost the...
In this file photo taken on April 02, 2019, Brazilian football legend Pele speaks during a meeting with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and France national football team forward Kylian Mbappe at the Hotel Lutetia in Paris. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) Football great Pele said on Thursday he is feeling...
In this file photo taken on December 8, 2005 Brazilian football legend Pele is seen during a presentation in Leipzig on the eve of the final draw of the Fifa football World Cup 2006. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP) Brazilian football legend Pele said Sunday he is "punching the air" to celebrate "every...
In this handout file photo released by WEF and taken on March 14, 2018, Brazilian football legend Pele smiles during the opening plenary at the World Economic Forum on Latin America 2018 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 14, 2018. (Photo by Benedikt VON LOEBELL / World Economic Forum (WEF) / AFP)...
In this file photo taken on April 02, 2019, Brazilian football legend Pele speaks during a meeting with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and France national football team forward Kylian Mbappe at the Hotel Lutetia in Paris. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) Pele on Sunday congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo for...
Real Valladolid's Spanish midfielder Joaquin Fernandez (left) challenges Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi during the Spanish league football match between Real Valladolid FC and FC Barcelona at the Jose Zorilla stadium in Valladolid on December 22, 2020. (Photo by Cesar Manso / AFP)...
