In the third of our World Cup icons series, BBC Sport tells the story of Pele and his role in helping Brazil bring us the beautiful game in 1970. As Brazil's team bus weaves its way through the ...

Pele declared that Spain's current squad (which won the Euro 2012 tournament) is less than Brazil's squad that won the 1970 World Cup. Pele made his declarations in an interview that appeared in ...

Football is rarely just football and footballers are rarely just footballers. Pelé was a brilliant forward, a player of grace and imagination, of explosive pace and extraordinary balance, but that is ...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Pele's crowning glory was winning the 1970 World Cup as he approached his 30s, four years after he had vowed never to play in the tournament again after being kicked out of 1966 ...