Neymar surpassed Pele as Brazil's all-time top scorer with two second-half goals in a 5-1 win over Bolivia in South America's 2026 World Cup qualifiers on Friday.

The 31-year-old striker went into the game level with Pele on 77 goals and had a...

Ary Borges has come a long way in a short time, achieving a feat not even Pele or Ronaldinho could manage and winning high praise from Brazilian superstar teammate Marta in the process.

The 23-year-old burst on the scene as Brazil opened their...

Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi's move to spend the final years of his stellar career in the United States will come as a crushing blow to Barcelona fans who dreamed of a return to the club that nurtured him.

The 35-year-old Messi will...

Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi's move to spend the final years of his stellar career in Saudi Arabia, according to a source close to the negotiations, will come as a crushing blow to Barcelona fans who dreamed of a return to the club that nurtured...

"Pele," arguably the best footballer in history, is now also an adjective. 

On Wednesday, the word "pele" was added to the more than 167,000 words in the Michaelis Portuguese dictionary printed in Brazil.

For the world's 265 million-odd...

Lionel Messi has been honoured with a statue by the South America football federation CONMEBOL after leading Argentina to success in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The Albiceleste No.10 featured in an unveiling ceremony in his hometown, and will now have the...

Cristiano Ronaldo's new club coach Rudi Garcia on Sunday compared the Portuguese star's arrival at Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia to Pele's signing with the New York Cosmos in 1975.

"It's a bit like Pele's arrival" in what was then the North American...

Colombia is the first Latin American country to meet FIFA president Gianni Infantino's request to name a stadium after Pele.

Infantino on Monday said world football's governing body would ask all countries to name a stadium after the Brazilian...

Rodrygo scored the only goal and celebrated by paying tribute to  Pele as Real Madrid advanced to the Spanish Cup last 16 on Tuesday with a hard-fought 1-0 win over fourth-tier Cacereno.

The Brazilian broke the deadlock after 69 minutes beating...

Pele was a footballer like no other, and his final resting place will be exceptional, too: a large replica stadium complete with artificial turf inside the world's tallest vertical cemetery.

The Brazilian football great, whose funeral was held...

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the tributes Tuesday as Brazil says a final farewell to football legend Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time.

After holding three days of national mourning, Brazil has been paying...

Brazilians bid a final farewell this week to football giant Pele, starting Monday with a 24-hour public wake at the stadium of his long-time team, Santos.

The oceanside home of the team nicknamed "Peixe" -- "fish" in Portuguese -- is expecting...

US footballer Bobby Smith does not hold back his tears when paying tribute to "King" Pele: the rise of the game in the United States owes almost everything to the Brazilian legend, says his former New York Cosmos teammate.

Still athletic at 71...

Mamelodi Sundowns beat Orlando Pirates 2-0 and stretched their South African Premiership lead to seven points on Friday as South Africa remembered deceased Brazilian superstar Pele.

Pele died on Thursday in Sao Paulo aged 82 after battling colon...

Top flight football matches in England, Italy, France will all honour Pele before each match in the upcoming round of games, it was announced Friday.

"In tribute to Pele, Premier League clubs will remember his contribution to football during Matchweek...

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.

News organisations across the planet hailed the legendary...

Brazil starts three days of national mourning on Friday for football legend Pele, the three-time World Cup winner widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, who has died at age 82.

The death of "The King" who transcended football triggered...

Who is saying what after Brazilian football legend Pele died on Thursday at the age of 82:

"Before Pele, '10' was just a number. I would say that before Pele, football was just a sport. He transformed football into an art, into entertainment."

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Pele's life off the field was as eventful as his record-breaking career on it, with three marriages and a range of trailblazing sponsorship deals which helped modern-day players fill their pockets with corporate cash.

Here AFP Sport looks at a...

FIFA said Pele was simply "immortal" after the Brazil legend, named by world football's governing body as the greatest player of the 20th century, died on Thursday aged 82.

"Pele: immortal -- forever with us," FIFA said on its website.

Pele...