Pele's words were echoed by Jairzinho and Tostao, two other members of Brazil's 1970 World Cup winners, widely seen as the greatest team ever to grace the world stage. Jairzinho, who scored the ...

It is no coincidence that the 2022 World Cup was the first time ... outlet will ask me about Pele's apocryphal mid-1970s prediction that an African team would win the tournament before the year ...

The Ballon d’Or is widely considered the most prestigious individual award in football. The Golden Ball trophy has honoured the best in the world for 68 years but has taken on a new level of ...

Vinicius Junior is favourite to lift the Ballon d'Or in Paris on Monday. If he does, the Real Madrid star will join an elite ...

1. Kaká Kaká was the last player to win the Ballon d’Or before the Messi-Cristiano era began. Known as one of the best attacking midfielders, he earned the Champions League and World Cup ...

The five-times World Cup winners are renowned for their "jogo bonito" philosophy ... name in Brazilian football and world football," said Brazil coach Dorival Junior. Pele The late Pele remains the ...

Pakistan’s former hockey international of the early 1980s, Major Peerzada has been regularly organising functions to honour ...

with Zagallo scoring the fourth goal in a 5-2 win. Zagallo had been the last surviving member of Brazil's 1958 World Cup-winning team who played in the final. With Pele injured in the early stages ...

The precocious Kylian Mbappe followed in Pele’s footsteps at the 2018 World ... are priced at 14/1 to win the World Cup for the first time. The Netherlands, who also reached the last eight ...

Brought in by Brazilian side Santos at age 14, Miguel Terceros is showing his worth for the Bolivian national team in World Cup qualifying ... through players like Pele and Neymar, Santos ...

Zinedine Zidane got the acclaim ahead of Henry though, and despite being named FWA Player of the Year three times, and ...

With the Nov. 17 release of Taika Waititi’s major motion picture “Next Goal Wins,” two Thomas Rongens ... the first trans woman to compete in a FIFA World Cup Qualifier, also comes to ...