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The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which sporting giant Pele turned into a byword for soccer brilliance during a glittering club career, started bidding goodbye to its hero on Monday with a 24-hour wake. Mourners lined up to see Pele's body in an open casket in the center of the…

The Brazilian soccer great died Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 82.

He remains the face of a purity in soccer that existed long before big money and global geopolitics infiltrated

Cristiano Ronaldo may have rejected a move to Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City this month, but the megastar's influence in America is clearly as strong as ever

Iranian police briefly detained several unidentified top-tier football players in a raid on a party on New Year's Eve, Iranian media reported. Social restrictions are among issues that prompted mass unrest in recent months, following the death in custody of a woman accused of violating the strict dress code. The…

Argentina's victory in the soccer World Cup tournament in Qatar has suddenly meant that many tattoo artists across the country are fully booked.

In 2022, Britain lost its queen and Brazil its soccer 'king' - two giant figures of the 20th century who crossed paths at least twice over the years.

PHILADELPHIA — Bob Rigby boarded two flights and a hydrofoil boat, traveling 30 hours to meet the New York Cosmos in Sweden as their last-minute goalkeeper for a 1975 world tour. He grew up in Delaware County, was a substitute teacher while playing at Veterans Stadium for the Atoms, and…

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