Italy's Giovanni Trapattoni battles for the ball with Pele during an international friendly at Milan's San Siro stadium in 1962. Italy's Giovanni Trapattoni battles for the ball with Pele during ...

"Only Pele, 1,000 goals," they repeatedly chanted as people beat drums and danced in the street. His body was then accompanied for seven kilometres through the streets of Santos while helicopters ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has been one of the best players ever to grace the football pitch. The 39 year old recently breached the ...

By then a middle-aged man by the standards of his sport, Pelé no longer possessed that explosive first step that whiplashed defenders foolish enough to body up to him, but he had lost none of the ...

"Pele's list forgets Brazilian stars," exclaimed the sports newspaper Lance. The list was compiled to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Fifa - the sport's ruling body. A Real Madrid ...

Pele-academics though argue that the so-called friendlies were far from exhibition games and were fought intensely like ...

By 1904, an international body to organize the sport ... an idea of competition best captured by Brazilian football legend Pele: “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 132 of his goals for Portugal, with whom he won Euro 2016, while the other 769 have come at club level ...

But there was never any clear proof to back up Pele's number. FIFA and South American body CONMEBOL have previously registered Pele with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games, but these include youth ...

Florida Atlantic soccer's Mamadou Diarra scored via a bicycle kick in the 34th minute, and it made ESPN Sportscenter's Top 10 ...

Manchester City snatched a 98th minute equaliser to deny Arsenal a first win at the Etihad Stadium since January 2015 and ...