From Maradona to Messi, South America has long been a hotbed for some of the greatest footballers the beautiful game has ever ...

Roger Federer is one of the greatest players in tennis history alongside Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The Swiss legend, a ...

Pele, who helped inspire Brazil to glory in 1958, 1962 and 1970, is the only player to have won the FIFA World Cup on three separate occasions.

Gordon Banks' save (1970) against Pelé has been called the save of the century. After all, that is also art: not scoring a ...

Under Carlo Ancelotti, Brazil begins its campaign on June 13, 2026, against Morocco at MetLife Stadium. The group stage also features a matchup with Haiti—a rising CONCACAF team whose energetic, ...

Football's original World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet, vanished in 1983 and was never recovered. Stolen from Brazil, the ...

Brazil and Santos legend Pele died on Thursday. GOAL remembers the greatest moments of his incredible career. No player did more to popularise football's reputation as the beautiful game than the ...

Roberto Baggio (1967), Ronaldinho (1980) and 17-year-old Lennart Karl. Here are the 79 best footballers of their year.

Brazil's 1970 World Cup triumph in Mexico is seen as Pele's crowning glory. He was the star of what is often considered the best side the world has ever seen, but while Pele's superstardom endures to ...

Arantes was 17 when she gave birth to her first child on October 23, 1940, a baby who would grow up to be the man widely considered the greatest footballer of all time. "Rest in peace, grandma," ...

Brazil shirts have always been yellow and green. The shorts have always been blue. Why would you change that unless you had no option? I can't understand it. Is it about the money? Ah, because I'm ...