Pele, the best player of all time?
An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday to football legend Pele with a 24-hour wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away with his exploits. He is called simply...
View ArticleThe figure of Pele able to unite Brazil despite the political divisions
Pele is revered in Brazil as the eternal "King of Football." But the legendary player's image is more complicated when it comes to the trickier terrain of politics in his home country, where he faced...
View ArticlePelé remembered for transcending soccer around world
Pele's surge to global superstardom overlapped with the rise of Brazil's Cold War-era military regime, which ruled the South American country with an iron fist from 1964 to 1985. The legendary player...
View ArticlePele was the first brand footballer
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...
View ArticlePele's troubled family life
Pele was often presented as safe and corporate-friendly in comparison with the sometimes unpredictable Diego Maradona, with whom he did battle over the title of best ever footballer, but his personal...
View Article'When you are a football lover, you like Pele'
Mourners began paying their respects to Pelé in a solemn procession past his coffin at the Vila Belmiro Stadium in his hometown of Santos on Monday. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Rio de Janeiro, Tim...
View ArticlePele was also known by people who were not football fans
Brazil is bidding farewell to the legendary footballer Pele today with thousands of fans filling past his coffin, at the Santos stadium, where he played for many years. The stadium tribute will last...
View ArticleFrance 24's special programme: Brazil (and the world of football) bids...
His coffin lies in the Santos' Stadium so thousands of fans can pass by and pay their respects to the man who is known simply as 'the king of football'. The Brazilian soccer great died Thursday after...
View ArticleBrazil begins paying final respects to football giant Pele
It was his field of dreams. Fans filing past Pélé's coffin at the Vila Belmiro stadium outside Sao Paulo, home to the Santos football club where the three-time World Cup winner spent almost all of his...
View ArticlePele means different things to different generations
An emotional Brazil began paying its final respects Monday to football legend Pele with a wake at the stadium where he first took the world's breath away with his dazzling skill. Thousands of fans and...
View ArticleFrom Pelé to Lula, how to heal Brazil's divisions?
Sometimes a single person really can change the world. Pele not only captured the planet’s heart with his Midas touch, he made football the world’s top spectator sport, acting as the graceful...
View ArticleFarewell to 'King' Pele: Brazilians mourn legend at stadium where he got his...
Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began filing past the body of Pelé on Monday on the century-old field where he made his hometown team one of Brazil's...
View ArticleBrazil says final farewell to 'King' Pele
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...
View ArticlePelé’s funeral procession passes through Santos, President Lula pays respects
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was among 230,000 mourners to view Pele's open casket in Santos, where some fans shed silent tears and others gave the Brazilian soccer star rousing cheers...
View ArticleBrazil's Lula pays respects to football great Pelé at packed stadium wake
More than 150,000 people including President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid their respects to the Brazilian soccer great Pele in the coastal city of Santos, filing past Pele's open casket at the Vila...
View ArticleBrazil prepares to bury Pelé in city he made football mecca
More than 150,000 people including President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid their respects to the Brazilian soccer great Pele in the coastal city of Santos, filing past Pele's open casket at the Vila...
View ArticlePelé’s funeral procession passes through Santos, President Lula pays respects
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was among 230,000 mourners to view Pele's open casket in Santos, where some fans shed silent tears and others gave the Brazilian soccer star rousing cheers...
View ArticleLula promises to punish far-right rioters who stormed Brazil's federal buildings
Brazilian authorities were investigating Monday after thousands of far-right supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s Presidential Palace, Supreme Court, and Senate and...
View ArticlePolice take back control of Brazil's Congress from far-right pro-Bolsonaro...
Brazilian security forces wrested back control of Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Sunday after a flood of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's supporters stormed the seat of power,...
View ArticlePolice take back control of Brazil's Congress from far-right pro-Bolsonaro...
Brazilian security forces wrested back control of Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Sunday after a flood of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's supporters stormed the seat of power,...
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