Pele's father was a local professional soccer player who held the distinction of scoring five goals with his head in one game. Pele created his own reputation as a soccer player with the Bauru ...

They weren't direct rivals, but the perception of being the absolute best was something that meant a lot to the two South Americans Pele's exploits for Brazil and Santos earned him the nickname O ...

Pele and his Santos team-mates have often claimed they were behind a ceasefire struck during Nigeria's brutal civil war in 1969 but is the story more fiction than fact?