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SANTOS, Brazil — Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country. Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da…
Read more Pelé buried at cemetery in Brazilian city he made famousSANTOS, Brazil — Forty-five years after Pelé played his last game, it’s hard to imagine modern soccer, or Brazil, without him. Geovana Sarmento, 17, waited in the three-hour…
Read more Brazil prepares to bury Pelé in city he made soccer meccaNEW YORK — Pelé was remembered for a life beyond the field, for transcending the sport of soccer and becoming perhaps the most well-known person on Earth. “Before…
Read more Pelé remembered for transcending soccer around worldSAO PAULO — Whether or not Pelé scored almost 1,300 goals in his professional soccer career, all of his biographers agree that the three-time World Cup champion wrote…
Read more Movies, music and TV helped Pelé to even more stardomSAO PAULO — Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since…
Read more Pelé’s family gathers at hospital in Sao PauloDOHA, Qatar — Lionel Messi’s last chance. Kylian Mbappé’s shot at emulating Pelé. A third World Cup title for either Argentina or France. Sunday’s final is rich with…
Read more Messi, Mbappe, other leading storylines for World Cup FinalLUSAIL, Qatar — With surging runs and a striker’s instinct, Julián Álvarez carried Argentina into another World Cup final. Lionel Messi and the 22-year-old Álvarez were a pair…
Read more Álvarez surges, scores, carries Argentina to World Cup finalAL KHOR, Qatar — France’s players reacted as if they had already won the World Cup. What they were actually celebrating, though, was Harry Kane’s missed penalty. The…
Read more France advances to semifinals at World Cup, tops England 2-1DOHA, Qatar — With a population of around four million people, the magnitude of Croatia’s win against Brazil was not lost on Croatian coach Zlatko Dalić. To reach…
Read more Tenacity and penalties, keys to Croatia’s deep World Cup runDOHA, Qatar — Neymar is working “24 hours a day” to try to recover from his ankle injury and play again at the World Cup, Brazil teammate Marquinhos…
Read more Neymar working ’24 hours a day’ to return at World CupDOHA, Qatar — Brazil great Pele congratulated United States forward Timothy Weah for scoring his debut goal in the World Cup in the Americans’ 1-1 draw with Wales.…
Read more Pele congratulates Weah for World Cup goal against WalesThe Hand of God. Zidane’s headbutt. Gazza’s tears. Many of soccer’s most iconic moments have taken place at the World Cup, the latest edition of which starts in…
Read more AP PHOTOS: Soccer’s most memorable World Cup momentsA last chance for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Kylian Mbappé back on the biggest stage of all. Brazil bidding for a record-extending sixth title. One of the…
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