NEW 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 Pelé, ’10′ was just a number,” ...

Brazilian soccer icon Pelé, regarded as the sport’s greatest player whose wizardry on the pitch helped popularize it as “the beautiful game,” died Thursday following a yearlong bout with cancer. His ...

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SAO PAULO (AP) — Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. He was 82. The ...