RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carlos Alberto Torres, a teammate of Pele and the captain of Brazil's World Cup-winning team in 1970, has died. He was 72. TV Globo, which employed Carlos Alberto as a soccer ...

Football's original World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet, vanished in 1983 and was never recovered. Stolen from Brazil, the solid gold artifact, a symbol of national pride and football history, was ...

PORT ELIZABETH, July 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winners have a lot to answer for at least as far as the country's subsequent national team coaches are concerned. The Pele-inspired side ...

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Before Pele made his debut for Brazil, the South American nation had never won the World Cup. By the time he retired, they had won three - more than any other team. Arguably Pele's ...

Brazil won its iconic third title in Mexico in 1970 and ended a 24-year drought with a dramatic triumph in the United States in 1994. Canada, the third host of the expanded 48-team tournament, will ...

This week, ESPN FC is counting down, in chronological order, 10 of the greatest World Cup matches; have your say on Twitter and Facebook using the hashtag #WCTop10Matches. Sixth on our list is ...

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