SANTOS, Brazil -- At 3:57 Monday morning, the Vila Belmiro neighborhood of Santos began to glow. A swooping helicopter shined its spotlight from a black sky. Firecrackers exploded in neon reds and ...

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London: Troublesome Chelsea striker Diego Costa would have been considered a petty criminal rather than a master villain in the 1950s and 1960s, according to Brazil great Pele. Costa, who was born in ...

This Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Garrincha, the tragic myth of Brazilian soccer. Considered the best dribbler in history, Mané Garrincha won two World Cups (1958 and 1962) with ...

There was something magical, something sublime about watching Pelé on the field, and talking about it sent Alemão -- a thick, doughy man who walks with a slight limp -- into a contemplative space. His ...