As the video played, older clips of Neymar playing for Santos were shown in the background, with the end of the video featuring writing reading: 'I'll be back.' He and Pele formed a close ...

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?

Santos arrived right in the middle of the war, ready to play a match in Lagos on January 26. However, according to the legend, when Pele & Co. rolled into town, the guns fell silent. For 48 hours ...

The burial began around 2 pm local time after the hearse (a fire engine actually) drove through the streets of Santos for about three and a half hours. At the Memorial, Pelé's body will remain in ...

where Pelé spent most of his playing career, according to a statement from the club. A fire department vehicle will serve as a hearse to parade Pele through the streets of Santos towards Vila ...