Pele's father was a local professional soccer player who held the distinction of scoring five goals with his head in one game. Pele created his own reputation as a soccer player with the Bauru ...

Soccer legend Pelé died of colon cancer on December 29 at the age of 82. Thousands of Brazilians paid tribute before his private burial. More from News Soccer legend Pelé died of colon cancer on ...

Watch Neymar's emotional transfer announcement as the Brazil striker pays tribute to Pele after joining boyhood club Santos.

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?