
Neymar, who plays for Santos, has been billed as the best player to have emerged from Brazil in the last few years and is expected to lead the attack at the 2014 World Cup. ...

11:44 PM, Feb 20, 2013

England will be playing Brazil in a friendly in Rio de Janeiro on June 2. ...

08:45 PM, Feb 02, 2013

Nagpur: 'Bitter Seeds', a documentary film produced by US-based filmmaker Micha Peled on the agrarian crisis of cotton growers and their plight, is being shown in Vidarbha region. "Every 30 minutes, a farmer in the country kills himself in despair because he no longer can provide for his family. The documentary film takes the viewers to a village at the centre of suicide crisis region in Vidarbha to explore what's...

05:17 PM, Nov 16, 2012

Sao Paulo: Retired soccer great Pele remains hospitalized here in Brazil's largest city after undergoing hip surgery, doctors said. Surgeons performed an arthroplasty procedure on the right hip of the 72-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein Hospital said in a statement. The man widely regarded as the greatest soccer player ever is in "good health" and recovering from the operation, according to the statement on Tuesday. Pele's...

11:31 AM, Nov 14, 2012

Lionel Messi surpassed Pele's milestone of goals in a calendar year by scoring for the 75th and 76th time in 2012 to move within nine of Gerd Muller's all-time record as Barcelona won 4-2 at Mallorca in the Spanish league on Sunday. The 25-year-old Argentine forward now needs 10 more goals by end of next month to better Bayern Munich and West Germany legend Gerd Muller's world record of 85,...

01:53 AM, Nov 12, 2012

Sao Paulo: Brazil's 1970 World Cup winners contained more gifted individuals than Spain's current all-conquering national side, the Brazilian side's greatest player Pele said on Wednesday. Asked who would win a showdown between the two teams, Pele flashed a big smile and said: "If I was playing, we'd win, no doubt about it." "As long as they are comparing teams with the 1970s, it is because the 1970s team is...

10:03 AM, Jul 05, 2012

Las Vegas: The nation's newest Miss America is a 23-year-old Wisconsin brunette who had long conversations with her family mulling whether or not to make her father's jail time for mail fraud the heart of her campaign in the beauty pageant. While her competitors pushed platforms including promoting the health benefits of milk and protecting the environment, Laura Kaeppeler (KEP'-ler) said she wants children of incarcerated adults to feel less...

02:40 PM, Jan 15, 2012

'The Black Pearl' sent harsh words to the Argentina boss. ...

03:31 PM, Sep 02, 2009

A FIFA internet poll in 2000 saw Diego Maradona come out on top. ...

10:22 PM, Aug 27, 2009

Australia's No. 1 sporting magazine,
Alpha, has come out with the list. ...

05:54 PM, Aug 21, 2009

Brazilian football legend has publicly criticised Real Madrid's transfer policy. ...

03:03 PM, Jul 10, 2009

Pele is in Nigeria to promote Brazil's bid to host the 2016 World Cup. ...

10:08 AM, Jul 07, 2009

Barcelona President reckons the Argentine wizard is at the top of the pile. ...

01:22 AM, Jun 30, 2009

Pele says watching Cristiano Ronaldo in action gets him all misty-eyed. ...

01:02 AM, Jun 30, 2009

Three-time World Cup winner Pele admits to supporting English sides. ...

11:57 AM, Jun 27, 2009

The contenders include Bradman, Pele, Woods and Schumacher. ...

03:05 PM, Jun 10, 2009

England coach labels 'El Mesias' as the superstar of this generation. ...

04:43 PM, Mar 19, 2009

The 68-year old is widely considered the greatest player ever to play football. ...

12:33 AM, Jan 13, 2009

Pele says Real Madrid, Manchester United and Juventus wanted to sign him. ...

06:06 PM, Jan 08, 2009

CDI has been planning to come out with an animation movie on football since 2007. ...

11:18 PM, Dec 17, 2008