Pelé

The Albiceleste open against Algeria with the challenge of emulating Brazil in 1962, the last team to win back-to-back titles in an era when soccer was played without cards or substitutions

In a country where other sports dominate, hosting the World Cup for the second time is the penultimate chance to make soccer a mass phenomenon. EL PAÍS visited Kearny, New Jersey, where it all began in the 19th century through the nostalgia of Scottish immigrants

The world’s largest soccer stadium underwent a controversial and delayed renovation two years before the World Cup began. It reopens this Saturday with a friendly match between Mexico and Portugal

The city where the event took place, a ufology conference, and a documentary celebrate the alleged encounter in 1996 with the country’s most famous extraterrestrial

The results will allow progress in precision medicine for people with Black or Indigenous ancestry who until now have been underrepresented in scientific studies

The French striker has also been compared with Brazil great Pelé for his precocity. But in terms of style, his devastating speed places him closer to Thierry Henry

The auction house said that it will put up for sale in New York six of the seven first-half shirts the Argentina captain wore in Qatar, including the one he donned in the final against France

The goal that put the 31-year-old Neymar on the top of Brazil’s scoring record with 78 came in the 61st minute in a World Cup qualifying match against Bolivia

Messi’s dazzling goal in the 89th minute helped a transformed Inter Miami beat the New York Red Bulls 2-0 on Saturday night and end an 11-match league winless streak

In August 1983, the man who Pelé once toasted as the greatest player of all time hung up his boots forever after an erratic career marked by depression and alcoholism

Two pioneers of women’s soccer and the fight for equality off the field are hanging up their boots after the early elimination of their teams at the World Cup

The announcement by the Michaelis dictionary on Wednesday is part of a campaign that gathered more than 125,000 signatures to honor the late soccer great’s impact beyond his sport

One hundred years after the inauguration of the ‘cathedral of football’ in London almost nothing remains of the original venue, but the doors to the tunnel are being restored in Santiago

Ilan Goldfajn – the former head of the Central Bank of Brazil – takes over the IDB at a time when the financial institution’s role is even more important given rising inflation and interest rates

In the lead-up to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, the Brazilian military dictatorship did everything in its power to get its star player to participate

The Brazilian footballer passed away from colon cancer at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo

The 82-year-old Brazil legend was admitted to the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital with ‘general swelling” but doctors said he had ‘full control of his vital functions’