Pele

In footballing terms, it would perhaps not be unfair to suggest that Benedict’s playing style was Bulgaria 1966 rather than Brazil 1970

Kaká, Neymar and Ronaldo were among those singled out for criticism

Three-time World Cup winner was interred on ninth floor of the vertical Memorial Necropole Ecumenica

Fifa’s Infantino will ask every country to name stadium in honour of Brazilian star

Remembering some of the most prominent sportspeople who passed away in 2022

Players such as Pelé and Lionel Messi have stood out by defying the norms of their different times

It was a tournament the Brazilian needed: he was overshadowed by Didi and Vavá in 1958 and injured in the 1962 competition

Carl Humphreys lined out for St Louis Stars against Pelé's New York Cosmos in 1977

Heady days for Katie Taylor, Irish cricket and laser-eyed Pat Spillane; and a heck of a time for tennis, Roy Keane, Phil Mickelson and many more.

Three-time World Cup winner could have ‘played in every generation’, says Manchester City coach

Americans who know nothing about soccer still know who Pelé was and what he represented

He wasn’t just a demigod in Brazil, but the first truly global football star

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Footballer’s fame began to grow almost from moment he made his dramatic entrance in World Cup

The first global football superstar made everyone smile and his tricks were never designed to diminish his opponents