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The world loves to wear sports jerseys, as evidenced by Statista reporting that more than $65 billion in jerseys, sweatshirts and pullovers is expecting to be sold in 2023.

It’s time to get into the spirit of “aloha” with the City of St. Augustine Beach and the St. Johns Cultural Council during their Full Moon Luau event this Saturday.

Generational talents Marta, Christine Sinclair and Megan Rapinoe have all played in their final Women’s World Cup.

A Brazilian dictionary has added “Pelé” as an adjective to use when describing someone who is “exceptional, incomparable, unique.”.

World Cup record holder Just Fontaine has died.

Brazilian soccer stars past and present are under fire from fans for skipping Pelé’s funeral and opting to pay their respects on social media.

Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly divided country.

Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began filing past the body of Pelé on Monday on the century-old field where he made his hometown team one of Brazil’s best.

Pelé.

Brazilian soccer great Pelé took part in movies, music and TV while also being a star on the field.

The stadium where Brazilian soccer great Pelé played some of the best matches of his career will also hold his funeral on Monday and Tuesday.

Pelé was remembered for a life beyond the field, for transcending the sport of soccer and becoming perhaps the most well-known person on Earth.

Reactions poured in from around the world to the death of Brazilian soccer legend Pele.

The superlatives about Pelé over the years came from the likes of Nelson Mandela and Andy Warhol.

One of Pelé’s daughters says she and her family are enduring moments of sadness and despair as the 82-year-old Brazilian soccer great’s hospitalization nears one month.

Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pelé are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November.

When it comes to soccer, money can buy the world.

Brazil great Pelé has congratulated Lionel Messi and Argentina for winning the World Cup and Kylian Mbappé for his goal-scoring exploits in Sunday’s final.

Lionel Messi made his strongest case yet to be considered soccer’s greatest player of all time after finally winning the World Cup.

France and Kylian Mbappé are headed back to the World Cup final for a much-anticipated matchup with Lionel Messi after ending Morocco’s historic run at soccer’s biggest tournament.

Julián Álvarez carried Argentina into another World Cup final with his surging runs and a striker’s instinct.

The slippery hips of Luka Modric wriggled away from danger.

Doctors say Brazilian soccer great Pelé is improving.

Brazilian soccer great Pelé says he will be cheering for the country's national team in its World Cup game against South Korea from the hospital.

The image of a young Pelé celebrating goals and lifting trophies with Brazil’s national team appeared brightly on the shirts, flags and banners of Brazilian fans gathering before the Seleçao’s World Cup match against South Korea.

The Albert Einstein hospital says Brazilian soccer great Pelé is responding well to treatment for a respiratory infection and his health condition has not worsened over the latest 24 hours.

Brazilian soccer great Pelé took “a little step back” in his recovery from surgery to remove a tumor from his colon according to his daughter Kely Nascimento.

Former Brazilian soccer great Pelé remains in intensive care as he recovers from surgery to remove a tumor on the right side of his colon.

Brazil soccer great Pelé says an apparent tumor on the right side of his colon has been removed in an operation.

(AP Photo, File)SAO PAULO – Brazilian soccer great Pelé turns 80 on Friday, but the celebration will have to wait. He also has residences in Santos and Sao Paulo. But the Paris Saint-Germain striker trails far behind when it comes to World Cup titles, which Pelé won in 1958, 1962 and 1970. The Brazilian received the most votes from members of the soccer body, while the Argentine prevailed in an online vote. That was also part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Brazil’s 1970 World Cup triumph, which was for many the greatest moment of Pelé’s decorated career.