Mario Zagallo, Brazil soccer legend, dies at 92

IMAGE: Brazilan football legend was the first person in the sport to win the World Cup as a player and a coach. Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters Mario Zagallo, who won four soccer World Cups for......

German World Cup-winning captain and coach Beckenbauer dies at 78

IMAGE: The Germany great was one of the three men to have won the World Cup as player and coach. Photograph: Ina Fassbender/Pool via REUTERS Franz Beckenbauer, one of Germany's greatest soccer......

Brazil given samba-style welcome in China

World champions Brazil arrived for their first game in China to a Samba-style reception, including dancing girls and trumpeting elephants.Clowns on stilts, bongo-beating boys and flaming torches......

Parreira to coach Brazil again

Carlos Alberto Parreira, who led Brazil to its fourth World Cup title in 1994, is back at the helm of the national soccer team.Parreira, 57, was appointed as Brazil coach today by the country's......

Pele brings sporting stars together for charity auction

Brazilian great, Pele, the only player to claim three World Cup winner’s medals and a man often called the greatest footballer of all time, said all monies raised will help Brazil's fight......