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Pelé’s No 10 Brazil shirt from 1958 World Cup final expected to fetch £4.5m at auction
Iconic blue shirt was worn in 5-2 win over SwedenSotheby’s auction takes place in New York in JulyPelé’s iconic blue No 10 shirt from the 1958 World Cup final is expected to become one of the most expensive football artefacts ever sold after being put up for auction. The Brazilian was 17 when he scored two goals in the 5-2 win over Sweden to secure the Seleção’s first World Cup and write his name into football lore.
Pelé’s No 10 Brazil shirt from 1958 World Cup final expected to fetch £4.5m at auction
Iconic blue shirt was worn in 5-2 win over SwedenSotheby’s auction takes place in New York in JulyPelé’s iconic blue No 10 shirt from the 1958 World Cup final is expected to become one of the most expensive football artefacts ever sold after being put up for auction. The Brazilian was 17 when he scored two goals in the 5-2 win over Sweden to secure the Seleção’s first World Cup and write his name into football lore.
Communism, Nasa and a place for Pelé: how Brazil prepared for the 1970 World Cup
In this extract from their forthcoming book on South America and the World Cup, Mark Biram and Tim Vickery describe la Seleçao’s strange buildup to the classic tournamentIn January 1969, João Saldanha was appointed as Brazil’s coach. Saldanha was barely a coach – he had had a brief spell in charge of Botafogo more than a decade earlier. He was an immensely popular football journalist, who with typewriter or microphone had the fluent gift of communication, talking about the game in language...
Communism, Nasa and a place for Pelé: how Brazil prepared for the 1970 World Cup
In this extract from their forthcoming book on South America and the World Cup, Mark Biram and Tim Vickery describe la Seleçao’s strange buildup to the classic tournamentIn January 1969, João Saldanha was appointed as Brazil’s coach. Saldanha was barely a coach – he had had a brief spell in charge of Botafogo more than a decade earlier. He was an immensely popular football journalist, who with typewriter or microphone had the fluent gift of communication, talking about the game in language...
22 World Cup items, 22 stories
FIFA won't reveal how, but after every game at the 2026 World Cup this summer, it will be collecting items that will one day document the tournament. It already has the net from the 2018 World Cup final, for example, as well as the tracksuit that Pelé wore at his first World Cup in 1958. The items live in FIFA's various museums, ranging from Vancouver and Miami to Zurich and Hong Kong.
Ranking the 21 best U21 players at the 2026 World ...
The FIFA World Cup is the biggest tournament in sport, and it's a great place to show off your talent as a young player! The list of teenagers to have made their breakthrough at a World Cup is long, and includes the likes of Pelé, Kylian Mbappé, Michael Owen and Thomas Müller. But who might do so this summer?
From The Sports Desk: Jalen Brunson, ‘Captain Clutch,’ ices Game 1 for Knicks
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2026 World Cup: five key facts about FIFA's biggest ever tournament
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Football Daily | It’s World Cup week – will the hope, memes and dreams be as good as it gets?
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