A lesson from history: The warmer the climate, the better the World Cup

Among all those caveats, here’s a very basic conclusion. The ‘best’ tournament, according to those ESPN rankings, was the one ...
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How Brazil won the 1970 World Cup: Pele’s return, a fearsome front five – but ‘an incompetent goalkeeper’

This is the ninth in a series by The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup. The previous articles have looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and again in 193 8, Uruguay in ...
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Pele and his fellow World Cup-winning heroes -- The great Brazil team of 1970

Brazil's 1970 World Cup triumph in Mexico is seen as Pele's crowning glory. He was the star of what is often considered the best side the world has ever seen, but while Pele's superstardom endures to ...
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Alberto goal for Brazil in the 1970 World Cup final

Alberto goal for Brazil in the 1970 World Cup final Carlos Alberto scored a goal in the final of against Italy that is considered to be one of the greatest in the history of FIFA World Cup.