When goalkeeper Gordon Banks magically denied Pelé’s explosive header during England’s World Cup match with Brazil, he launched a 47-year debate about why this extraordinary save was the best ever.
New Jersey’s soccer-mad governor Phil Murphy opens up about the 2018 World Cup, the future of soccer in the U.S., and how the beautiful game can bridge the broad divides in American politics.
The French star could maraud the pitch like football’s haunted elite, but instead Griezmann plays the game with a delightful brand of footballing innocence. It could cast him as the surprise French star of the World Cup. Read More
The mystery of why the Soviet Union’s greatest player, Eduard Streltsov, was sent to the gulag instead of to a meeting with Pelé at the 1958 World Cup.
When the magical and mononymous men from Brazil appeared from another world in 1958, they played football in a way no one ever knew it could be played.
Men in Blazer’s Roger Bennett previews American Fiasco, a new podcast from WNYC Studios about the United States’ calamitous 1998 World Cup campaignRead More
![Luis Bueno (@buenocaos) is a street artist from São Paulo, whose famous series "Pelé the Kisser" can be found plastered across various city surfaces around the world. The series is derived from a photograph of Pelé embracing Muhammad Ali after his final game for the New York Cosmos in 1977, and collides cultural icons to create fantasy. “This gesture [of affection] contrasts with the spirit of cities like São Paulo, where I live, where people are hurrying all the time, usually immersed in their own realities. I like the fact that street art creates the possibility of talking directly to people without the filters of a traditional exhibition space.” Read our full feature on Luis Bueno at 8by8mag.com](https://www.8by8mag.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
