SAO PAULO – On and off the field, former Brazil star Socrates stood out above the rest. His elegant style and his deep involvement with politics made him a unique figure in Brazilian soccer, setting ...

On and off the field, former Brazil star Socrates stood out above the rest. His elegant style and his deep involvement with politics made him a unique figure in Brazilian soccer, setting him apart ...

Socrates, 57, former Brazilian soccer great and clever playmaker who was captain of the country’s 1982 World Cup team, died of septic shock resulting from an intestinal infection Sunday at a hospital ...

Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, one of the greatest Brazilian soccer players, died at the age of 57 on December 4, 2011, a result of septic shock caused by excessive ...

“Football is freedom,” Bob Marley once said, and the legendary Jamaican musician — like all of the African Diaspora and the Global South in general — claimed Brazil as his own proxy representative at ...

Hundreds of soccer fans gathered with friends and relatives of former brazil captain Socrates on Sunday to bury and mourn the soccer icon who died at 57. Nearly 1,000 people attended the funeral of ...

The 1980s Brazilian soccer star known simply by his first name, Socrates, is still revered in the country for his playing. But he is also remembered as a brave political dissenter who opposed Brazil's ...

Former Brazil great Socrates, the clever playmaker who captained Brazil at the 1982 World Cup, died Sunday. He was 57. Known for his elegant style on the field and his deep involvement with Brazilian ...

SAO PAULO, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Brazil's 1982 World Cup captain Socrates, the "Golden Heel" renowned as one of the great playmakers of his generation, died in a hospital on Sunday of septic shock at the ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's 1982 World Cup captain Socrates, the "Golden Heel" renowned as one of the great playmakers of his generation, died in a hospital on Sunday of septic shock at the age of ...