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FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Pelé was unique in so many ways: the only player to have won the FIFA World Cup three times; an athlete with incomparable skills and imagination; and the ability to rise above racism and poverty.
Only 23 nations ratified an ILO treaty that entered into force in 10 nations and will take effect in 13 others next year.
New estimates show nearly one of every 150 people trapped in modern slavery, up 23% in five years. That's 49.6 million working or married involuntarily.
The ILO elected Togo's former prime minister, Gilbert Houngbo, to serve as its next director-general, making him the first African to hold the post.
World football's governing body FIFA and Europe's UEFA faced down their biggest challenge in decades from the proposed European Super League.
The pandemic has kept 168 million children from attending schools and for many of them the consequences could be disastrous, UNICEF reported.
The U.N. labor agency estimated job losses in 2020 due to the pandemic were quadruple those during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.
ILO reported the number of home-based workers soared with the pandemic, prompting the need for more employment protections.
The world's top sports court blocked Russia from fielding teams at the next two Olympics and any world championships.
Russia vehemently denied accusations and charges by British and American authorities that its agents planned or carried out hacks of Olympic Games.
A new report finds the $100 billion chocolate industry's promise to ILO to eliminate child slavery not only remains unfulfilled — things have gotten worse.
New momentum for creating a global organization to investigate corruption in sports surfaced as FIFA and UNODC signed a cooperation agreement.
WADA said it will consider amending its rules to prevent the United States from jeopardizing the global anti-doping system.
Nearly a third of the world’s 1.5 billion schoolchildren have been unable to access remote learning during school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The ILO said a two decade-old convention outlawing the worst forces of child labor has gained universal ratification among all of its 187 member nations.
A generation of children could suffer major setbacks if nations fail to sufficiently contain the coronavirus so schools can reopen, according to UNESCO data.
