Pedri admits he "found it hard to believe" that Lionel Messi was leaving Barcelona when news of a stunning exit broke in the ...

As part of the preparation for the 2026 World Cup, Lionel Messi's Argentina will be facing Mexico national team in Chicago.

Francisco González Galé didn’t expect to feel so at home when he fulfilled his kids’ wishes earlier this year by traveling to ...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino appeared to suggest that Lionel Messi will take part in the 2026 World Cup with Argentina, ...

KOCHI: The Messi-in-Kerala dream has spiralled into a full-blown slugfest, with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and ...

French football magazine France Football has officially revealed the list of nominees for the 2025 Ballon d'Or, the ...

Lionel Messi was not listed on Argentina’s roster Monday for two World Cup 2026 qualifying matches in September due to his right ankle injury.

Watching Messi take in the moment, rejoice, savour and commune with his people in this his last World Cup stirred the soul. “I know the whole of Argentina would like to be here,” Messi said.

Messi himself had described the atmosphere in the dressing room in morbid terms. He said his team-mates were “dead”. But Argentina are alive and Messi isn’t going anywhere.

When Messi and Argentina lost the 2015 Copa America final, Chile’s coach Sampaoli asked him why he had refused the player of the tournament award. Messi told Sampaoli he didn’t want to win for ...

The former Argentina, River Plate and Valencia midfielder was also Messi’s childhood hero. After Aimar accepted the role alongside Scaloni, the two coaches picked up the phone and called Messi.