Lionel Messi is preparing for a record-breaking sixth World Cup appearance, but the player heading to the tournament is ...

Lionel Messi is set for his sixth World Cup with Argentina. Guillem Balague looks at how the Argentine has evolved.

Subscribe to The Athletic using our latest discount code here. The way his first coach tells the story, the kid wasn’t even supposed to be on the pitch. It was his older brother’s game. They were a ...

Reaching 900 goals is not just a milestone — it’s a story built over more than two decades, across different leagues, systems ...

Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami celebrates after a goal scored during the first half of the match against Nashville SC on Saturday. While Lionel Messi ended up comfortably winning the MLS Golden ...

Follow live coverage of Paris Saint-Germain vs Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich vs Auckland City at the Club World Cup today When Cristiano Ronaldo scored Portugal’s second-half equalizer in the UEFA ...

The largest sports event of the year, the FIFA World Cup, will kick off, literally and figuratively, today in Mexico City.

KOBE, Japan (Reuters) - Lionel Messi is the best player ever and Barcelona owe their success to their evolution to a more direct style from a possession-based passing game, the club's former ...

Lionel Messi 2026 World Cup profile: The Argentina captain's quest for a final international tournament appearance may define the Golden Boot race before a ball is kicked. At 39 years old by the ...

Liberated from the burden of history, 39-year-old will be the sharpest mind on the field as he attempts to write a last ...

This is Legacy, GOAL’s feature and podcast series that counts down to the 2026 World Cup. Each week, we explore the stories ...