Barcelona has almost ended Real Madrid’s defense of its Spanish league title, and there’s still half a season to go. Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez left Madrid staring at a 14-point deficit after leading Barcelona to a 3-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Madrid has a game in hand, but the gap already […]
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A decade of dominance as the world’s two best soccer players has left Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi level with five Ballon d’Or awards each. Despite once trailing 4-1 to his longtime rival, Ronaldo moved level after winning the award again on Thursday. “With Messi the fight continues, in a good way,” Ronaldo said after […]
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Lionel Messi wants to finish his career at Barcelona after signing a new deal that commits him through to the summer of 2021. A renewal was agreed between player and club in July but it is only now that Messi has put pen to paper on the contract. Announcing the deal, the LaLiga club added […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar will again battle it out to be named the best player in the world in FIFA’s annual awards. The trio – who star for Real Madrid, Barcelona and Paris St Germain respectively – make up the three-man shortlist for top male player in The Best FIFA Football Awards. Chelsea […]
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Lionel Messi and his childhood sweetheart married Friday night at a ceremony in his Argentine hometown attended by some of the biggest names in soccer. About 250 guests attended the marriage of Messi and Antonella Roccuzzo at a luxury hotel. They included Messi’s Barcelona teammates Neymar, Luis Suarez and Gerard Pique, who was joined by […]
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With Lionel Messi turning 30 on Saturday, we look at the Barcelona and Argentina star’s illustrious career in numbers. 507 Goals for Barcelona, in 583 games, including a record 349 in LaLiga. 91 Goals scored in 2012, breaking the calendar-year record set by German Gerd Muller in 1972. 40 Career hat-tricks; 36 for Barcelona, four […]
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Lionel Messi scored his 500th career goal for Barcelona to give the Catalan club a dramatic 3-2 win in injury time against 10-man Real Madrid in the “clasico” on Sunday, leaving the Spanish league title race wide open. Messi netted his milestone goal – his second of the night – with a low left-foot shot […]
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Lionel Messi scored a 90th-minute penalty for his second goal of the night to give Barcelona a 2-1 win over lowly Leganes in the Spanish league on Sunday. Messi’s spot-kick, following a questionable penalty after Neymar tumbled in the area, saved Barcelona from a second demoralizing result this week after a 4-0 loss at Paris […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will resume their perennial battle to be crowned the world’s best footballer after they headed the shortlist of 30 players for the 2016 Ballon d’Or announced on Monday. Barcelona’s Argentine great Messi, who took the honour for a record fifth time last year, or Real Madrid’s Portuguese three-time winner Ronaldo […]
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Argentina’s pain is Barcelona’s gain as Lionel Messi returns for the Spanish champions when Deportivo la Coruna visit the Camp Nou on Saturday after being sidelined for three weeks with a groin injury. Messi missed Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Paraguay as La Albiceleste’s struggles without the five-time World Player of the Year […]
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Lionel Messi may not be fit to play for Argentina in Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier in Venezuela, dampening his comeback for his country. Messi, who had gone back on his decision to quit the team following their Copa America final defeat in June, scored the only goal in a 1-0 home win over Uruguay on […]
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