Lionel Messi

FIfa announced that Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric and Mohamed Salah have been short-listed for the Player of the Year award leaving no room for five-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi. The Argentine talisman made it to the top 10 but…

Diego Maradona was treated by paramedics after appearing to collapse following Argentina’s victory over Nigeria at the World Cup in Russia. Video footage showed the 57-year-old, wearing dark glasses, staggering from his seat in an…

Argentina and Lionel Messi scraped into the knockout stages of the World Cup by the skin of their teeth on Tuesday after an 86th minute strike from defender Marcos Rojo gave them a barely deserved 2-1 win over Nigeria, eliminating the…

Argentina's do-or-die clash against Nigeria on Tuesday can be a launch pad for the team in Russia following a woeful start to the World Cup, insisted defiant coach Jorge Sampaoli. Failure to beat the Africans will prolong Lionel Messi's…

Argentina’s despondent coach Jorge Sampaoli took the blame for Thursday’s shambolic 3-0 World Cup defeat by Croatia as he tried to deflect the criticism from a terrible goalkeeping mistake and a poor performance by his captain Lionel Messi.…

Mohammed Salah has said that he’s satisfied with the individual titles he achieved so far this season and is currently looking to win the Champions League trophy with Liverpool. The 25-year-old won a host of awards in his debut Liverpool…

When you think of the world's richest footballers your thoughts immediately deflect to the likes of Christiano Ronaldo , Lionel Messi and Neymar - not a 19-year-old kid who plays in Leicester City's reserves. Meet Faiq Bolkiah, nephew of…

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is set to receive his fifth Ballon d'Or crown on Thursday night - and the Spanish International will pick up the trophy at the Eiffel Tower. The award has been dominated by Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in…

Barcelona Star Lionel Messi fired Argentina into the World Cup with a brilliant hat-trick on Tuesday as South American champions Chile suffered a shock elimination. Messi single-handedly resurrected Argentina's hopes in a 3-1 win over…

Samuel Eto'o, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, Carles Puyol, Cesc Fabregas and Xavi are among some of the current and former Barcelona team-mates who have touched down in Argentina ahead of the highly-anticipated wedding of Lionel Messi to…