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Lionel Andrés Messi (, born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays in La Liga for FC Barcelona and is the captain of the Argentina national team, mainly as a forward.
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.. Giggsy and Becks? Please, Stuart Pearce, make it so. Because we're suckers for good double bills.Pearce, coach of the British Olympic men's football team, should shortly announce who is on his 35-player shortlist. If Pearce has any sense — and given that he titled his autobiography "Psycho," you'd have to be brave to tell him he hasn't — the tough former defender for England and Nottingham Forest must pick David Beckham and Ryan Giggs.Seeing the former Manchester United teammates reunited at London 2012 would, to be frank, be one of the few good reasons — maybe the only good reason, aside from Brazil and its 20-year-old star Neymar — to get genuinely excited about men's football at the Summer Games.Granted, at 37 for Becks and 38 for Giggs, these seniors — as President Barack Obama playfully pointed out when he hosted Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy at the White House in May — are nearly old enough to have fathered some of the youngst...Seydou Keita scored in stoppage time to help Barcelona close out its La Liga campaign with a 2-2 draw at Real Betis on Saturday.Barcelona entered the game having won...
Brazil coach Mano Menezes did not picked Ronaldinho for exhibitions ahead of the London Olympics, limiting the player's chance of making it to the games.Neymar, Alex...
Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez are finalists for the FIFA player of the year award along with Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo .The three Ba...
Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voeller was dismayed that his players squabbled over the souvenir when Lionel Messi gave the shirt off his back — at halftime...
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will not punish Pepe for stomping on the hand of Barcelona's Lionel Messi , saying that the defender's apology was sufficient.The Por...
Believe it or not, Lionel Messi has something to prove.He needs to show Argentine fans he's the world's greatest soccer player when wearing the country's famous blue...
Step aside John Cruyff. Move over Laszlo Kubala, Romario and Ronald Koeman. And, please, don't even mention Ronaldinho.If anyone doubted who is the best scorer to do...
Superman is alive, well and playing for Barcelona.How else to describe Lionel Messi?All the usual superlatives are no longer enough.Like swimming's Michael Phelps (e...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 43rd La Liga goal and Karim Benzema added a brace as Real Madrid downed Sevilla, 3-0, on Sunday at the Bernabeu to maintain its seven-po...
Lionel Messi became the first player in Spain to score 50 goals in a club season, helping Barcelona rebound from its loss to Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final wi...
Lionel Messi has been presented with the Golden Boot award for being the top scorer in European domestic leagues last season.The Argentine forward received the prize...
Lionel Messi's clutch scoring was overshadowed by the loud complaining from the other side.Messi lit up an ill-tempered Champions League semifinal on Wednesday with ...
Most of the soccer-loving world will agree this wasn't supposed to happen. Not to Barcelona, one of the best teams of all time. Not to Lionel Messi, one of the best ...
Barcelona cruised to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final on Friday to end Pep Guardiola's reign as manager on a high note.Guardi...
Barcelona provided Pep Guardiola with the perfect send-off by thrashing Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in the Copa del Rey final on Friday to earn the club's most successful co...
Pele says Lionel Messi isn't the best player in the world today — much less of all time.Pele said Wednesday that young Brazilian striker Neymar is better than the Ar...
France Football magazine says Barcelona star Lionel Messi is the highest annual earner in soccer.Messi earns an estimated $43.5 million, totaling $15.8 million in wa...
Tackling corruption in football will again top FIFA's agenda when the 208 member nations meet this week for a Congress that will also see the first woman appointed t...
Didier Drogba tied the match with a header in the 88th minute, and then scored the decisive goal in the shootout as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich to win the Champions L...
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