Messi has already scored five goals at this World Cup Charlotte Wilson/Getty Images Get free access to the most comprehensive World Cup coverage in The Athletic app. It’s May 1, 2005. It’s a week ...

Watching the two greatest footballers of the modern era playing on the biggest stage in the twilight of their careers was ...

A sold-out crowd of 88,043 witnessed Lionel Messi, considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all time, take the field inside Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium Tuesday night. Messi not only ...

Lionel Messi came off the bench and scored a penalty as Argentina wrapped up their World Cup preparations with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Iceland in Auburn, in the US state of Alabama. Messi came ...

Regardless of how Argentina performs in the 2026 World Cup, it is going to be hard to miss Lionel Messi during the FIFA tournament. Messi continues to announce new brand deals seemingly each day as ...

How did Lionel Messi actually become a billionaire? The simple answer is decades of elite earnings, carefully accumulated. But the full picture is more layered.Messi first appeared on Forbes' ...

As the greatest sporting show in the world begins this week, all eyes will be on football’s two household names of the last quarter-century: Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Ronaldo and Messi are ...

The Argentine superstar is one of just four athletes to have joined the three-comma club while still active in their sports—and is one of two new billionaires competing at this year’s World Cup.

The legendary No. 10 will lead defending champions Argentina at this summer's 2026 FIFA World Cup. Messi is one of two MLS-based stars on La Albiceleste's roster, alongside Inter Miami CF teammate ...

While Messi could've ended his international career after the 2022 World Cup triumph, he is back for more. The 38-year-old will lead La Albiceleste into North America for the 2026 World Cup as the ...

ONE WAS INJURED. THE BUILDING IS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS, AND WITH JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY UNTIL THE FIRST WORLD CUP MATCH AT ARROWHEAD, GLOBAL SUPERSTAR LIONEL MESSI AND TEAM ARGENTINA HAVE ARRIVED IN ...