The Argentine superstar is one of just four athletes to have joined the three-comma club while still active in their ...

Lionel Messi is preparing for what could be his final World Cup with Argentina, aiming to retain the trophy he won in Qatar ...

As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 ...

Lionel Messi will continue wearing Argentina’s No. 10 jersey at the 2026 World Cup, it has been confirmed. The Inter Miami ...

FC Barcelona icon Lionel Messi has been dubbed the 'King of Football" and the “best footballer of all time” after clinching a ...

Lionel Messi's showstopping talent brought a premature end to the career of his childhood football coach, who decided to bow ...

Antonela Roccuzzo shut down claims that Lionel Messi had facial plastic surgery, revealing the only cosmetic-related ...

Do Inter Miami’s fans really need more from Lionel Messi than the kind of dazzling performance Sunday that could have many sit around years from now saying, “Yeah, I still remember what he did in that ...

Lionel Messi is winding down an illustrious soccer career, but his assists off the pitch show no signs of slowing. In the summer of 2025, Messi’s collaboration with media artist Refik Anadol to create ...

ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — The breeze off the Paraná River brings a chill to the afternoon in Rosario. As the kids warm up, the clatter of their tiny cleats intensifies until the referee signals for ...

If you grew up a baseball fan in San Diego in the 1950s, you didn’t have a long list of homegrown Major League heroes. Ted Williams was No. 1. Don Larsen and Jack Harshman were top pitchers. Ray Boone ...

Former Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star Bob Skinner, who won three World Series titles as an MLB player and coach, died Monday, the Pirates announced. He was 94. No cause of death was shared. “We are ...