Fresh off Inter Miami's MLS Cup win, Lionel Messi was back to work for a series of events branded as Lionel Messi's G.O.A.T. India Tour 2025.

Footage from India's ANI news agency showed hundreds of fans invading the pitch, vandalising the stands and goal nets at the 85,000 stadium.

Despite not being in his best season due to injuries, Ousmane Dembélé has managed to be crowned the 2025 The Best FIFA Men’s Player. As a result, comparisons quickly emerged, recalling how long it took Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to win this award.

The inaugural edition of the Messi Cup, a tournament launched by Lionel Messi earlier this year for U16 teams, was won by Argentine giants River Plate, who defeated Atlético Madrid in Sunday’s final.

Messi becomes the sixth player in MLS history to win MVP and a championship in the same season. Of the previous five, only Atlanta United's Josef Martinez in 2018 won MVP, a title and the Golden Boot as the league's scoring champion all in the same year, another hat trick of sorts that Messi achieved in 2025.

As Lionel Messi's voting in 2025 The Best has been revealed, questions rose as why Cristiano Ronaldo, despite being Portugal's captain, didn't take part in the process.

Messi has capped off one of the most successful seasons in league history and been rewarded with another MVP award. No player has ever won the award in consecutive years, while Preki is the only player to win the award twice.

A short clip from a recent Major League Soccer (MLS) match has fans buzzing. Lionel Messi was heard speaking English during a light exchange with a referee. The moment, recorded through the league’s referee body camera system and shared by popular football page 433 on X (formerly known as Twitter),

The FIFA The Best Goalkeeper 2025 award has been announced, with Lionel Messi placing his Argentine national team teammate in second place. FIFA has finally announced the The Best 2025 awards, including the category for Best Goalkeeper.