The Athletic has live coverage of Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami debut. “My first memory of Lionel Messi? That would probably be sitting next to him on the bus to Leon XIII high school in Barcelona,” says ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Editor's note: The video published above is footage of Messi in training before the Cruz Azul match. Watch the highlights of the game below. As if he needed more to add to his ...

With just over a year to go before the FC Barcelona presidential elections, the name of Lionel Messi is once again bursting onto the political scene at the club. Marc Ciria, a new ...

MIAMI — Things are beginning to get Messi for Major League Soccer and Inter Miami CF — but in a good way. After World Cup winner Lionel Messi revealed on Wednesday he will be linking up with the Miami ...

Some people paid hundreds of dollars to be able to say they were in the stadium for Lionel Messi’s debut for Inter Miami. Some paid thousands for their seats. The team’s owners committed well over ...

Lionel Messi will unveil a 21-metre (70-foot) statue of himself in India on Saturday as he embarks on a three-day tour of the country that has sparked a fan frenzy. The iron sculpture in Kolkata, ...

When it comes to men’s soccer, every generation has its contenders for the best ever to play the game. Before, there was Pelé, then Diego Maradona. For the last two decades, it’s been Lionel Messi and ...

Prior to its franchise-record 15-game unbeaten streak that ended over the weekend, the last time Nashville SC had generated such positive headlines was 2023. That season, the Boys in Gold put together ...

Nashville SC midfielder Eddi Tagseth has only been around for two of the nine straight winless games the team has played against Inter Miami CF. But he’s already tired of losing to the Herons.

Lionel Messi is undoubtedly football's greatest-ever talent. The diminutive superstar is less footballer than dancer, known for fox-trotting across the pitch with the ball sewn to his foot. He's a ...

Lionel Messi has lifted the lid on a shock "childhood dream" that was scotched by his Barcelona debut. Messi’s life pivoted sharply when Barcelona chose to take a chance on him at a moment when ...

Lionel Messi spoke on stage after winning his eighth Ballon d'Or: "Thank you very much, to share this with my national team-mates for what we were able to achieve with the national team. The entire ...