The world's most iconic athlete will meet one of America's most iconic college sports cathedrals when Argentina takes on ...

La Albiceleste's most-capped player (198 appearances) and all-time leading scorer (116 goals), Messi also holds the record for most World Cup appearances (26 games) and minutes played (2,314+) as he's ...

Inter Miami CF star Lionel Messi was headline news across Barcelona again on Thursday following the surprise announcement that he had bought Spanish fifth-tier team UE Cornellà. The effect has been ...

The Argentine star takes full ownership of the Catalan club, which plays in the Third Division and can be promoted this season. Founded in 1951, UE Cornellà currently sit third in their Tercera ...

MIAMI -- Lionel Messi is being sued by a Miami-based event promoter who says the soccer icon violated the terms of a $7 million contract by missing an exhibition match last year. VID Music Group filed ...

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 always draw a crowd — and he brings in a crowd, too. He also helped lead his new interim head coach, Guillermo Hoyos, to his first win with Inter Miami on Saturday. In front of a crowd of ...

Lionel Messi finds himself at the center of a new lawsuit filed in Florida after no-showing for a pair of friendlies last year with the Argentina national football team. VID, a company that promotes ...

Messi did not play in Argentina's October friendly against Venezuela. Marcos Brindicci / Getty Images A lawsuit has been filed against Lionel Messi and the Argentine Football Association after the ...

“The plan is to run it through the balance of the World Cup while all attention is on soccer,” says Todd Midura, vice president of marketing for Duracell, during a recent interview. The Messi spot ...

Olise shines for Bayern and hailed Messi as the GOAT Michael Olise is enjoying a stunning season at Bayern Munich, and for Chelsea fans, it is one that hurts to watch. There was a time when it felt ...

Lionel Messi is the owner of a fifth-division football club in Spain after the Argentinian superstar acquired Barcelona-based UE Cornella. Messi was the best player of his generation during his two ...