The 39-year-old Inter Miami attacker has also collected a record eight Ballon d’Or awards. During 17 seasons with Barcelona’s senior side, he lifted the Champions League trophy four times and won 10 La Liga championships. Jorge was a devoted supporter of his hometown club, Newell’s Old Boys, where Lionel began playing at the age of […]
Continue ReadingJorge Messi, Lionel Messi’s father and longtime agent, has died at the age of 68 following an extended illness, his family confirmed. He passed away at a medical facility in Rosario, Argentina. During his final months, Jorge divided his time between the clinic and his home, where he was supported by his wife, Celia, and […]
Continue ReadingAppearing on football’s biggest platform for perhaps the final time, Lionel Messi looked poised to deliver one last iconic moment in this tournament decider. But as the sun slipped below the west stand at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday, it grew increasingly apparent that Argentina had lost the spark that had carried them […]
Continue ReadingShould Messi choose to continue with Argentina through 2030, he would set a record as the oldest outfield competitor at a World Cup, aged 43 – provided, naturally, that Cristiano Ronaldo does not decide to prolong his Portugal career. In addition to potentially extending his record collection, Messi would have an opportunity to feature in […]
Continue ReadingAs Cristian Romero prepared to collect a pass just 10 yards from his own goal, Jude Bellingham and Anthony Gordon spotted an opportunity to pounce. The center-back’s body shape was awkward after he backpedaled to receive the ball, facing the left touchline as the two opponents closed in rapidly. He would have only a split […]
Continue ReadingTo strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. That sentiment didn’t apply to this group, at least. Amid relentless, rolling noise inside Atlanta’s massive climate-controlled dome, England reached the end of the journey, the limits of their ability at this World Cup, the exhaustion of every mechanism within the side. Above all, they […]
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