Lionel Messi reshaped MLS. The 2026 World Cup across North America will cement soccer as permanent in American sports culture.

With such milestones inevitably come comparisons to Lionel Messi, the player who defined a generation at Barcelona. The question naturally arises: when did Messi score his first hat-trick, and how old was he?

Spencer Pratten, from Great Waltham near Chelmsford, started playing walking football about 10 years ago and said it had changed his life. The chartered surveyor used to play mainstream football semi-professionally for Chelmsford City FC and has even been likened to Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi.

From Lionel Messi to Naomi Osaka, elite athlete investors are turning championships into equity and redefining wealth beyond contracts.

Former Barcelona defender Jeremy Mathieu has reignited debate among supporters after suggesting he outperformed Lionel Messi in one very specific department.

Lionel Messi has been offered the opportunity to leave Inter Miami and return to Barcelona as a player or in another role, according to reports. The Argentina legend will go down as one of the best, if not the best, player in the history of football when ...