The 2023 Ballon d’or award ceremony is done and dusted, and as revealed by many reliable sources weeks ago, the 2022 FIFA World Cup-winning skipper Lionel Messi won his record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or in last night’s prize presentation. The 36-year-old former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain player edged out tough opponents for his eighth Ballon d’Or…
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David Beckham Helped Paint a Lionel Messi Mural in Florida Ahead of the 36-Year-Old Argentine’s Sensational Move to Inter Miami
Giants Lionel Messi murals, bulk jersey purchases, autograph tattoos are just the many ways Major League Soccer fans pay tributes to the arrival of one of the greatest players in the history of football to the American league. The 2022 FIFA World Cup-winning skipper completed his incredible move to Inter Miami via a free transfer…
Lionel Messi’s World Cup-Winning Argentina Returned to Top Spot in FIFA Ranking After Six Years
Despite outclassing the defending champion France via a penalty shootout in the final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and winning its third world title in Qatar, the Lionel Messi-led Argentina was not given the no. 1 position in the following editions of the FIFA Ranking. Nevertheless, things finally took a turn in the world…
Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho Called Up by Defending FIFA World Cup Champion Argentina
Football is an interesting sport that witnesses the rise and fall of professional players within a blink of an eye. Just months after missing out on a spot in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Premier League giant Manchester United’s wonderkid Alejandro Garnacho has been named in the Argentine squad which will face Panama…
Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema Lock Horns for FIFA Best Men’s Player Award
The Best FIFA football award is aimed at rewarding the best player who outperformed everyone else in the football world in the past year. From this year onwards, players’ display will be analysed and judged between 8th August 2021 and 18th December 2022. According to the preliminary results, three forwards will be finalists of this…
Lionel Messi: “Wish You Were Here to Celebrate Our 2022 FIFA World Cup Success, Maradona.”
The 2022 FIFA World Cup ended in bizarre fashion, when Argentina fended off a fierce 2018 world champion multiple times in the final to win the game on penalties. The title was La Albiceleste’s third in the history of football, cementing its winning captain and seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi as the best football…
Argentina vs France: Will Messi Finally Win the World Cup or Is France Retaining Its World Title?
The majestic Lusail Stadium in Qatar will witness the birth of the first Middle-East and winter World Cup champion. 30 teams have fallen before we reached this finale and one of these two-time former world champions, Argentina and France, is to go home with the third World Cup title in their history of international football,…
Argentina Swept Past Croatia 3-0, Controversial Penalty Call Was Not Checked via VAR
The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar was down to four remaining matches before a winner can be announced, but the first of two semifinals did not go as what many would have expected, with Argentina defeating their European opponent and the 2018 FIFA World Cup runner-up, Croatia. The 3-0 convincing victory allowed Argentina to…
Here Are How Netherlands Could Beat Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Quarterfinal
The war between football nations in the 2022 FIFA World Cup ceases fire for two days as winners from each of the eight contested Round of 16 matches rest and prepare for the last eight fixtures that will take place starting this Friday. Of all the teams that had qualified for the quarterfinal round of…
Messi’s Argentina Survived Group Stage Scares Despite Penalty Miss, Through to the Round of 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar with Poland
The tense Group C finale went as what spectators would have expected; Both fixtures were filled with dramas and controversies, which saw both Argentina and Poland book a spot in the last 16 stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, while the team that caused the biggest upset in the history of the…
