Lionel Messi is one of the world’s best soccer players and plays for Argentina at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Read about his teams, awards, wife, height, and more.

There’s more to this longstanding rivalry than goals, assists and trophies.

Piers Morgan once opened up on his list of the greatest five footballers in the 21st century, controversially placing Argentina's Lionel Messi outside the top four.

When acclaimed soccer writer Paul Tenorio followed Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami team to Dallas for one of the superstar’s first road games in America in 2023, the scene outside the team’s Renaissance Plano hotel was strangely calm.

Lionel Messi trained on his own in Argentina's first practice session in the United States as he continues his recovery from a hamstring problem.

The Argentine superstar is one of just four athletes to have joined the three-comma club while still active in their sports—and is one of two new billionaires competing at this year’s World Cup.

During a physical battle for possession, Thiago took a hard kick while contesting the ball. He managed to get a touch on it first and then immediately absorbed a heavy blow to the shin, before showing that he is not defined solely by his last name, but also by the way he handles situations like this at such a young age.

Bayern Munich and Germany prodigy Lennart Karl has opened up about his biggest role model, Lionel Messi, revealing that he plays with a picture of the Argentine legend on one of his shinpads.“Yes,