RIYADH (AFP) -- Luis Suarez bagged his maiden goal for Inter Miami and Lionel Messi scored a penalty but it was not enough to stop the Major League Soccer side falling to a 4-3 defeat against Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal in Riyadh on Monday, Jan. 29. Inter Miami's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez...
SAN SALVADOR (AFP) -- Luis Suarez made a subdued debut alongside former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi as Inter Miami kicked off its pre-season tour on Friday, Jan. 19, with a 0-0 draw against El Salvador. Inter Miami's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez runs with the ball during the friendly football...
LONDON (AFP) -- Lionel Messi was controversially crowned as FIFA's best men's player for 2023 on Monday, Jan. 15, while Aitana Bonmati added to her collection of individual accolades at the awards ceremony in London. Argentina's Lionel Messi (AFP) Messi claimed the award for the third time, but the...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, a former Barcelona, Liverpool, Atletico Madrid and Ajax star, will join Inter Miami for the 2024 season, the MLS club announced on Friday, Dec. 22. Uruguay's Luis Suarez (AFP) Suarez, who turns 37 next month, won four Liga titles and the Champions...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Lionel Messi is expected to line-up against his boyhood club Newell's Old Boys after the Argentine team agreed to a pre-season friendly game at Inter Miami in February. Inter Miami's Argentine striker Lionel Messi (AFP) The Major League Soccer club announced on Monday, Dec. 18, that...
HONG KONG (AFP) -- Tickets to see Lionel Messi in a Hong Kong friendly were snapped up in under an hour on Friday, Dec. 15, after nearly two million people queued online, organizers said. Inter Miami's Argentine Lionel Messi (AFP) The Argentine great and his Inter Miami side will face a Hong Kong...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Six football shirts worn by Argentine megastar Lionel Messi at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have sold for $7.8 million at auction, the auction house told AFP on Thursday, Dec. 14. This undated photo courtesy of Sotheby's shows Lionel Messi's set of six match worn shirts from the...
PARIS (AFP) -- Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmati were named as finalists for the FIFA best players of the year awards by world football's governing body on Thursday, Dec. 14. Argentina's Lionel Messi (below) and Aitana Bonmati of Spain (AFP) Messi was awarded a record-extending eighth Ballon d'Or...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Inter Miami on Monday, Dec. 11, confirmed details of two upcoming friendlies in Saudi Arabia next year which will include a showdown between Lionel Messi and old rival Cristiano Ronaldo. Paris Saint-Germain's Argentine forward Lionel Messi (left) walks past Riyadh All-Star's...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Lionel Messi and Argentina will get the chance to avenge their defeats to Chile in the 2015 and 2016 Copa America finals after being grouped with their old rivals in the draw for next year's tournament on Thursday, Dec. 7. Argentina's forward Lionel Messi (center) and defender...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Lionel Messi has been named Time magazine's "Athlete of the Year" for 2023 after a trailblazing season marked by an eighth Ballon d'Or award and his ground-breaking move to Major League Soccer's Inter Miami. Argentina's Lionel Messi (AFP) Time said the Argentine superstar had...
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) -- Lionel Messi is not ruling out another bid for World Cup glory with Argentina in 2026 despite acknowledging that time is working against him. Argentina's Lionel Messi (AFP) Messi, who recently won his eighth Ballon d'Or, raised the World Cup almost a year ago after starring...
