Tag: Leonel Messi

• Tuesday, January 12th 2016 - 07:10 UTC

  Messi undisputed king of the 'beautiful game': fifth Ballon d'Or

  

  Lionel Messi reclaimed the FIFA Ballon d'Or award for the world player of the year on Monday, after watching his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo walk off with the prize for the previous two years. The Argentine Barcelona forward finished ahead of Ronaldo and Brazil forward Neymar as he scooped the award for a record fifth time overall, having previously won it four years in a row from 2009 to 2012.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 07:36 UTC

  Irish players deny receiving bribes not to injure Messi, as was reported by La Nacion

  

  An Argentine newspaper has claimed that Irish players received bribes not to injure Lionel Messi at the opening game in the Aviva Stadium in 2010, but the story has been dismissed in the strongest possible terms by the Irish football association, FAI. According to La Nacion, a Fifa official was forced to go to extraordinary lengths to bring the Barcelona superstar and his team mates to Dublin.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  Falklands' makes its debut among Argentine fans in the America Cup

  

  The America Copa (Cup) currently being played in Chile, and the region's national teams main football competition, has not been without incidents. The one that has attracted most headlines, so far, was the host's leading squad player, Arturo Vidal who went on public television to apologize for drunk driving after crashing his Ferrari.

• Wednesday, October 29th 2014 - 10:04 UTC

  Three Argentine players nominated for the 2014 Golden Ball

  

  Three Argentine players have been nominated for the 2014 Golden Ball, the prize awarded by FIFA and France Football magazine to the best player of the year.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 04:58 UTC

  “Show the world you are better than Messi”, Löw told Götze

  

  “Show the world you are better than Messi and you can decide the World Cup”, German coach Joachim Löw told Mario Götze before sending him to the field, and effectively scoring the only goal of the match that gave Germany its fourth Cup.

• Friday, July 11th 2014 - 05:44 UTC

  Neymar wants Argentina and his friend Messi and Marchesaono to win the World Cup

  

  Brazil forward Neymar has done the unpredictable once again by revealing he will support Brazil's biggest rivals Argentina in Sunday's World Cup final against Germany.

• Saturday, October 19th 2013 - 15:36 UTC

  Italy tax collectors formally notified Maradona of his debt: 39 million Euro

  

  Italy’s tax collection agency says it has formally notified Diego Maradona that it will begin procedures to freeze his assets in Italy to pay off his tax debt of 39 million Euros or 53 million dollars.

• Monday, June 24th 2013 - 19:04 UTC

  Messi paid €10 million to correct tax returns for 2010/2011, says La Vanguardia

  

  Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, who turned 26 on Monday and is under investigation in Spain for tax fraud allegations, paid €10 million to the Spanish tax authorities to correct tax returns for 2010 and 2011, according to Spanish media reports.

• Friday, June 21st 2013 - 06:01 UTC

  Super star Messi and father must appear in court accused of tax fraud in Spain

  

  Argentine soccer super star Lionel Messi and his father Jorge were ordered to appear before a Barcelona court in September after Spanish prosecutors accused the pair of tax fraud.

• Thursday, June 13th 2013 - 07:13 UTC

  World soccer star Messi involved in alleged fiscal hat-tricks

  

  World famous Barcelona and Argentine striker Lionel Messi has declared on his Facebook page that he is “surprised” by accusations in Spain of tax avoidance.