Tag: Lionel Messi

• Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

  Messi lands in India for fan tour, including 21-meter statue unveiling

  

  Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi has landed in India for his highly anticipated three-day, four-city tour that has ignited widespread fan frenzy.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

  High-profile event featuring Trump, Milei, and Messi, among others, kicks off in Miami

  

  A high-profile summit featuring Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Javier Milei of Argentina, alongside Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, is set to start on Wednesday at the America Business Forum in Miami. The unprecedented event, held at the Kaseya Center, brings together influential figures from global politics, finance, and elite sports to discuss the pivotal role of personal leadership in an era of complex global change.

• Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 21:08 UTC

  Messi's last international game on home soil is just days away

  

  Argentine footballing star Lionel Messi confirmed that his upcoming South American World Cup qualifying match against Venezuela on Sept. 4 will be his last home game with the national team.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 15:36 UTC

  Messi and Suárez launch new football club in Uruguay: Deportivo LSM

  

  Football legends Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez have announced the creation of their own football club in Uruguay, “Deportivo LSM,” which will compete in the country’s official league system under the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) starting in 2026.

• Monday, January 6th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

  Messi gets US Presidential Medal of Freedom but skips awarding ceremony

  

  Argentine footballing legend Lionel Messi was among the recipients of the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom but skipped the awarding ceremony Saturday at the White House citing previous engagements.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 19:54 UTC

  Argentina lose “unusual” Olympic opening game

  

  The 2024 Paris Olympic Games kicked off Wednesday with some men's football in addition to rugby and other games, while the opening ceremony is to take place later this week.

• Monday, July 15th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Injured Messi still lifts Copa America trophy for the second time in a row

  

  Despite lacking megastar Lionel Messi for almost half of Sunday's duel, defending champions Argentina retained the Copa America with a 1-0 victory over Colombia. Lautaro Martínez scored the only goal during extra time and only eight minutes from the end following a through ball from fellow substitute Giovani Lo Celso.

• Wednesday, July 10th 2024 - 07:52 UTC

  Messi's Argentina advance to Copa America final

  

  Title holders and reigning world champions Argentina Tuesday advanced once again to the Copa América final with a 2-0 win over Canada at the MetLife Stadium in the US State of New Jersey with goals from Julián Álvarez and team captain Lionel Messi.

• Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 12:14 UTC

  The magic of football: for China Falklands are British and no longer Argentine

  

  Disgruntled Chinese football fans, blaming Argentine top star Lionel Messi, are now advocating that the Falklands are British, --certainly not Argentine--.Messi failed to play in an exhibition match in Hong Kong, for which the Chinese public paid a considerable sum, and furious frustrated fans are calling the captain of the Argentine World Cup winner a “thief” and contradicting Beijing's official stance that the Malvinas are a relic of British colonialism and that the Islands belong to Argentina.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 08:56 UTC

  Lula hails Messi's Ballon d'Or achievement

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday praised Argentine football start Lionel Messi on winning his eighth Ballon d'Or award. “Messi should serve as an example to Brazilian players,” said Lula on social media.