Tag: Lionel Messi

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  World Cup qualifier in Brazil halted due to presence of Argentine players from red-zoned England

  

  The football World Cup qualifying match between South American giants Brazil and Argentina in Sao Paulo was halted Sunday after just seven minutes by health authorities from the host country, claiming four of the visiting players had allegedly dodged quarantine and other COVID-19 measures.

• Friday, August 6th 2021 - 07:13 UTC

  FC Barcelona announces Messi will not stay

  

  Argentine international football legend Lionel Messi will no longer play for Spanish League top team FC Barcelona after a 21-year spell, it was announced Thursday. The Rosario-born Messi arrived in Barcelona when he was 12 years old.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 04:50 UTC

  Brazil's Miss Bum Bum, crazy about Messi has an anal tattoo in honor of the football star

  

  Suzy Cortez, the 2019 Miss Bum Bum winner in Brazil, where Lionel Messi won the Copa America with Argentina earlier this month, has honored the occasion by showing off a freshly-inked anal tattoo on subscription site OnlyFans.

• Tuesday, June 29th 2021 - 06:31 UTC

  Messi-inspired Iraqi short film now has higher goals

  

  A short film by Kurdish Regisseur Shehim Omar Khalifa which was highly awarded worldwide is now planning to become a full-length documentary as shooting for its enlargement is underway in Baghdad, Iraq.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Argentina: Medical equipment donated by Lionel Messi stranded at Rosario airport for 10 months

  

  Some 32 ventilators donated by footballer Lionel Messi have been stored at his native Rosario's Fisherton international airport for 10 months, entangled in red tape.

• Saturday, September 5th 2020 - 04:34 UTC

  Rosario still hopes Messi will return some day to play for Newell's Old Boys

  

  Argentina's third-largest city had dared to dream but was left disappointed after the city's most celebrated son Lionel Messi announced he was staying at Barcelona. When Messi told the Spanish giants last week he wanted to quit the club, some back in his home town and at Newell's Old Boys, the club where he played junior football, allowed themselves to imagine the 33-year-old superstar returning home to play for his boyhood team.

• Tuesday, September 1st 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Argentine president would like Messi to finish his career in Newell's Old Boys

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez has urged Lionel Messi to finish his career in his home country. The Barcelona forward spent several years in the academy at Newell's Old Boys in Rosario before moving to Europe as a teenager.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 05:55 UTC

  Luis Suárez “I've spent six years at Barca - enough time for them to tell me what they think.”

  

  After six years sprinkled with goals that have brought Barcelona 13 trophies, Luis Suarez may be heading for an unceremonious exit from the Camp Nou. The Uruguayan was Barca's second-highest scorer last season behind captain Lionel Messi.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 00:44 UTC

  Messi fined US$ 1,500 and suspended from Argentina's first qualifying match for 2022 World Cup

  

  Lionel Messi was suspended from Argentina's first qualifying march for the 2022 World Cup and fined US$1,500 by South American soccer's governing body.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 12:06 UTC

  Argentina and Messi licking wounds after Brazil wins the 2019 Copa America

  

  Argentina's fury at their Copa 2019 exit prompted reports they could play in UEFA, a suggestion which has been swiftly denied by the governing body. UEFA has denied reports it would entertain inviting Argentina into its European competitions following the 2019 Copa America.