Lionel Messi

Kylian Mbappe ripped Barcelona apart on Tuesday by scoring a stunning hat-trick in a 4-1 rout to put Paris Saint-Germain on the brink of the Champions League quarter-finals. Mbappe underlined his status as the rising superstar of world…

Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski won the best men's player at the Fifa Football Awards in Zurich, beating last year's winner Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to the top prize. The Poland striker scored 55 goals in just 47 games last…

Tough draws for English sides in the Champions League, with Liverpool facing Leipzig in the elite competition, while Arsenal will play Benfica in the Europa League. Barcelona will face Paris St Germain and former striker Neymar while…

Lionel Messi became the first player to score in 16 successive Champions League campaigns after his penalty opened the scoring for Barcelona against Ferencvaros. Barca were 2-0 up by the interval at Camp Nou, with Messi scoring from the…

Real Madrid and Barcelona will each head into the Clasico next weekend on the back of a defeat after La Liga's two title favourites were punished for slack performances on Saturday. Zinedine Zidane made four substitutions at half-time…

Lionel Messi scored in his first game since trying to leave Barcelona as Ronald Koeman began his tenure as coach by overseeing a 4-0 LaLiga demolition of Villarreal on Sunday. Messi converted from the spot 10 minutes before halftime and…

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has said he was never seriously worried about the impact on the league if Lionel Messi had left Barcelona this summer. Messi admitted defeat on Friday in his attempt to find a way out of Barca, insisting the…

Lionel Messi has informed Barcelona he wants to terminate his contract with the Spanish giants, a club source confirmed to on Tuesday. Lawyers for the star sent Barca a fax in which they announced Messi's desire to rescind his contract…

Lionel Messi was rugby tackled and then scored a penalty as Barcelona put the pressure back on Real Madrid by easing to a 2-0 victory over Leganes at an empty Camp Nou on Tuesday. Messi was hauled to the ground in the first half by a…

Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi has won the Men's Ballon d'Or for a sixth time. Messi was involved in 63 goals in total in the past 12 months for both club and country, including 46 goals and 17 assists as the play-maker…