Where it truly mattered, humans decided the game.

F. Scott Fitzgerald said "show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy." This was no tragedy but a World Cup without Messi is less than whole

Lionel Messi is out for Inter Miami as he recovers from his World Cup stint. Here's why he's not going to the MLS match.

To live forever is for the world to know you by just one word. Messi is there with the likes of Jordan, Ali, Brady, Bolt, Serena, Phelps and a select few other all-timers

There are good footballers, great footballers and then there is Lionel Messi, the teenage wunderkind illuminating the World Cup age 39

Lionel Messi on the soccer field takes the short, trotty steps of a dachshund in the park. Such diminutive, mincy movements are part of his mystique: He gives opponents absolutely no reason whatsoever to track his runty,

Lionel Messi will not be punished by the MLS for missing the 2026 MLS All-Star Game. Messi is on a mandated 21-day rest and recovery period, per FIFA and FIFPRO player welfare guidelines. The MLS announced that Messi and De Paul have been granted an exemption under the league’s agreement with the MLSPA for players returning from World Cup duty.

Lionel Messi returned to Argentina and posted on social media that it will take time to recover from the immense pain of losing the World Cup final.

The Argentine’s well-earned rest comes at the expense of the Herons.

Spain’s smothering defense stifled Messi-led, defending-champion Argentina and keyed a 1-0 victory in extra time to clinch the World Cup crown.

The Spanish soccer prodigy spoke with Argentinian legend Lionel Messi after their heated match.

Losing a World Cup final, especially as the defending champion, is hard. And what happens after can sometimes be as dissected as what happens if you win. So it’s no surprise that people are dissecting not just how Spain reacted after winning but how Argentina reacted after losing.