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June 22, 2023 No Responses

World’s Five Highest-Paid Athletes

For years, the world’s highest-paid athletes have been making hundreds of millions of dollars through their heavy contracts and endorsements, but 2023 set a new record. The Middle-Eastern cash flowing into some of the world’s highest-paid sports, like football and...

October 23, 2021 No Responses

Pope Francis Receives PSG Shirt From Messi

Pope Francis has thanked Argentina football star Lionel Messi for sending him a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) club jersey. “Lionel Messi, dear brother, thank you for the jersey and the dedication,” the pontiff said in a video published on Friday by...

August 17, 2021 No Responses

FC Barcelona Debt Hits $1.59b

FC Barcelona president, Joan Laporta has said that the LaLiga club’s debt has risen to 1.35 billion euros ($1.59 billion). The Catalan giants’ financial problems have been well documented since it emerged in January that their total debt had exceeded...

August 11, 2021 No Responses

Messi Signs Two-Year PSG Deal

Lionel Messi has signed a two-year contract with Paris St-Germain after leaving Barcelona. The 34-year-old’s deal also has the option of a third year. Messi left Barca – the only club he has played for – as they were unable...

August 6, 2021 No Responses

Messi To Leave Barcelona This Summer

Lionel Messi’s two-decade stay at FC Barcelona is over after “financial and structural obstacles” prevented him from signing a new deal, the LaLiga club announced. Barca insist both they and Messi were willing to extend his stay, but claim LaLiga.....

July 15, 2021 No Responses

Messi Stays At Barcelona On Reduced Wages

Lionel Messi has agreed to stay at Barcelona on a deal until 2026 that includes reducing his wages to half of his previous salary. The announcement is dependent on player departures that will allow Barca to fund the Argentina captain’s...

February 28, 2021 No Responses

Lionel Messi Takes Barca Within Two Points Of Top

Lionel Messi scored and created the other as Barcelona beat in-form Sevilla and went within two points of La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid. Messi fed Ousmane Dembele to slot home the opener before team-mate Sergino Dest hit the post. Barcelona...

February 1, 2021 No Responses

Messi Scores 650th Goal As Barcelona Beat Athletic Bilbao

Lionel Messi scored his 650th goal for Barcelona with a wonderful free-kick as they beat Athletic Bilbao to move up to second in La Liga. Athletic had a five-man wall, a player lying behind the wall and another on the...

January 18, 2021 No Responses

Messi Sent Off As Athletic Bilbao Beat Barcelona To Win Super Cup

Inaki Williams’s brilliant strike in extra time earned Athletic Bilbao a 3-2 win over FC Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday, with Lionel Messi sent off in the final stages. The Basque side, who last won the trophy...

September 28, 2020 No Responses

Messi Back In Scoring Business As Barca Wins La Liga Opener

Lionel Messi scored a penalty as Ronald Koeman’s era as Barcelona boss began with a comfortable La Liga win over Villarreal. Ansu Fati was the game’s outstanding player and scored Barca’s first two goals, with a first-time finish from a...

September 18, 2020 No Responses

Messi Wins Nine-Year Fight To Trademark His Surname

Footballer Lionel Messi can register his name as a trademark after a nine-year legal battle, the EU’s top court has ruled. The European Court of Justice dismissed an appeal from Spanish cycling company Massi and the EU’s intellectual property offic...

September 8, 2020 No Responses

Messi Reports For Barcelona Training

Barcelona’s all-time top scorer Lionel Messi has returned to training following his failed attempt to force a move away from the club. Messi, 33, submitted a transfer request on 25 August but said last Friday he would stay because it is “...

November 28, 2019 No Responses

Messi Scores In 700th Match As Barca Ease Into Last-16

Lionel Messi scored in his 700th match for Barcelona and also set up goals for Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann as the Catalans beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 on Wednesday. The win for Barca ensured that they sealed a spot in...