Has any seemingly overhyped phenomenon done a better job living up to the hype? Fans at the World Cup quarterfinal between Argentina and Switzerland on July 11 in Kansas City, Mo.Credit... Supported ...

Messi celebrates his goal against Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images With his two goals against Austria on Monday, Lionel Messi has now scored more times at a ...

The game does not care who you are, what greatness you've achieved, how you'll be remembered or how many millions of people have pictures of you hanging in their homes. Sometimes, the game is the game ...

CHESTER, Pa. --The points were shared as Lionel Messi registered a goal and an assist in a 2-2 draw against the Philadelphia Union in a game that ended in chaos, as Cavan Sullivan and Yannick Bright ...

Aug 31 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi brought down the curtain on his extraordinary international career on Monday, announcing his retirement soon after inspiring Argentina to within one victory of a second ...

Lionel Messi was gone. Only his boots remained, and even those were in rough shape. Manu Ginobili looked great. Juan Manuel Fangio was unscathed. But Messi was destroyed. It had been like that for two ...