Argentina great Lionel Messi is rested against Honduras, while Brazil, Germany, Belgium and Portugal each win warm-up games prior to the World Cup.

Argentina vs Honduras Highlights: Argentina continued their preparations for FIFA World Cup 2026 with a confident victory over Honduras, securing a 2-0 win despite leaving Lionel Messi on the bench for the entire match.

Lionel Messi is preparing for what could be his final World Cup with Argentina, aiming to retain the trophy he won in Qatar in 2022.

When acclaimed soccer writer Paul Tenorio followed Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami team to Dallas for one of the superstar’s first road games in America in 2023, the scene outside the team’s Renaissance Plano hotel was strangely calm.

At the upcoming World Cup Lionel Messi has the chance of being the greatest goal-scorer in the tournament's history.

Former West Bengal sports minister Aroop Biswas has been summoned by the police in connection with a case related to chaos at the Lionel Messi event at Salt Lake Stadium last year, after he failed to appear before the investigators by Friday.

Argentina's Lionel Messi and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo are set to appear in their sixth FIFA World Cup.

Scaloni openly discussed how closely he works with Messi on major decisions involving Argentina, leading many to wonder whether Martinez follows a similar approach with Ronaldo inside the Portugal camp.