On the soccer pitch, Lionel Messi is renowned for many things—his uncanny close control in tight spaces, his explosive bursts ...

Lionel Messi will play for Argentina in a record sixth World Cup at the age of 39. In the third instalment of a five-part ...

© Yu Chun Christopher Wong/Eurasia Sport Images/Megan Briggs/Getty ImagesCristiano Ronaldo of Al Nassr and Lionel Messi of Inter Miami. But the Argentine wasn’t ...

Stars from Bayern Munich, PSG and Inter Miami are among the stars with the most goals and assists across world football in 2025. For the purposes of this article, we’ve only included goals and assists ...

Al Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo scored and reached 800 club goals at age 40, and this raised the question: how many had Lionel Messi scored by age 38? Al Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo made history once ...

From his Under-20 debut in 2005 to lifting the trophy in 2022, Lionel Messi’s World Cup history is unmatched. The last chapter written, for now, also has a happy ending. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 ...

Lionel Messi has obliterated the Major League Soccer record as the fastest player to reach 100 regular-season goals and ...

© David Ramos/Denis Doyle/Getty ImagesLionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Cristiano Ronaldo. What stands out most about the French forward is how quickly he has climbed ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Soccer star Lionel Messi has reached a significant milestone, scoring his 900th career goal during Inter Miami’s match against Nashville SC on Wednesday, March 18. Messi made a ...

As part of our buildup to the 2026 FIFA men’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, we are publishing excerpted chapters from The Soccer 100, The Athletic’s definitive book on the 100 ...