Barcelona icon Lionel Messi has this week made public his admiration for the talents of current Blaugrana starlet Lamine ...

Lionel Messi names Barcelona star Lamine Yamal as the best young player in football and his natural heir at Camp Nou.

Lionel Messi believes that FC Barcelona's Lamine Yamal is the standout player of the new generation coming after him and ...

Lionel Messi may be the greatest footballer to have ever lived, but even that can't prevent him from being the subject of countless memes across the internet. Whether created by Messi disciples or ...

Messi names successor: At an Adidas event, Messi identified Lamine Yamal as the best young player and the one who most reminds him of himself. Rivalry redefined: Messi described his years-long battle ...

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Mario Götze scored one of the most iconic goals in FIFA World Cup history, delivering Germany a dramatic 1-0 victory over ...

Lionel Messi checked into the match early in the second half, the score tied and Inter Miami's chances at breaking a pair of Major League Soccer regular-season records very much uncertain. In that ...

Illustration: Demetrius Robinson / The Athletic; Photos: Rich Storry, Dilip Vishwanat, Dustin Markland, Jeff Dean / Getty Images In more than one way, the 2025 MLS season was historic. The ...