Former Barcelona manager Xavi has lavished praise on Lionel Messi, comparing the Argentine icon to basketball legend Michael ...

Lionel Messi is now the all-time top scorer at a men’s World Cup after scoring for Argentina against Austria. You can follow The Athletic’s live coverage of that match here. I was 20 when I first ...

Lionel Messi scored his first career World Cup hat-trick on Tuesday night in Kansas City, leading Argentina to a 3-0 win over ...

Speaking to "The Athletic," former Barcelona midfielder and coach Xavi compared Lionel Messi to Michael Jordan, the ...

Lionel Messi’s hat-trick in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Algeria has triggered a global wave of praise, days before he turns 39.

Xavi has revealed that Lionel Messi stopped speaking to him for a period after Barcelona’s failed attempt to bring the Argentine legend back to the club in 2023. The Barcelona icon had been heavily ...

© Denis Doyle/Getty ImagesBarcelona's Xavi Hernandez (R) and Lionel Messi line-up a free kick during the La Liga match. Xavi and Messi played 399 matches together ...

Lionel Messi could be slower than he was in Qatar, but he possesses the vision and intuition to see paths, angles and moves ...

© David Ramos/Getty ImagesLionel Messi of FC Barcelona (C) holds the Ballon d'Or trophy flanked by his teammates Andres Iniesta (L) and Xavi Hermandez prior the Copa ...

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Xavi believes Lionel Messi is ‘almost inhuman’ after watching his former Barcelona team-mate destroy Algeria in Argentina’s ...