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Lionel Messi earned $122m last year. He still felt the need to take Saudi money
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Less than a year after signing with Paris Saint-Germain – one of Qatar’s most prominent sportswashing projects – Lionel Messi is now the face of yet another oppressive Middle Eastern monarchy. The Argentinian was unve...
Lionel Messi one of four PSG players to test positive for Covid after winter break
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Lionel Messi is among four Paris Saint-Germain players who have tested positive for Covid-19 after returning from the winter break. Juan Bernat, Sergio Rico and Nathan Bitumazala, as well as one member of staff, are a...
Jaw-dropping sport moments of 2021: Lionel Messi leaves Barcelona
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Even when it was official, it didn’t seem real. Even when it was repeated, the president standing there saying so, it didn’t ring true. Even after all those warnings, everyone clung to the hope that there might be som...
Alexia Putellas and Lionel Messi named 2021 Ballon d’Or winners
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Alexia Putellas and Lionel Messi have been crowned winners of the 2021 Ballon d’Or during a glittering ceremony in Paris. Putellas, who was an integral part of Barcelona’s treble-winning side with 18 goals and 12 assi...
Alexia Putellas and Lionel Messi crowned winners of the 2021 Ballon d’Or – live updates!
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European roundup: Messi inspires PSG fightback but Neymar carried off
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Lionel Messi set up all three goals as Paris Saint-Germain stretched their Ligue 1 lead to 14 points with a 3-1 comeback win away to 10-man Saint-Étienne as Neymar sustained a possible ankle injury and was taken off o...
Messi magic, Sheriff’s shock win and a tribute to Roger Hunt – Football Weekly
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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon and Philippe Auclair to review Tuesday’s Champions League ties and pay tribute to Roger Hunt How to listen to podcast...
European roundup: Icardi scores late PSG winner after Messi substituted
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A late Mauro Icardi strike earned Paris Saint-Germain a last-gasp 2-1 home victory against Lyon, with Lionel Messi making limited impact on his Parc des Princes debut. Icardi headed home from Kylian Mbappé’s cross fou...
Cry with me, Argentina: teary Messi delights fans and breaks Pelé’s record
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Lionel Messi broke down in tears of joy after scoring three goals against Bolivia in a World Cup qualifier played in Buenos Aires’s Monumental stadium. The nation wept with him, in a communion of devotees relishing th...
Messi scores Argentina hat-trick to break Pelé’s international goals record
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Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to give Argentina a 3-0 win over Bolivia in a World Cup qualifier, lifting him above Pelé as South America’s top male international scorer with 79 goals. Messi got the opener after 14 m...
Lionel Messi makes PSG debut at Reims but Kylian Mbappé steals show
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Now it is real. Lionel Messi played his first club match as a Not Barcelona player, entering as a 66th minute substitute for Paris Saint-Germain, who won at Reims thanks to Kylian Mbappé. PSG are adamant the pair will...
Football transfer rumours: Cristiano Ronaldo to join Lionel Messi at PSG?
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It has long been established that Lionel Messi is the tit to Cristiano Ronaldo’s tat. So a week dominated by news of the Argentinian’s arrival at Paris Saint-Germain was always going to trigger a reaction and, sure en...
PSG’s signing of Lionel Messi shows celebrity is trumping competition
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It gets to Sunday evening. You’ve done your chores. You’ve had your dinner. You’re tired. You have work on Monday. You just want something to stick on the telly while you flick through the papers or doze on the sofa. ...
‘It’s madness’: Messi relishing playing with Neymar and Mbappé at PSG
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Even Lionel Messi seemed wowed by the power of Paris Saint-Germain’s new strikeforce, as he described the prospect of combining with Neymar and Kylian Mbappé as “madness”. In scenes very different to his tearful adieu...
Lionel Messi heads to Paris to seal PSG move after agreeing two-year contract
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Lionel Messi has agreed a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain and boarded a plane to France on Tuesday afternoon to complete the transfer. The deal includes an option to extend by a year and gives the forward a...
Lionel Messi heading to Paris to seal PSG move after agreeing two-year contract
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Lionel Messi has agreed a two-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain and is due to fly to France to complete the transfer. The deal includes an option to extend by a year and gives the forward a net salary of about €3...