However, Portuguese star Ronaldo, whose influence at Real Madrid mirrored that of Messi at Barcelona before he left for Juventus, admitted that the pair have never socialised together.

Argentina's star footballer Lionel Messi has been handed over a three-month ban from international football by CONMEBOL, a governing body of South America's football.

Indian skipper for Cricket team Virat Kohli is the only Indian who has managed to feature in the Forbes list of World’s highest-paid athletes. Exactly like last year, he is the only Indian representative and has been ranked 100th, in the list published by Forbs on June 11.

Lionel Messi on Wednesday scored his 600th goal for Barcelona following a brace against Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. The social media is flooded with congratulatory tweets for the 31-year-old.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi on Wednesday was named the best player in the Spanish football league for the month of September, La Liga said in a statement.

Star forward Lionel Messi will miss Argentina's friendlies against Guatemala and Colombia next month as he takes a break from international football, according to Argentine press reports.

While many people feel sorry to see Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar leaving the FIFA World Cup pitches earlier than expected, some young footballers stood out to show that they deserve equal, if not more, attention from the media and fans.

Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli says star player Lionel Messi will see more of the ball in their crucial Group D match on Tuesday against Nigeria.

After Argentine forward and FC Barcelona megastar Lionel Messi failed to save the squad from a devastating 0-3 defeat in their World Cup Group match against Croatia, his wife has become the subject of trolling on Instagram.

Argentine’s footballer, Lionel Messi dream to win World Cup 2018 was left unfulfilled as Croatia powered into the last 16 with a 3-0 smash of Argentina at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on Thursday night.