December 9, 2023
Los Angeles – Lionel Messi has been named Time magazine’s “Athlete of the Year” for 2023 after a trailblazing season marked by an eighth Ballon d’Or award and his ground-breaking move to Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami. Time said the Argentine superstar had already had a transformative impact on the American sporting landscape, which has
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Spanish football icon Cesc Fabregas’ wife has denied reports that Lionel Messi cheated on his wife Antonela Roccuzzo. Brazilian outlet Direto Do Miolo on Saturday claimed on social media that Messi and Roccuzzo were facing the “biggest crisis” in their 15 years of marriage. The publication alleged that Messi had an affair with Argentine journalist
READ MOREInter Miami is putting together its preseason schedule, one that will likely have somewhere between four and six games early next year. There’s a 34-game Major League Soccer season. There’ll be appearances in the Leagues Cup, the U.S. Open Cup and the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Oh, and there’s national team duties for some players, too.
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Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmati of Spain had been the favourites to win the 2023 trophies. ADVERTISEMENT Lionel Messi won a record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or on Monday. The trophy was presented by David Beckham. The Argentine great fulfilled his life’s ambition by leading his country to the World Cup title in Qatar last year to
READ MORELionel Messi’s involvement in a 1-0 win over Paraguay last week doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be fit for Argentina’s next game in World Cup qualifying against Peru. Messi played most of the second half against Paraguay last Thursday despite struggling with muscular pains in the weeks leading up to the game. But there’s no certainty
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Selena Gomez was one of the thousands of soccer fans eager to see Lionel Messi face off against LAFC during their game with Inter Miami on Sunday. And she has the memes to prove it. The “Only Murders in the Building” star couldn’t contain her excitement when the best soccer player in the world nearly
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Just six weeks ago Inter Miami was the worst team in MLS. Maybe one of the worst in MLS history. It hadn’t won in eight weeks, hadn’t scored more than two goals in a game all season and the crowds it drew to its temporary stadium, which wasn’t even in the same county as Miami,
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Lionel Messi fever took over Los Angeles Sunday night, as Inter Miami CF’s latest match on the soccer pitch came against LAFC. LAFC already has great turnouts to their matches (11th in MLS with 22,102 fans attendees averaged), but BMO Stadium was packed to the brim with Messi and Inter Miami CF bringing arguably the
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The buzz began more than 30 minutes before kickoff when the best soccer player in the world led his team on to the field for warm-ups to the flash of hundreds of cellphone cameras. The Lionel Messi Show had arrived in Los Angeles. The anticipation continued to build during the pregame introductions, when Messi’s name
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Giorgio Chiellini greeted the question with a furrowed brow and a wide smile. How do you stop Lionel Messi, he was asked. For Chiellini, it was as if he had been asked how to swim without getting wet. “I tried to do it. Sometimes it works, sometimes no,” the LAFC center back said. “One thing
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