Who is the best player in world football? For the best part of two decades, the answer has been a coin toss. No longer. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were the two greatest footballers of a ...

Ousmane Dembélé was doing what he's doing now: wrecking Ligue 1. But back then, he was an 18-year-old playing for Rennes. It ...

Now, even artificial intelligence (AI) is being employed to analyze player performance and contribute to the ongoing debate. A recent AI analysis reportedly selected Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé as the ...

And at other times, like Tuesday night, he looks like the best soccer player in the world. [Yahoo Fantasy Bracket Mayhem is back: Enter for a shot to win up to $50K] Because even at 17 ...

Ryan O'Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He's also the author of "Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution." Nine years ago, Ousmane Dembélé was doing what he's doing now ...