Watching Messi take in the moment, rejoice, savour and commune with his people in this his last World Cup stirred the soul. “I know the whole of Argentina would like to be here,” Messi said.

When Messi and Argentina lost the 2015 Copa America final, Chile’s coach Sampaoli asked him why he had refused the player of the tournament award. Messi told Sampaoli he didn’t want to win for ...

Lionel Messi, Argentina play Canada in Atlanta in the Copa América opener on June 20. Argentina, the 2022 World Cup winner, is also the defending Copa América champion.

Messi left his boyhood town of Rosario for La Masia in Barcelona at the age of 13 and became a legend in Spain, but that was later used by Argentina fans and pundits to question whether he truly ...

Messi re-joins Argentina after scoring a goal in his last two matches last week. He finished play with Inter Miami in a 3-3 draw against St. Louis last Saturday.

At the Copa America, a 34-year-old Messi conquered South America with the most goals, most assists, and second-most successful dribbles after Neymar, whose Brazil team Argentina beat in the final ...

Each Argentina player stood behind a plinth bearing their own individual replica of the World Cup trophy and when Messi took the mic, they joined the fans in the stadium, and no doubt at home ...

Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni has told reporters he doesn’t yet know about Lionel Messi’s fitness — but pointed towards the fact the 37-year-old ended his side’s 1-0 win over Chile ...

Messi himself had described the atmosphere in the dressing room in morbid terms. He said his team-mates were “dead”. But Argentina are alive and Messi isn’t going anywhere.

And when the country turned on Messi after the missed opportunities with the national team, or when he couldn’t replicate his Barcelona form with Argentina, Newell’s was there to defend him.

Pre-tournament favourites Argentina stumbled at the first World Cup hurdle before getting their act together to storm into another final, led by their inspirational skipper Lionel Messi who has ...

Messi will have nine days between matches to recover for a chance to lead Argentina in its Copa America quarterfinal match between either Ecuador or Mexico on July 4 in Houston.