Give Barcelona an inch, and the five-time European champion will take a mile. Few sides will understand that better than Chelsea, who on Wednesday slumped out of the Champions League last-16 stage courtesy of a…
Lionel Messi and his wife Antonella Roccuzzo became parents for a third time Saturday, welcoming a baby boy named Ciro. Related: Messi to miss Barcelona match for birth of 3rd child The Barcelona star confirmed…
Barcelona – Barcelona have one hand on the La Liga title after Lionel Messi’s sensational free-kick earned them a deserved 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Atletico arrived at the Camp Nou on the…
Taking into account the form of each player over the past month of action, theScore has sifted through the top five leagues to rank the 20 best footballers in European competition. 20. Raheem Sterling (Manchester…
The last time Barcelona lost a La Liga match, Philippe Coutinho was pulling the strings at Liverpool and Ousmane Dembele was terrorising Bundesliga full-backs with Borussia Dortmund. On Saturday, the two big-money additions started alongside…
Football Leaks strikes again. The famous whistleblower website that exposed Gareth Bale‘s contract and other high-profile transactions teamed up with German newspaper Der Spiegel and other outlets across the globe to lay bare details of…
No footballer has scored more goals for one club in Europe’s top five leagues than Lionel Messi. The Argentine scored his La Liga-leading 17th goal of the campaign and Barcelona‘s fourth Sunday at Real Sociedad…
Barcelona‘s protracted pursuit of Philippe Coutinho has finally come to fruition, and with the Brazilian now calling the Camp Nou home, Blaugrana boss Ernesto Valverde faces a slew of options for including the set-piece specialist…
It’s official. Philippe Coutinho is joining Barcelona. Barcelona and Liverpool reached an agreement for the transfer of Coutinho on Saturday. According to the Liverpool Echo’s James Pearce and Neil Jones, the Reds agreed to a…
The outlook was so bleak back in August. Barcelona had just lost Neymar to football’s next great power, and his replacement, Ousmane Dembele, suffered a serious hamstring injury. Accusations of tax evasion still hung around,…
No one can stop Barcelona. The Catalan giant is now nine points clear atop the La Liga table and a whopping 14 ahead of Real Madrid after Saturday’s 3-0 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu. Madrid…
Lionel Messi couldn’t capture his sixth Ballon d’Or, but the Barcelona star won’t end the year empty-handed, as he won Marca’s award for La Liga’s best player of 2016-17. On Monday, Messi received the Alfredo…
Real Madrid will not be welcomed onto the pitch with a guard of honour ahead of Saturday’s Clasico, Barcelona director of institutional relations Guillermo Amor confirmed. It’s custom for opposing teams in Spain and other…
With his effort against Villarreal on Sunday, Barcelona star Lionel Messi closed in on shattering yet another goal-scoring record by tying legendary Bayern Munich striker Gerd Muller’s mark of 525 strikes for one club in…
Pep Guardiola refuted reports that Manchester City tried to tempt Lionel Messi to join the club next summer with a €100-million (£88-million) signing-on fee. Under the terms of his previous Barcelona deal, Messi would have…
The gol fantasma strikes again. On Sunday, in a second-versus-first battle at Mestalla that didn’t involve a club from Spain’s capital and featured a phantom goal, Valencia CF and Barcelona played out a 1-1 draw….
Lionel Messi‘s protracted contract saga is over. Barcelona‘s spellbinding forward inked fresh terms until the end of the 2020-21 season on Saturday. The Argentinian’s release clause is set at €700 million. The Blaugrana announced in…
Lionel Messi was awarded the Golden Shoe on Friday for his attacking exploits during the 2016-17 season, the Barcelona star topping the European goal-scoring charts with 37 in the previous campaign. Messi pipped Sporting CP…
Decorated Barcelona legend Lionel Messi has picked up yet another accolade. With Saturday’s La Liga visit from Sevilla, the Argentine became the third Barcelona player to make 600 appearances in all competitions, joining Xavi (767)…
Barcelona‘s supporters are waiting for confirmation of Lionel Messi‘s four-year contract renewal, but Oscar Grau, the Blaugrana’s chief executive officer, says the Catalan club is thinking beyond 2021. On Saturday, at Barcelona’s annual general meeting,…
A hat-trick plus a fourth for good measure. On Tuesday, Lionel Messi scored four goals as Barcelona hammered SD Eibar 6-1 at the Camp Nou. After opening the scoring by virtue of a penalty kick…
Barcelona supporters fretting over Lionel Messi‘s future at the club may have to sweat it out a little longer. Sporting director Robert Fernandez hopes the tricky Argentine will put pen to paper on a new…
Lionel Messi scored his 38th Barcelona hat-trick as Ernesto Valverde’s charges were victors in a one-sided Catalan derby Saturday against Espanyol at the Camp Nou. Club-record signing Ousmane Dembele made his Barcelona debut coming on…
(Warning: Story contains coarse language) Real Madrid‘s compromised Twitter account caused temporary heart palpitations across the globe after “announcing” the signing of Lionel Messi early Saturday. Hackers group OurMine targeted Madrid just days after tapping…
Lionel Messi didn’t waste an opportunity to troll teammate Gerard Pique as one of the most prolific triumvirates in football history reunited for a picture Tuesday. Messi posted a picture on Instagram of himself alongside…
Barcelona vice president Jordi Mestre insists Lionel Messi won’t make a U-turn over renewing his contract until 2021. The fleet-footed Argentinian reached an agreement over fresh terms in early July, and was expected to scribble…
Fue un placer enorme haber compartido todos estos años con vos amigo @neymarjr Te deseo mucha suerte en esta nueva etapa de tu vida . Nos vemos Tkm A post shared by Leo Messi (@leomessi)…
Barcelona has conducted its most important piece of business this summer, and probably of many more transfer windows after that. The Blaugrana’s outrageous orchestrator, Lionel Messi, will sign a contract renewal with the club in…
Tottenham is the proud owner of the most expensive duo in football, according to a recent sturdy. The CIES Football Observatory published an extensive list of the estimated value of world’s most expensive footballers, with…
Lionel Messi is close to inking a new contract with Barcelona that will extend his stay until 2021 or 2022, reports Marca’s Luis F. Rojo. The Argentinian, 29, is understood to have agreed the basic…