As if there was ever any doubt. Barcelona is through to the knockout stages of the Champions League, a pair of goals from Lionel Messi seeing the Blaugrana defeat Celtic 2-0 on Wednesday in Scotland….
Neymar to Lionel Messi. Too easy. The prolific duo sliced Celtic open with ease in the opening half of Wednesday’s Champions League contest, the Brazilian clipping a perfectly weighted pass into the Argentine’s path, allowing…
A very unusual incident unfolded during Celtic‘s prematch news conference before it’s Group C clash with Barcelona, involving manager Brendan Rodgers and one Spanish journalist. According to ESPN FC’s Chris Wright, the journalist was clearly…
Manchester City has denied there was any altercation between one of its players and Lionel Messi after the final whistle of the club’s 3-1 defeat of Barcelona on Tuesday, reports ESPN FC’s Adriana Garcia. Spanish…
In spite of Barcelona’s encouraging performance to start the match, frustration got the better of Enrique after crucial mistakes cost his side a win during Tuesday’s Champions League encounter with Manchester City. Barca was on…
Defence to attack in an instant. After being on the back foot for the opening 20 minutes at the Etihad Tuesday – and being lucky not to concede what seemed to be a stonewall penalty…
Pep Guardiola doesn’t want his Manchester City side to be exposed by Lionel Messi once again on Tuesday night, warning his ranks of the pint-sized Argentine’s “X-ray” abilities. Barcelona ran out a 4-0 winner against…
Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano says the club “would open the doors wide” for Lionel Messi to join, but admits the Argentinian will likely see out his days with Barcelona. City reportedly sees itself…
It’s gotten so routine by now, Lionel Messi being a dominant scoring force, that you’re almost more surprised when he doesn’t find the net multiple times in any given match – regardless of the competition….
Lionel Messi laid waste to Manchester City‘s slips – both literally and figuratively – as Barcelona trounced the latest students of Camp Nou favourite Pep Guardiola in Wednesday’s Champions League group-stage clash. While John Stones…
Pep Guardiola witnessed a familiar sight on Wednesday evening. This time, however, he wouldn’t have gotten much joy out of it. Lionel Messi recorded his seventh career Champions League hat trick – two more than…
We can’t say that Lionel Messi won’t ever score an easier goal, given how many open-net tap-ins Barcelona is capable of creating, but this one was certainly among his most fortunate. The Argentine megastar opened…
Pep Guardiola has vowed to line up his Manchester City side with the same attacking mindset that has characterised his start in English football when it plays at Barcelona on Wednesday, but with slight alterations….
Keep this video somewhere safe and lock it away, because you may never see something like it again. Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets had his pants pulled down by Borussia Monchengladbach on Wednesday, as the lordly…
Barcelona visits Borussia Monchengladbach Wednesday in Champions League action, and will do so in style, with the Lionel Messi-less Blaugrana sporting a new “glow-in-the-dark” third kit made from 16 recycled bottles. This is Barça’s third…
Barcelona will be without the best player on the planet for the foreseeable future. The club announced that Lionel Messi will miss approximately three weeks after suffering a groin strain in the 1-1 draw with…
Barcelona star Lionel Messi has returned to tip-top shape after being rested earlier in the week, completing a hat trick Tuesday against Celtic in the Champions League group stage courtesy of a Luis Suarez assist….
The shortlist for the UEFA Goal of the Season award was unveiled Tuesday, with wonder goals from the likes of Lionel Messi and Gonzalo Higuain comprising a portion of this past season’s best goals. Voters…
Lionel Messi will shake off Argentina‘s disastrous third straight final defeat at the Copa America Centenario this summer and show his characteristic “enthusiasm” for Barcelona, says club manager Luis Enrique. The 29-year-old suggested he could…
Kari Arnason has hit back at Cristiano Ronaldo‘s sour branding of Iceland having “a small mentality” with little hope of achieving anything at Euro 2016. The Portugal star was unhappy at the Icelandic backs-to-the-wall defending…
Entering Saturday, La Liga was the last of Europe’s top five leagues yet to determine a champion this season. Barcelona went into the campaign’s final matchday sitting one point above eternal rival Real Madrid, and…
FIFA audit and compliance chairman Domenico Scala has resigned from his post in protest over President Gianni Infantino’s efforts to control the governing body’s independent panels. Scala, who ran the independent panel created in 2012…
Kosovo and Gibraltar will have the opportunity to compete in 2018 World Cup qualifying after being admitted as the 210th and 211 FIFA members on Friday. After gaining political independence in 2008, Kosovo has fought…
FIFA named Senegalese United Nations executive Fatma Samoura its first female secretary general Friday, a first step towards modernising and improving the credibility of world football’s governing body. Samoura will replace the suspended Jerome Valcke…
For the 20th consecutive season under embattled gaffer Arsene Wenger, Arsenal will take part in the Champions League. The Gunners’ participation in next season’s edition of the competition was confirmed Tuesday, courtesy of Manchester United’s…
To the surprise of no one, Lionel Messi and the city of Barcelona won’t be cheering for rivals Real Madrid during the Champions League final. Instead, the Argentine superstar stopped short of backing Atletico Madrid…
Barcelona manager Luis Enrique admits his side’s “in a hole” in the wake of its Champions League elimination to Atletico Madrid, and currently it’s not being burrowed out by the likes of Lionel Messi. The…
Barcelona‘s fruitless attempts at prying open Atletico Madrid‘s mean defence Wednesday was frustrating for every player in the Catalonian colours of yellow and red, but none more so than Lionel Messi. Related – Dethroned: Atletico…
A trial of using video assistants “to avoid clearly incorrect decisions” will occur by the 2017-18 season at the latest. The development was confirmed in a meeting of the International Football Association board in Cardiff…
Rosario, Argentina, is a city where some of football’s most brilliant minds were produced. Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Maxi Rodriguez, Ezequiel Garay, Mauro Icardi, and Gerardo Martino were all manufactured in the Argentinian municipality…