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 calendar year is nearing its end, and with it, we bid farewell to 12 months of football rife with brilliant individual performances and stellar team efforts, and damaging demonstrations and disastrous displays. With that…
With transfer fees rising and players taking on new initiatives, the past year has forever changed football. Here, theScore ranks the sport’s most influential people of 2017: 25. Charlie Stillitano Armed with a Rolodex of…
Towards the end of each month, theScore ranks the top 20 footballers throughout Europe. Form is the principle factor considered as stars from some of the continent’s biggest sides dominate this installment with a few…
As 2017 draws to a close, we reflect on the best from a fascinating year in world football highlighted by brilliant team displays, individual performances, and inspiring tales. The Cristiano Ronaldo Award for The Year’s…
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…
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has called for Gonzalo Higuain‘s inclusion in the team that travels to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup next summer. Higuain has been criticised for his inability to score for…
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…
There remains one point of contention in the legend of Lionel Messi: the diminutive Argentina icon hasn’t won the FIFA World Cup. Some believe Messi is already the greatest player in the history of the…
The 2018 FIFA World Cup draw is now complete, and the group stage is set for the grand affair in Russia next summer. While not all pools are created equally, is there a clear-cut Group…
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…
Gabriel Batistuta never took his title as Argentina’s top scorer for granted. It was an honour he held dear to his heart until Lionel Messi burst onto the scene and eventually overtook the former Fiorentina…
FIFA has put a new spin on a footballing classic. Adidas unveiled the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Telstar 18, on Thursday. Its black-panel design is a “reimagining” of…
Argentina’s ambassador to Russia told fans the 2018 World Cup will be safe after a disturbing picture of Lionel Messi was circulated by a pro-ISIS group. The mocked-up image showed the Barcelona and Argentina star…
Barcelona star Lionel Messi is to become a father to a third child after his wife Antonella Roccuzzo posted her pregnancy announcement to Instagram on Sunday. Familia de 5❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #blessed A post shared by AntoRoccuzzo88…
Without Lionel Messi, Argentina would’ve missed the World Cup for the first time in 48 years. It’s as simple as that. Just when his teammates looked to be out of ideas, Messi put three goals…
Football’s biggest stage will feature its brightest star. After a shocking start Tuesday saw host Ecuador take the lead inside of a minute, Lionel Messi grabbed the crucial clash by the scruff of its neck…
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…
⚽️▶️ #Argentina – #Venezuela Lionel Messi es uno de los mejores del equipo argentino, imparable en este primer tiempo 👇📽 pic.twitter.com/m61MiKH8Bs — Conclusión (@ConclusionRos) September 6, 2017 Add the names Rolf Feltscher and John Murillo…
(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…