The soccer world thought his career peaked in 2022. Now he's back in the biggest game on the planet, not as a ceremonial figure but as the tournament’s central force.

There are good footballers, great footballers and then there is Lionel Messi, the teenage wunderkind illuminating the World Cup age 39

It was a sticky, humid and thunderstorm-ridden day in Fort Lauderdale back in the summer of 2023, which was Messi’s arrival for Inter Miami. The night before the Leagues Cup final, which would eventually become Leo’s first trophy with the club,

Messi is set to play what will likely be his final World Cup game on Sunday in the final against Spain, 10 years after quitting the national team after a series of crushing defeats

Kylian Mbappé has leapfrogged Lionel Messi on the all-time World Cup goal-scoring chart as he scored his 21st and 22nd career goals in the tournament.

Kylian Mbappé is unbelievable. The France star scored a pair of second half goals to take over the all-time World Cup lead.

The reserved superstar, playing for a second World Cup championship this weekend, makes his love for family and trust in someone greater than himself unmistakable