He already holds the record for most World Cup appearances by any male player in history. In 2026, at 38 years old, he is about to do something no man has ever done.

No one would have begrudged Lionel Messi for calling it a day after conquering his final peak in Qatar four years ago, inspiring Argentina to World Cup glory for the first time since 1986. But instead of going out on the highest of notes, the man regarded ...

© Andrew Wevers/Marcelo Endelli/Getty ImagesInter Miami coach Guillermo Hoyos and Lionel Messi. “I hope so—God willing,” Hoyos said during Friday’s press ...

Lionel Messi's arrival at Inter Miami has triggered a tidal wave of excitement in the United States and in Major League Soccer in 2023. Messi opted to make the move to Florida following his departure from Paris Saint-Germain as part of a new chapter in the ...