Messi is TIME’s 2023 Athlete of the Year. Messi, the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner and 2022 World Cup champion, added another honorable distinction to his résumé earlier this month.

Lionel Messi's Instagram post celebrating Argentina's win over France in the World Cup final has broken the record for most-liked Instagram post with 65 million likes and counting.

Huge crowds celebrate Argentina's World Cup win 00:25. Argentinian soccer superstar Lionel Messi just won his first-ever World Cup, and he can now boast of having the most-liked post on Instagram ...