The 2022 FIFA World Cup had soccer fans watching with full attention as long-time soccer legend Lionel Messi’s Argentina team went down to the wire against rising star Kylian Mbappe’s France club.

After Messi scored in extra time, Mbappe equalized again. He won the Golden Boot with eight goals, the most in a single World Cup since Ronaldo in 2002. He’s tied with Pele with 12 World Cup ...

Mbappé’s France beat Messi’s Argentina in the 2018 World Cup round of 16 :: Moritz Müller/Imago Images Meanwhile, Europe was cementing its dominance, with France and its absurdly rich vein ...

After years of waiting, Lionel Messi finally won the 2022 FIFA World Cup with Argentina. He led the team to glory. Despite being named the tournament’s best player, Messi praised Kylian Mbappe.

LIONEL MESSI will pass the baton over to Kylian Mbappe in Sunday's World Cup final. The showpiece meeting between Argentina and France will see one of the greatest to ever do it battle it out with ...

open image in gallery Mbappe and Messi will shape the third day of the World Cup (AFP via Getty Images) One of the images of the season so far, beyond admittedly supreme moments like that goal ...

SAO PAULO — Brazil great Pelé congratulated Lionel Messi and Argentina ... who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title, died in 2020. France's Kylian Mbappe holds the Golden Boot award ...

Reflecting on the moment, Messi offered a perspective shaped by his own journey. “Mbappe already has the peace of mind of having won it. I processed it differently. Even though what he did in the ...

At some point on Sunday evening, possibly just before the World Cup final but certainly once it’s over, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe will embrace and a thousand photographers at Lusail Stadium ...

Long after the game was over, Mbappé left the stadium with his head bowed and the World Cup trophy securely in the hands of Messi.

By Sunday’s final, the narrative was fixed on Messi’s mission to emulate Argentina great Diego Maradona by leading his country to a World Cup title. The subplot was France’s bid to become ...

"I'm here to win the World Cup." France was unable to do that. The fairy-tale ending of Messi, Mbappé's Paris Saint-Germain teammate, finally achieving the one thing that had eluded the living ...