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Messi’s father Jorge dies aged 68 after illness

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Lionel Messi’s father, Jorge, has died at the age of 68 following a long illness. He had also been the Argentina forward’s agent since Lionel was 14. Jorge passed away in a hospital in his hometown of Rosario, in the early hours…

Messi: Is There Anything Left to Prove?

Muhammad Shaheel
Lionel Messi did not lift the fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FIFA World Cup trophy on Sunday night. Argentina fell 1-0 to Spain after Ferran Torres struck the decisive goal in extra time,…

Mbappe wins Golden Boot as Spain sweep World Cup awards

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Kylian Mbappe became the first player to win the fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FIFA World Cup Golden Boot on two occasions after finishing as the leading scorer at the 2026 tournament,…

The Last World Cup of Football’s Last Great Generation

JHA
There is a generation of football supporters — those born somewhere in the corridor between the mid-eighties and the late nineties — for whom the game has been organised, for their entire conscious lives, around a small number of enormous…