27th May 2009, Rome, Italy. Manchester United became the first team in history to have a go at defending their crown of European Kings against Barcelona. Unfortunately, it were the Catalans who came out on top, beating the Red Devils 2-0 with goals from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi. Eight years down the lane, Real Madrid are in the same …

The Argentine national football team is going to face a huge setback just before their crucial World Cup 2018 qualifying encounter against Bolivia in La Paz as their captain and the pivotal footballer Lionel Messi is expected to be banned for the tie. the governing body of the world football, FIFA is all set to announce the shocking news with …

Barcelona vs Real Madrid (El Clasico): The most awaited match in Modern day football is upon us as Barcelona is all set to take on arch rivals Real Madrid at the Nou camp on December 3 and this mouth-watering fixture is already slated to become the most watched game of the year. Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid will travel to the …

With the Clasico only days away, football fans around the world have already started talking about the most anticipated clash in modern day football and it seems that this time, Real Madrid do have the edge over their archrivals FC Barcelona. At least on paper, that is. Zinedine Zidane’s side has made a positive start to the season in spite …

Today’s footballing world definitely recognises the Ballon d’Or to be the most important individual award for a player and rightly so. But FIFA’s Puskas award is no less a trophy in terms of achievement as the award recognises the best goal scored by a player in a single season spanning domestic and international matches among every possible football league in …

It seems that Indian football fans finally have something big to look forward to as Spanish Giant Barcelona’s president Josep Bartomeu confirmed that the club are planninga visit to the country in the next two or three years. This means that within a couple of years time possibly, atleast one of the venues in India will hopefully witness the MSN …

It is that time of the year again when people start talking about the biggest individual award in the footballing world, The Ballon d’Or and who will get it. Since the last nine years, this coveted trophy has been shared by the likes of Argentine maestro Lionel Messi (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015) and Portuguese Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo(2008, 2013, 2014) …

Friday Morning’s World Cup Qualifiers will witness yet another mouth-watering clash with Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez facing off against each other when Argentina meet Uruguay at the Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza. Argentina fans will have definitely breathed a heavy sign of relief after Lionel Messi retracted his retirement statement which he delivered after yet another final loss …

Barcelona is all set to take on Atletico Madrid in their La Liga Clash later tonight and the game promises to be a big one for both teams who are both looking for a steady start to the season after falling behind in the early stages thus resulting in lagging behind table toppers Real Madrid. Owing to a formidable job …

Five-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi was awarded the prize for the best goal of the season award given by UEFA later on Thursday night. Messi’s strike against Roma in the UEFA Champions League won the award ahead of two other brilliant goals in the same season by Saul Niguez and Xherdan Shaqiri. The Goal: A copybook Barcelona …

Five-time world player of the year Lionel Messi has reportedly decided to come out of retirement “ for the love of Argentina” to the relief of millions of football fans in the world on Saturday. A disappointed Messi had announced his international retirement after missing a penalty in the shootout defeat to Chile in the final of the Copa America …

Argentine league side Newell’s Old Boys are confident they will lure Lionel Messi back to the club before he retires. The 29-year-old Messi was on the books of the club as a youngster before joining Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy in 2000. the rest is history as the Argentine forward went on to score over 500 goals in his career in …

In a country of 1.2 billion people, football is a revolution. But yet India fails to garner recognition at the highest level of the game solely due to the lack of funding from the government which always focuses on putting all the money into Cricket. In such a country where football is no less a religion than cricket is, talent …