In 2013, during a visit with Pope Francis, legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon touched Lionel Messi’s face and stated “I wanted to make sure he was human like us. For me, Lionel Messi is an ...

Lionel Messi stepped out of Diego Maradona’s shadow by leading Argentina to World Cup victory last year and a statue of the diminutive forward will stand alongside those of his predecessor and Brazil ...

Pelé was defined in the last couple of decades by what he wasn’t — namely, Diego Maradona. Pelé was soccer’s straight-edged counter to Maradona, the outspoken cocaine addict who fraternized with ...

World Cup legend Diego Maradona has died. He was 60. Arguably the greatest soccer player of all-time, Maradona is best known for leading Argentina to a World Cup title in 1986. Maradona was involved ...

The most heated wrangling over the title of soccer’s greatest player could be found between Diego Maradona and Pelé themselves. So often, their squabbling would descend into acrimonious barbs and ...

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Before Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo came along, the enduring debate in soccer about who was the greatest player centered on two men: Pele and Diego Maradona. It was an ...

The debate between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi has intensified lately due to a ranking that favors one of the two soccer legends while leaving the other far behind. But othe ...

The debate behind who the greatest soccer player of all time is has many twists and turns but now Pope Francis has weighed in. From Argentina, Pope Francis was asked if Lionel Messi or Diego Maradona ...

Argentina’s Lionel Messi punches the air after Argentina defeated the Netherlands 4-2 in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 tie after extra time to advance to the finals during the World Cup semifinal ...

Determining the greatest footballer of all time is a notoriously subjective task, often sparking endless debate. However, a recent simulation using EA SPORTS FC24 has attempted to settle the argument ...

And so, Lionel Messi has reached his second World Cup final with a dazzling performance people will be talking about for years. So have the rest of the Argentina team, but most of the discussion in ...