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December 20, 2022
Messi's photo with World Cup trophy most-liked Instagram post in history
December 20, 2022
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian legend Pele has congratulated Argentina and their superstar Lionel Messi for winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup and French star Kylian Mbappe for scoring four goals in the final."Today, football continues to tell its story, as always, in an enthralling way," the 82-year-old wrote on Instagram. "Messi winning his first World Cup, as his trajectory deserved.""Congratulations Argentina! Certainly Diego is smiling now," he added, referring to the late Argentine football legend and his once greatest rival, Diego Armando Maradona.Pele also praised Mbappe. "My dear friend, Mbappe, scoring four goals in a final. What a gift it was to watch this spectacle to the future of our sport," he wrote.He also reserved special praise for...
December 19, 2022
Messi 'deserved' to be a World Cup winner, says Brazilian legend
December 19, 2022
Argentina erupts in celebration after World Cup win
December 19, 2022
Messi plans to continue to play for Argentina
December 18, 2022
Messi, Argentina seize World Cup glory with epic final win over France
December 17, 2022
Croatia edge Morocco to clinch World Cup bronze medal
BARCELONA — Sergio Busquets, 2010 FIFA World Cup champion with Spain, retired from Spanish national football team, the country's football body RFEF said on Friday.
After his fourth FIFA World Cup, veteran midfielder and Spain captain decided to call-it-a-day for Spain, at the age of 34.
"Sergio Busquets is an iconic figure in Spanish football, an exemplary athlete, an impeccable professional and an indisputable leader," the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, said.
Busquets, who bagged the 2010 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2012 with Spain, scored twice in his 143 appearances. — Agencies
December 17, 2022
2010 World Cup champion Sergio Busquets ends his national team career
DOHA — Looking to again make history, French superstar Kylian Mbappe is chasing down his second consecutive FIFA World Cup title in the 2022 final against Argentina on Sunday.
After bagging a World Cup trophy in 2018, Mbappe is hot on the trail of another title in Qatar.
Mbappe was the quintessential wunderkind of the French World Cup squad in 2018 – a team that featured stars in their primes like Paul Pogba, Alexandre Lacazette, Antoine Griezmann, and Thomas Lemar.
He netted his first World cup goal in a 1-0 group stage win over Peru on June 21, 2018, making him, at age 19, the youngest French scorer in World Cup history.
Nine days later, Mbappe scored twice in a 4-3 win over Argentina, making him only the second teen to score two goals in a World Cup match, following Brazilian...
December 17, 2022
French superstar Kylian Mbappe chasing down 2nd consecutive World Cup title
December 17, 2022
Looking to fill only career gap, Messi sets sights on football's ultimate prize
