Lionel Messi's final game in an Argentina shirt arrives on Tuesday, Oct. 6, in a match against Benin. While all kinds of stories have been produced (including several of our own below) to describe ...

There was hardly a dry eye in the house as 85,000 Argentina fans gathered in Buenos Aires to express their gratitude for Lionel Messi one last time.

We all rode an emotional roller coaster in almost every Argentina match. Amidst all these, a morbid thought crossed my mind, and I guess it crossed many of yours as well — any match in this World Cup ...

Everything around him was chaos. Red jerseys moved through the disorderly mass, converging in embraces of euphoria and glory. Tears and anger led Lionel Messi’s teammates to turn what had been a ...

Where do you go from here? Carl Recine/Getty Images Moments after Argentina’s thrilling 2-1 World Cup semifinal win over England on July 15 in Atlanta, a group of Argentine reporters made their way to ...

NEW YORK — Lionel Messi is playing for fun. He will wear the captain's armband and lead Argentina into the World Cup final against Spain on Sunday, June 19. He will give everything he has. If he loses ...

Has any seemingly overhyped phenomenon done a better job living up to the hype? Fans at the World Cup quarterfinal between Argentina and Switzerland on July 11 in Kansas City, Mo.Credit... Supported ...

There is a curious thing happening with Lionel Messi. The footballer has retired from international football, but the brand is getting bigger. At an age when most sporting superstars begin to retreat ...

It’s both depressing and oddly fitting that New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, that giant air conditioner plonked in the middle of a sprawling parking lot, should end the international career of the ...

Lionel Messi’s Argentina career reached the lowest of lows before soaring to the highest of highs. | Thiago Ribeiro/NurPhoto/Getty Images (Messi Copa América title), Marc Atkins/Getty Images (Messi ...

It was always going to be about Lionel Messi. Argentina beat Benin 3-0, breaking through a stout block from the West African visitors in the second half. The goal that will forever stay in the memory, ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina is girding itself for the once-unimaginable prospect of a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi. On Tuesday, the 39-year-old Messi is set to bid farewell ...