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Messi, Mbappe and Haaland set blistering pace - will Kane join Golden Boot party?

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland have kept up the pace in what is shaping up to be one of the most hotly-contested World Cup Golden Boot battles in memory.

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Cristiano Ronaldo ends his goal drought as rampant Portugal outclass Uzbekistan

Golden oldies fighting for the Golden Boot? Let us not get ahead of ourselves. But it will do Cristiano Ronaldo’s ego no harm that he is off the mark for this summer, particularly given Lionel Messi’s voracious appetite to keep long-burning fires ablaze. Nor will it pass unnotice

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Messi turns 39: Is Argentina great somehow better than ever?

Lionel Messi celebrates his 39th birthday on Wednesday having made an astonishing start to the World Cup. After the hat-trick against Algeria that took him level with Miroslav Klose's goal record, he scored twice against Austria to go two clear.

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‘Not much faith’: the view from Brazil as they prepare to face Scotland

Debate is raging back home about whether Neymar, Casemiro, Endrick – and others – should be in the World Cup team against the Tartan ArmyThe big stars have turned up for the 2026 World Cup. Lamine Yamal returned to the Spain team to help them thump Saudi Arabia. Lionel Messi is t

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As Messi turns 39, how he and Ronaldo keep breaking records

Lionel Messi, 39, and Cristiano Ronaldo, 41, keep delivering on the world's biggest stage. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Esportes.

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Goalkeepers beware: Trionda World Cup ball hits ‘crisis’ point at certain speed

Some, like Luca Zidane, have been bamboozled and an academic paper bears out Joe Hart’s opinion about its movementPoor old Luca Zidane. The Algeria goalkeeper has had a turbulent time. In two matches he has conceded five goals, and a pair of them – first from Lionel Messi, then,

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Messi to start final Argentina group match on bench

World Cup top scorer Lionel Messi will start Argentina's final group match against Jordan on the bench, manager Lionel Scaloni confirms.

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Messi makes more history as Argentina beat Jordan

Lionel Messi came off the bench to become the first man to score in seven World Cup games in a row in Argentina’s 3-1 win over Jordan.

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DR Congo set up last-32 meeting with England after comeback win over Uzbekistan

Yoane Wissa scored twice as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) beat Uzbekistan 3-1 and qualified for the last 32 of the World Cup for the first time in their history. They will meet England after registering their first World Cup win.Eldor Shomurodov’s lob over Lionel Mpa

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Messi comes off the bench to score as Argentina beat Jordan

Lionel Messi comes off the bench to become the first player in FIFA World Cup history to score in seven consecutive matches, as Argentina defeat Jordan 3-1 in their final game in Group J.

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Maestro Messi scores again and breaks another record in the process

Lionel Messi comes off the bench to score his sixth goal of the 2026 World Cup as Argentina beat Jordan 3-1 in Dallas and becomes the first player to score in seven World Cup games in a row.

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Lionel Messi steps off bench and scores to cap Argentina’s World Cup win over Jordan

Give Lionel Messi half an hour and he will sprinkle some magic to remember for ever. Most of the crowd under this vast roof had been afflicted with their own strain of Messidependencia for two-thirds of this game, whose low stakes had been reflected in both tempo and ambience. Ev

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