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  FIFA World Cup: Germany has no Messi or Neymar but strong team says Podolski

  Football | July 07, 2014 10:56 IST

  Rio de Janeiro:  Germany's strength lies in the team's spirit and team-mates' performance that exceeds the individual distinctive merits of players like Lionel Messi or Neymar to Argentina and Brazil, says German midfielder Lukas Podolski."Germany

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  FIFA World Cup: Dream team after the group stage

  Football | June 29, 2014 8:15 IST

  Brasilia, Brazil: Imagine having World Cup standouts Lionel Messi, Neymar, James Rodriguez and Arjen Robben all in the same team.   After two weeks and 48 group-stage games in what is widely considered the best World

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  World Cup hits online streaming record ; Messi most tweeted-about player

  June 29, 2014 8:33 IST

  San Francisco: Moments after Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez sunk his teeth into an opposing Italian player during Tuesday's World Cup match-up, brands were using the incident to market burgers on Twitter.Suarez's mid-game snack -and Italian

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  FIFA World Cup: Fans invade pitch at Argentina training

  Football | June 12, 2014 8:59 IST

  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil : Argentina's open training session ended in disorder on Wednesday as more than a dozen fans invaded the pitch and reached Lionel Messi and his team mates before security guards could intervene.  

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  FIFA World Cup: Messi's bouts of nausea puzzle world of football

  Football | June 11, 2014 9:56 IST

  BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil :  Shortly after coming on as a second-half sub in Argentina's last World Cup warm-up, Lionel Messi doubled over and appeared to vomit on the pitch.   He's done it at least a

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  Football stars romancing out in the beach before the start of World Cup

  Football | June 10, 2014 16:06 IST

  New Delhi: The final countdown of FIFA World Cup has begun which begins on June 12 and all the football stars have started to land on  Brazil. It will be a month full of stress

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  FIFA World Cup:Alvarez, Messi score as Argentina beats Slovenia in warm up

  Football | June 08, 2014 8:38 IST

  LA PLATA, Argentina: Argentina easily beat Slovenia 2-0 in its last World Cup warmup with goals from Ricardo Alvarez and Lionel Messi on Saturday.   Alvarez put a second-string Argentina ahead in the first half with

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  Messi pens restructured Barcelona contract

  Football | May 20, 2014 11:45 IST

  Barcelona, Spain: Lionel Messi has signed a restructured contract extension with Barcelona that reportedly makes the Argentina international the world's highest-paid football player.Barcelona had originally announced the deal on Friday and says it was officially

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  Barcelona's winning era comes to an end

  Football | May 18, 2014 13:03 IST

  BARCELONA, Spain : There was no denying that something bigger than Barcelona's Spanish league title defense came to an end on Saturday.   Barcelona's 1-1 draw at home to new champion Atletico Madrid left it without

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  Know what is 'Battle Pack' in 2014 FIFA World Cup

  Football | June 11, 2014 8:13 IST

  New Delhi:  With only thirty days left for the biggest football extravaganza to begin in the samba land in the 2014 FIFA World Cup adidas  today launched ‘Battle Pack', their official footwear collection.  The new

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  La Liga: Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid locked in tight title race

  Football | May 06, 2014 7:56 IST

  MADRID : Perhaps the Champions League success for Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid was the best thing that could happen to Barcelona -- at least as far as the domestic title race is concerned.   The

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  Messi helps Barcelona end skid, beat Bilbao 2-1

  Football | April 21, 2014 11:32 IST

  Barcelona, Spain: Lionel Messi ended Barcelona's run of three straight losses and kept it in the Spanish league title chase by scoring a late free kick to complete its 2-1 comeback win over Athletic Bilbao

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  Martino defends Messi, takes blame for Barca fall

  Football | April 19, 2014 19:23 IST

  Barcelona:, Spain: Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino has defended Lionel Messi from criticism for his erratic play during three consecutive losses, while acknowledging he isn't "satisfied" with his own coaching performance.   In the past two weeks,

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  Messi hat trick gives Barca win at Madrid

  Football | March 24, 2014 13:03 IST

  London: Living up to the "clasico" billing, Lionel Messi upstaged Cristiano Ronaldo on his own turf to reassert Barcelona's title credentials on Sunday.   Messi scored a hat trick, including two penalties, as Barca won 4-3

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  Christiano Ronaldo tops the list of richest footballers

  Football | March 12, 2014 6:59 IST

  New Delhi: Portuguese star and Real Madrid striker Christiano Ronaldo dethroned David Beckham to head the list of richest footballers. According the list prepared by football website goal.com Ronaldo is world's richest football player. Here's

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  Messi in India playing cricket, Federer in Japan doing sumo wrestling

  Other Sports | February 07, 2014 7:06 IST

  New Delhi: Soccer star Lionel Messi and Tennis legend Roger Federer have decided to try their hands at other sports…..don't get shocked…actually it's an ad in which the two stars have appeared playing the games

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  Ronaldo is better than Messi, says Pele

  Football | February 01, 2014 13:45 IST

  Rio De Janeiro: Football legend Pele has said Cristiano Ronaldo is now a better player than Lionel Messi.Pele, who played in three World Cup-winning teams for Brazil between 1958 and 1970, said Ronaldo's past two

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  Messi leads ad campaign that includes World Cup rivals

  Football | January 16, 2014 18:01 IST

  London: Lionel Messi is teaming up with a slew of World Cup rivals for a global advertising campaign.   The Argentina forward is working with rivals including Brazil defender David Luiz, Netherlands forward Robin van Persie

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  Barcelona says Messi's recovery is on schedule

  Football | December 18, 2013 23:09 IST

  Barcelona, Spain: Barcelona says Lionel Messi's recovery from a hamstring tear is on schedule, meaning he should be back on the pitch in January.   Barcelona says a club doctor examined Messi in Buenos Aires, Argentina,

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  Messi-less Barcelona under pressure

  Football | December 02, 2013 19:03 IST

  Madrid: Barcelona is feeling the absence of Lionel Messi.The team's 1-0 loss at Athletic Bilbao was its second straight setback after a run of 20 unbeaten matches to start the season. Both losses occurred with