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Barcelona loses again without Messi, 1-0 at Bilbao
Football | Dec 02, 2013, 11:25 AM ISTBarcelona, Spain: Barcelona lost its second straight game without injured star Lionel Messi when Athletic Bilbao handed the defending Spanish league champions a 1-0 loss Sunday at San Mames. Forward Iker Muniain scored the winner
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Messi, Higuain and Eto'o shine in Champions League
Football | Nov 07, 2013, 06:27 AM ISTRome: Lionel Messi returned to form with two goals as Barcelona secured its spot in the knockout stage of the Champions League. Fellow Argentina forward Gonzalo Higuain also had a brace for Napoli. And Samuel
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Messi, Ribery head Ballon d'Or nominees
Football | Oct 29, 2013, 05:45 PM ISTZurich: Lionel Messi, Franck Ribery, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Neymar are among 23 candidates on the short list for the Ballon d'Or announced by FIFA on Tuesday.Ribery, who won UEFA's best player in Europe
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Messi and Puyol back for Milan and Madrid matches
Football | Oct 18, 2013, 06:11 PM ISTBarcelona: Barcelona has recovered forward Lionel Messi from a minor leg injury and captain Carles Puyol after a seven-month absence in time for its upcoming games against AC Milan and Real Madrid. Barcelona team doctors
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I would love Messi to play for Brazil: Ronaldo
Football | Oct 11, 2013, 05:55 PM ISTRio de Janeiro: Lionel Messi would be the first player chosen by retired legend Ronaldo if he could include a foreign player in Brazil's national team.The 37-year-old World Cup winner said Thursday he had no
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Barcelona's Messi out for 2-3 weeks with injury
Football | Sep 30, 2013, 12:09 PM ISTBarcelona, Spain: Barcelona's Lionel Messi will be sidelined for two to three weeks with an injury to his right leg, ruling him out of Tuesday's Champions League match at Celtic and two World Cup qualifiers
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Barca win again, but Messi injured
Football | Sep 29, 2013, 05:31 PM ISTMadrid: Lionel Messi opened the scoring for FC Barcelona before having to leave the pitch with a suspected torn muscle in his right thigh as the Spanish Primera Liga leaders beat a hard-working Almeria 2-0
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Messi answers questions in tax fraud case
Football | Sep 28, 2013, 12:38 PM ISTGava, Spain: Lionel Messi and his father appeared before a Spanish judge to answer questions in a multimillion-euro tax fraud case on Friday. Messi gave answers for around half an hour after his father Jorge
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Messi hits hat trick, Mourinho mulls Chelsea loss
Football | Sep 19, 2013, 02:17 PM ISTRome: Lionel Messi scored a hat trick as Barcelona opened its Champions League campaign with a dominant 4-0 win over Ajax on Wednesday. It was a different story for Jose Mourinho, though, as Chelsea made
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Argentine media hails Messi, Sabella for World Cup berth
Football | Sep 12, 2013, 12:43 PM ISTBuenos Aires: Argentinians see World Cup football qualification as an obligation rather than an aspiration, but that did not stop the country's sports scribes from waxing lyrical after the national team, commonly known as the
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Barcelona wins 1-0 at Malaga without Messi
Football | Aug 26, 2013, 04:52 PM ISTBarcelona, Spain: Playing without the injured Lionel Messi, Barcelona needed Adriano's long strike Sunday to beat Malaga 1-0 and maintain a perfect record through two rounds of the Spanish league.Barcelona kept Bernd Schuster's team pushed
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Messi to miss Italy game
Football | Aug 14, 2013, 07:52 PM ISTMadrid: Football superstar Lionel Messi will miss Argentina's friendly with Italy on Wednesday, his club Barcelona has confirmed."Leo Messi will not play the friendly in Rome this Wednesday between Argentina and Italy," said a statement
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Gerardo Martino surprised by Barcelona appointment
Football | Jul 25, 2013, 09:07 AM ISTBarcelona, July 25: Barcelona fans were not the only ones surprised by the club's decision to appoint Gerardo Martino as coach.Even the little known Argentine, who will replace Tito Vilanova, said he was caught off—guard
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I want to make history with Messi: Neymar
Football | Jul 21, 2013, 12:31 PM ISTSao Paulo, July 21: Neymar says he hopes to make history alongside his new Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi.The 21-year-old striker, who signed for the Catalan club in June for 57 million euros, has previously said
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Messi relaxed about tax problems, Neymar's arrival
Football | Jul 17, 2013, 03:54 PM ISTBarcelona, Jul 17: Lionel Messi says he is relaxed about solving his tax problems that created a media storm just as he was preparing for the Confederations Cup and also about the arrival of Brazil
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Messi's charity match in Chicago loses its luster
Football | Jul 06, 2013, 11:01 AM ISTChicago, Jul 6: Lionel Messi's charity match at Chicago's Soldier Field has lost some of its star-studded luster.The “Messi and Friends” match, to be played Saturday night, was originally supposed to feature 36 international stars,
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Messi nets 2 to push Barcelona to brink of title
Football | May 06, 2013, 11:56 AM ISTBarcelona, May 6: Lionel Messi netted two goals within 15 minutes of coming on as a substitute to give Barcelona a 4-2 comeback win over Real Betis on Sunday and push his team to the
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Pope Francis receives signed jersey from Messi
World | Apr 18, 2013, 11:43 AM ISTVatican City, April 18: Pope Francis was presented with a jersey signed by Argentine soccer star Messi by a group of priests during Wednesday's public audience.Messi's FC Barcelona jersey will join the Spanish national team
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Messi hits brace in Barcelona's 3-1 win over Rayo
Football | Mar 18, 2013, 04:56 PM ISTBarcelona, Mar 18: Lionel Messi extended his Spanish league scoring record to 18 straight games with a brace in Barcelona's 3-1 win over visiting Rayo Vallecano on Sunday, making sure the leader avoided a letdown
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Messi leads Barca back to oust Milan with 4-0 win
Football | Mar 13, 2013, 02:35 PM ISTBarcelona, Mar 13: Hailed as perhaps football's greatest team ever, Barcelona faced a challenge no club had overcome: advancing in the Champions League after a 2-0 first-leg loss on the road.Lionel Messi & Co. came