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Soccer
International Break Review: Messi’s farewell and Ronaldo’s walkout
Sixteen days, up to four matches per team, and the first competitive international football since the World Cup. FIFA’s new extended window was always going to produce more than the usual two-game shrug, and it delivered: one of the greatest careers in the sport ended in tears in Buenos Aires,…
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Soccer
Lionel Messi Retirement Quiz: How Well Do You Know His Argentina Legacy?
Lionel Messi’s international career has reached its final chapter. After more than two decades in the sky blue and white, a World Cup title in Qatar, two Copa América crowns, and a last dance that ended in the 2026 World Cup final, the captain has stepped away from the Argentina…
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Soccer
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Soccer
Voting Is Closed – Now It’s Your Turn: Build Your 2026 Ballon d’Or Ranking
Voting for the 2026 Ballon d’Or officially closed on September 28. The ballots are in, but the winner is still a mystery. Will Lamine Yamal take the crown? Can Kylian Mbappé or Erling Haaland turn goals into gold? Could one of Paris Saint-Germain’s many nominees, like Ousmane Dembélé or Vitinha,…
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La Liga
The greatest free-kick takers of all-time, ranked
The wall shuffles into place. The goalkeeper barks, waves an arm, then steps sideways and hopes. Behind the ball, one man is doing arithmetic nobody else in the stadium can follow: distance, wind, wall height, the two inches of daylight between a defender’s shoulder and the near post. Free-kick taking…
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