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An Iranian student looks so much like his sporting idol Lionel Messi that it almost landed him in jail for disrupting public order. So many people came out to take selfies with Reza Parastesh in the western city of Hamedan over the weekend that police rushed him into a station...

REAL MADRID boss Zinedine Zidane has risked a row with Cristiano Ronaldo by praising Barcelona star Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona stunned Real Madrid with a 3-2 win at the Bernabeu. The Argentina international’s last-gasp winner has blown the La Liga...

Barcelona’s stoppage-time winning goal against Real Madrid will be a “gargantuan morale booster” in the La Liga title race says boss Luis Enrique. Lionel Messi scored his 500th Barcelona goal in the 92nd minute at the Bernabeu to send the visitors top of the...

Lionel Messi was banned for four international matches – just five and a half hours before Argentina’s World Cup qualifier against Bolivia kicked off. The Barcelona forward was punished for directing “insulting words” at an assistant referee during...