Argentina and Australia will play a friendly on Thursday evening at Beijing’s 68,000-capacity Workers’ Stadium (WANG Zhao) Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Wednesday that Lionel Messi “deserves” his high-profile transfer to Inter... Read more »

Chinese fans try to catch a glimpse of the Argentina team (JADE GAO) Messi mania gripped Beijing ahead of a sell-out friendly on Thursday evening between world champions Argentina and Australia in... Read more »

Chinese fans try to catch a glimpse of the Argentina team (JADE GAO) Messi mania gripped a sweltering Beijing ahead of a sell-out friendly on Thursday evening between world champions Argentina and... Read more »

Vinicius Jr was sent off in Real Madrid’s match at Valencia (Getty Images) Brazil and Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr. has been tasked with leading a special player-run Fifa anti-racism committee. The... Read more »

Lionel Messi on the ball during the match in Beijing (WANG Zhao) Lionel Messi scored the quickest goal of his career as he guided Argentina to a 2-0 friendly win over Australia... Read more »

Surya Wijaya Ang poses with his collection of Lionel Messi jerseys in Banda Neira, Indonesia (Surya Wijaya Ang) Indonesian fans of Lionel Messi expressed dismay Friday after the star pulled out of... Read more »

Spain forward Joselu celebrates scoring his team’s winning goal against Italy in the Nations League semis (JOHN THYS) When Spain coach Luis de la Fuente took command in December, few expected the... Read more »

Spain held their nerve to win the UEFA Nations League final by beating Croatia 5-4 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes in Rotterdam. Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal converted the winning... Read more »

Captain Cristiano Ronaldo collected Portugal’s first international trophy at Euro 2016 after watching most of the match from the bench (FRANCISCO LEONG) Cristiano Ronaldo, already the men’s world record holder for international... Read more »