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Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi
'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact ...
Celta Vigo beats Madrid; Messi stars for Barca
Celta Vigo upset Real Madrid with a 2-1 victory in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, and Lionel Messi scored his 21st double to reach ...
AP Global Soccer 10 Quotebox
Quotes from panelists voting in the AP Global Football 10 poll for the week ended Monday Dec 10: ___ Cedric Rouquette, Eurosport, France. "Messi or ...
Messi stays top of AP rankings - by 1 point
Lionel Messi only narrowly stayed on top of AP's Global Soccer Rankings this week despite breaking the record for goals scored in a calendar year, ...
Gerd Mueller congratulates Messi on scoring record
Gerd Mueller called Lionel Messi "the best player in the world" after the Barcelona forward broke the German's scoring record. Messi scored his 85th ...
Barcelona next faces Cordoba in Copa del Rey
Lionel Messi has until Wednesday to bask in the glory of a major goal-scoring record before Barcelona takes on second-tier club Cordoba in the Copa ...
Messi breaks 40-year record with 86th goal of 2012
Lionel Messi broke German great Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record for most goals in a year by scoring for the 86th time in 2012 on Sunday.
Messi sets goal record for 1 year, Falcao scores 5
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao were unstoppable Sunday on a memorable night when both stars again ...
Messi recovers from knee injury, makes Barca squad
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi looks set to try and surpass Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record for most goals in a calendar year when Barcelona plays ...
Barcelona may miss Messi for trip to Real Betis
Lionel Messi is a doubt for Barcelona's next Spanish league match at Real Betis on Sunday after hurting his left knee in the Champions League.
Lionel Messi feared knee injury was serious
Grimacing in pain after he nearly scored his record-equaling 85th goal of the year, Lionel Messi rolled around on the ground clutching his left knee ...
Juve through, Chelsea out in Champions League
Exactly 200 days after winning the Champions League, Chelsea lost its grip on the trophy to mark the shortest title defense in the competition's ...
PSG, Schalke go top; Ronaldo lifts Madrid to win
Paris Saint-Germain and Schalke sealed top spot in their Champions League groups on Tuesday, while Cristiano Ronaldo scored his tournament-leading ...
Peerless Messi stays top of AP rankings
Edging closer to a world-record goal tally, Lionel Messi has retained his place at the top of the AP Global Football rankings this week. The Argentina ...
Barca beats Bilbao for best Spanish season start
Lionel Messi scored twice Saturday as Barcelona made the best start in the history of the Spanish league with a 5-1 win over Athletic Bilbao, while ...
Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic head World XI list
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic head the list of candidates for selection as forwards in a FIFPro World XI. Neymar and Uruguay ...
Atletico poised to break Madrid's derby dominance
Hardened by coach Diego Simeone and fueled by striker Radamel Falcao, Atletico Madrid appears poised to finally break Real Madrid's dominance of the ...
Quotes about the AP Global 10 football rankings
Comments from panelists voting in the AP Global Soccer 10 poll for the week ending Nov. 25: ___ Christian Schaetzle, derfussballblogger.de, Germany: ...
Messi back at top of AP rankings, Iniesta 3rd
Lionel Messi moved back to the top of the AP Global Football rankings, and Barcelona stayed No. 1 in the team poll after a 4-0 win over Levante in the ...
Shakhtar's Luiz Adriano charged with unfair play
Shakhtar Donetsk forward Luiz Adriano was charged by UEFA on Wednesday for disrespecting Champions League opponent Nordsjaelland by scoring an ...
Ibrahimovic, Barcelona top AP football rankings
Goal of the decade. Best goal of all time. Goal of the century. The Associated Press' global panel of football voters agreed on one thing: Zlatan ...
Barcelona hopes to avoid surprises against Spartak
Barcelona will try to avoid another surprise in the Champions League, and try to advance to the knockout stage, when it takes on Spartak Moscow on ...
Messi nets 2 as Barcelona beats Zaragoza 3-1
Lionel Messi netted his eighth brace of the season and created a third goal to steer Barcelona to a 3-1 win over a feisty Real Zaragoza on Saturday ...
Messi jumps back to top AP football rankings
Lionel Messi has returned to the top of the AP Global 10 football rankings by passing Pele's 54-year-old goal-scoring milestone, while Bayern Munich's ...