1 week ago Lamine Yamal compared to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at 17

Lamine Yamal's dazzling performances for Barcelona have brought inevitable comparisons with the greatest players of all time despite teenager having so much still to prove

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1 week ago What happened to the 10 players Lionel Messi said were destined for stardom in 2015

Lionel Messi picked 10 up-and-coming footballers who he identified as being the next big thing back in 2015, and it's fair to say that the GOAT missed the mark on a couple of them

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1 week ago Lamine Yamal sent 'frightening' Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi warning

MAC Of THE NET COLUMN: All eyes are on wonderkid Lamine Yamal after his impressive Champions League showing against Inter Milan - but Barcelona need to proceed with caution

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1 week ago Messi and Ronaldo’s continental exits show the limits of their swan songs

The two best players of their generation suffered same-day disappointments that show the game is starting to move onNot long ago, the results might have been seismic. Or at the very least, worthy of an eyebrows-raised remark. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two leading lights of their generation, the dominant on-field forces for most of this century, both going out of continental competition in the semi-finals? Both in upsets? On the same day?On Wednesday, it actually happened. Messi’s Inter Miami fell to Vancouver 5-1 on aggregate in the Concacaf Champions Cup, and Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr lost 3-2 to Kawasaki Frontale in the AFC Champions League Elite at a nominally neutral site in Saudi Arabia. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan’s answer to Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo question said it all

Snooker legend Ronnie O'Sullivan previously shared his thoughts on the Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo debate that has dominated football for almost two decades

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2 w. ago Ronnie O’Sullivan answered Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo debate in style

Snooker superstar Ronnie O'Sullivan previously waded into the debate about who is the better footballer between two of the games true icons, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

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2 w. ago 'I play with Neymar and faced Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

A current football star who has played against Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo has made his pick about who is the best out of all of them

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3 w. ago 'I've played against Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar – one is clearly the best'

Few players have captivated football like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, but one player who has played against all of them knows who he prefers

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3 w. ago 'I won Champions League and Premier League – I know who the greatest player ever is'

Former Manchester United striker Louis Saha has named Portugal icon Cristiano Ronaldo as the greatest to ever play football, describing his former team-mate as a "robot"

Sport

3 w. ago Lionel Messi hails teenage star who is already 'one of world's best'

Lamine Yamal has continued to enjoy a rapid rise and has claimed numerous individual accolades with Lionel Messi already ranking him among the world's best players

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4 w. ago Former MLS star Aaron Boupendza dies after falling from building in China

Boupendza played against the likes of Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets while at FC Cincinnati

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