LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Argentina’s 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign turned out to be one of the most controversial in the nation’s history. Lionel Messi‘s side reached the final but suffered a 1-0 extra-time defeat to Spain, falling short of becoming just the third nation to win back-to-back World Cups. Several aspects of Argentina’s run…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Eleven Argentina players missed their team’s bus parade in Buenos Aires after the World Cup final. Lionel Messi was among the absentees and opted to travel to his homeland separately from his team-mates. The World Cup has concluded, with Spain crowned champions. But the final in New Jersey was a scrappy affair,…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The final of the FIFA World Cup in New Jersey ended in a narrow 1-0 victory for Spain, with Torres scoring in the 106th minute after a tense and largely controlled performance by the European side. Argentina, despite their pedigree, failed to register a shot on target across 120 minutes, struggling to…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A day after his team’s loss to Spain in the World Cup final, Lionel Messi is still feeling the pain. Messi released a statement Monday, reflecting on the loss, thanking his fans and teammates and congratulating Spain on the win. The statement was posted on Messi’s Instagram page in Spanish. Its translation…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi’s painful Sunday did not end with Argentina surrendering its World Cup title to Spain. After Argentina suffered a 1-0 extra-time defeat in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Messi also finished second to Kylian Mbappé in the race for the tournament’s Golden…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soccer legend Lionel Messi was honored with an 85-foot statue in his home country of Argentina (in the small town of Cutral Có, in the country’s Patagonia region), marking the biggest Messi statue ever made. However, the pose that Messi is in for the statue is raising eyebrows, especially when combined with…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Argentina are through to the World Cup Round of 32 following their 2-0 win over Austria, in a match where Lionel Messi became the quadrennial tournament’s all-time leading scorer. The Inter Miami star came into this game level with Miroslav Klose as the World Cup’s joint-top scorer with 16 goals, and…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi has followed in David Beckham’s footsteps by buying his very own football club. The Argentine, who is widely considered to be the greatest to ever play the beautiful game, is currently thriving in the twilight stages of his career with Inter Miami. Beckham exercised an option to set up the…
