Lionel Messi
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The greatest athlete of the 21st century? Bolt runs away with it
ESPN’s American-centric list of the top 100 athletes of this century is a blatant attempt to bait hopeless chumps into pointless arguments – so let’s join in.
- by Malcolm Knox
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Messi’s World Cup provides a different portrait of the world’s greatest footballer
Lionel Messi, like Diego Maradona before him, is a totem of worship in Argentina, especially after winning the 2022 World Cup.
- by Craig Mathieson
Why a napkin that changed Messi’s life is worth almost $600,000
The paper napkin became a makeshift contract at a meeting in December 2000 to assure the then 13-year-old’s father that Barcelona wanted him at the club.
- by Praveena Somasundaram
Can a 20-deck cruise ship that carries 8000 people be good for the environment?
Do the environmentally friendly features of the world’s largest cruise ship stack up?
- by Ceylan Yeginsu
More valuable than Messi? Why a Japanese baseballer is worth $1 billion
If you tallied up the salaries of every men’s NRL player for the next four years, it still wouldn’t match what Shohei Ohtani will earn from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Why is he so valuable?
- by Adam Pengilly
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If Messi’s jerseys are worth $15m, what price for the balls of Bairstow and Buddy … and Schlossy’s shoe?
Forget your mass-produced memorabilia, let’s take a look at what people should really want.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Messi jersey from Socceroos match among haul tipped to fetch $15m
The world record for sporting memorabilia is expected to be threatened when a collection of shirts worn by the Argentinian icon in Qatar goes under the hammer in New York.
- by Glenn Moore
Kerr is the best player in Asia and second best in the world. What makes her so good?
Matildas superstar Sam Kerr may have fallen just short of being named the best women’s player in the world, but she has been crowned the best women’s footballer in Asia for the second time.
- by Emma Kemp
Lionel Messi could be coming to Australia – but there’s a catch
Promoters are trying to bring Messi’s Inter Miami Down Under for a friendly, but the World Cup winner’s on-field genius could prove an insurmountable hurdle.
- by Vince Rugari
The man who brought down Lionel Messi now has Sam Kerr in his sights
Last November, Herve Renard’s game-changing team talk to Saudi Arabia’s men’s side went viral. Now he is steering France’s women’s team deep into the World Cup.
- by Emma Kemp
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