Lionel Messi became the first player in history to score in seven consecutive World Cup games. The 39-year-old scored with a free kick after coming off the bench as Argentina won 3-1 against Jordan. It was Messi's sixth goal of the 2026 World Cup and he leads the Golden Boot race by two goals.

An enormous steel tribute to Lionel Messi has drawn some negative reactions due to the placement of his World Cup trophy.

"I just started giggling," said Enoch McCleery, an 8-year-old who was chosen to be the player escort for Argentina star Lionel Messi.

Is a video that shows a fan running onto a soccer field to hug Lionel Messi at the 2026 FIFA World Cup authentic? No, that's not true: An AI detection tool determined that the video was 51.7% "likely to

Argentina head coach Lionel Scaloni has confirmed that Lionel Messi, the World Cup’s leading scorer, will start on the bench against Jordan on Saturday night. “Leo will go to the bench,” Scaloni said at a press conference on Friday. “I’ll hold off on the final starting lineup, but Leo will come in later.”

Lionel Messi first appeared in an Argentina shirt June 29, 2004 in a hastily organized U-20 friendly vs. Paraguay to keep him from representing Spain.

In a sixth World Cup for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, could the pair finally face each other in the tournament?