The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic’s daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox. Hello! Time is catching up on Lionel Messi. But it can’t touch ...

Whisper it now: The most fun, entertaining, infuriating, contentious and passionate debate in soccer could suddenly be about to fully reopen. To all except a blinkered minority — actually a pretty big ...

All the football talk after Euro 2012 starts will be about European players, but Lionel Messi will remind fans that he’s still the world’s best in an international friendly against archrival Brazil.

On Tuesday, July 9, Lamine Yamal, 16, officially became the youngest-ever to score at the European Championship Joan Monfort/AP The soccer world is still buzzing after a teen star recently made ...

As Euro 2024 approaches its climax, the soccer world has been captivated by the extraordinary talent of Spain’s 17-year-old winger, Lamine Yamal. The young Barcelona star has made history with his ...

The sky is the limit for Lamine Yamal ahead of the Euro 2024 final in Berlin. The Barcelona forward has turned 17, just one day before meeting England, in the biggest game of his impressive early ...

As anybody who’s ever said anything in public about Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo will know, there is an apparently vast section of the football-watching world that sees everything through the ...

Few players have made as big an impact, in as little time, as Turkey and Real Madrid’s Arda Guler, with the 19-year-old’s recent performances for club and country propelling him towards a superstardom ...

There are many great teams and individual players that will be competing at Euro 2012, but fans should not forget about the best player in the world: Lionel Messi. Only European teams compete in the ...

Cristiano Ronaldo launched a tetchy attack on Lionel Messi after supporters at the Euro 2012 match between Portugal and Denmark taunted the Portuguese by chanting the name of his great rival. Ronaldo ...

Lamine Yamal will follow in the footsteps of Lionel Messi and wear the Argentine's old shirt number at Barcelona. Yamal, despite his age, has become crucial for both club and country since breaking ...