London: Lionel Messi's life story is set to hit the movie screens in time for the 2014 World Cup. Epic Pictures Group says it is financing and developing a Rocky-style film after buying the rights to dramatize a biography about the Barcelona soccer star. The Beverly Hills-based company says the biopic will chart Messi's rise from a modest background in Argentina and how he "overcame his physical shortcomings to become...
06:48 PM, May 10, 2013
Bolivia: Lionel Messi didn't score but he still helped Argentina earn a valuable point in the thin air of La Paz on Tuesday in a 1-1 draw with Bolivia in South American World Cup qualifying. Marcelo Martins scored with a header in the 25th minute for Bolivia, while Argentina replied with a 43rd-minute equaliser from Ever Banega, with Messi involved in the move. The hard-earned draw keep Argentina top of...
08:31 AM, Mar 27, 2013
Paris: France captain Arnaud Clement has picked eighth-ranked Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 10th-ranked Richard Gasquet, Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra to face Argentina in the Davis Cup quarter-finals. The best-of-five series will be played April 5-7 in Buenos Aires. The 13th-ranked Gilles Simon has been selected as a reserve. Benneteau and Llodra are likely to play doubles. The winner will face either Kazakhstan or the Czech Republic in the semi-finals in September....
07:38 AM, Mar 27, 2013
La Paz: Lionel Messi said Argentina will be wary of the threat posed by the altitude of La Paz when they meet Bolivia here in Tuesday's football World Cup qualifier for 2014 Brazil. Argentina lead the South American zone standings with 23 points from 10 games and victory here will all but book their place at next year's World Cup finals in Brazil. Messi revealed he is still tormented by...
12:58 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Argentina have solidified their lead atop the South America World Cup qualifying group with 23 points in 10 matches. ...
08:49 AM, Mar 23, 2013
Messi says fans of Agentina team are more enthusiastic than ever before, snapping up all the tickets to the team's Friday match against Venezuela. ...
02:50 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Nadal beat Schwartzman of Argentina 6-2, 6-2. He is seeded No. 2 in the clay court tournament behind fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. ...
10:27 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Lionel Messi failed to score but his team outplayed Sweden to seal a 3-2 win in an entertaining friendly. ...
08:28 AM, Feb 07, 2013
Argentina and France won with a day to spare on Saturday to set up a Davis Cup quarter-final in April. ...
10:51 AM, Feb 03, 2013
Juan Martin del Potro is not playing the Davis Cup at all this year having decided he wants to concentrate fully on trying to break into the world's top four. ...
11:53 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Lionel Messi said that he did not care about records and only wanted to help his club and the Argentine national team win. ...
10:32 AM, Jan 29, 2013
Juan Monaco was the first seed to be knocked out of the Australian Open losing to Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 7-6 6-1 6-1 in the first round. ...
04:35 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Messi has sent a signed shirt to Mueller after he broke the former Germany striker's record for most number of goals in a calendar year. ...
07:18 PM, Jan 09, 2013
CNN-IBN's football expert Novy Kapadia said, Lionel Messi has to win a World Cup for Argentina to be called one of the greatest footballer. ...
10:03 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Messi received the FIFA Ballon d'Or for 2012, beating his club team-mate Andres Iniesta and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo. ...
12:36 AM, Jan 08, 2013
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