Argentina superstar Lionel Messi, on Monday, won the Ballon d'Or award for the best Football player in the world for the record extending 8th time in history. He defeated Norway’s UEFA Player of the Year Erling Haaland of Manchester City to bag the prestigious award.
India TV Sports Wrap on October 31: Afghanistan beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to notch up their third win while Pakistan face Bangladesh in a must-win clash In football, Lionel Messi clinched his 8th Ballon d'Or title. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on October 31.
Argentina legend Lionel Messi pipped Manchester City star Erling Haaland and PSG forward Kylian Mbappe to grab his historic eighth Ballon d'Or. Messi, who had a terrific season starting with leading Argentina to FIFA World Cup win and then a Ligue 1 win with PSG, heaped praise on Haaland and Mbappe.
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"That is why I made the decision to come to Miami and not continue my career elsewhere: you experience it a different way," Messi said.
Manchester City stars Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Rodri, Erling Haaland, Julian Alvarez and the recently left Ilkay Gundogan dominate the nominee list for The Best FIFA Men's Player 2023 award.
Argentina thrashed hapless Bolivia 3-0 in the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers Conmebol while Brazil beat Peru.
"I don't see things like that, the rivalry is gone. It was good, spectators liked it," Ronaldo added.
Lionel Messi has earned nominations for the UEFA 2022-23 Men's Player of the Year award alongside two other Manchester City stars.
Star forward Lionel Messi scored the late goal as Inter Miami beat Charlotte FC by 4-0 to reach the semi-final round.
The match between Inter Miami against Orlando City in the Leagues Cup started late because of thunderstorms. But that didn't stop Lionel Messi from coming up with a brilliant show in the encounter.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won combined 81 Guinness World Records while Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, and Robert Lewandowski have won 18 titles together.
Lionel Messi made his debut for David Beckham co-owned Inter Miami against Cruz Azul in Major League Soccer and starred with a 94th-minute winner.
Lionel Messi recently left Ligue 1 winners Paris Saint-Germain and joined USA team Inter Miami on a free transfer.
Lionel Messi led his team to the glory in Qatar 2022 as Argentina defeated France to lift the trophy for the third time. Messi has opened on his 2026 World Cup plan.
Lionel Messi joined PSG in 2021 after playing for Barcelona for 17 years. He will now join Inter Miami.
Lionel Messi's stay has not been fruitful at PSG club over the last two years as he was constantly in the limelight for not so great reasons. Now the coach has confirmed that the star player will be leaving the club.
Barcelona beat Espanyol by 4-2 in the Barcelona derby and clinched the league title with four games to spare.
PSG suspended Lionel Messi on May 3 after the latter's unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia.
Messi will miss next two matches of PSG as he has been suspended for two weeks
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