Ballon d'Or: Messi, Ronaldo both out, first time since 2003 - ESPN
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were both left off the list of nominees for this year's Ballon d'Or award, marking the first time neither star was nominated since 2003.
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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were both left off the list of nominees for this year's Ballon d'Or award, marking the first time neither star was nominated since 2003.
Veteran striker Luis Suárez announced his retirement from Uruguay's national team on Monday at the age of 37.
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Rookie Franco Colapinto on Thursday brushed off talk of him being Formula One's Lionel Messi as he prepares for his debut at the Italian Grand Prix. Colapinto will become the first Argentine driver to compete in F1 in over two decades this weekend in Monza after replacing struggling Logan Sargeant for Williams. His appointment delighted fans of the sport back home, but asked whether he felt like football icon Messi before the last World Cup, Colapinto said such talk was "crazy".
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Real Madrid's star footballer Kylian Mbappe's X (formerly Twitter) account was hacked on Thursday and a controversial post about Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi has already gone viral. Fans were left stunned as a number of provocative posts were published from Mbappe's account. One of the posts was about the long-standing Messi-Ronaldo rivalry and it drew a lot of attention from football fans. The hackers did not stop there as the account made posts about Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham. However, the account was recovered and the posts were all deleted.