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The best midfielders of the 1980s

It was a memorable decade for football and creative players in particular, but which ones stood out the most?

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Lionel Messi wins 8th Ballon d'Or; Spain's Aitana Bonmatí is named top female player

Messi has now won 12% of all men's Ballon d'Or trophies. Both of this year's winners are midfielders who led their national teams to long-awaited World Cup victories.

WEKU

Lionel Messi, the complete footballer who completed football, finally leaves the Ballon d’Or stage

Lionel Messi has added layer upon layer to his talents over the years to create greatness and his era of dominance surely ended on Monday night with one final Ballon d’Or award

The Independent UK

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Lionel Messi wins eighth Ballon d'Or as Aitana Bonmati claims women's award

Lionel Messi claimed his eighth Ballon d'Or during a glamorous ceremony in Paris on Monday, while Spain's World Cup champion, Aitana Bonmati, secured the women's accolade.

The Times of India

Lionel Messi is no longer the best in the world but he deserves one last Ballon d’Or

Lionel Messi has added layer upon layer to his talents over the years to become the complete forward who completed football, and his era of dominance will surely end tonight with one final Ballon d’Or award

The Independent UK

Real Love for Bellingham as magical history tour hits top notes in clásico

Astonishing season soared still higher at Barcelona, with a muted response to his equaliser just a prelude to late ecstasy

The Guardian - UK

The gulf between the Premier League and the rest may never have been so wide

All three promoted clubs are in the relegation zone this season. Their struggles reflect a wider problem in the modern game

The Guardian - US

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Lauren: ‘It’s been a long wait but this team is ready. This Arsenal can win it’

Divided loyalties beckon as the Gunners face the former full-back’s hometown club Sevilla on Tuesday but, he tells Sid Lowe, Mikel Arteta’s side are close to being an all-conquering force

The Guardian - UK

The city of imminent doom: why the coolest, edgiest TV shows and books are set in Naples

From The Hand of God to Mixed by Erry, the novels of Elena Ferrante to the gangster smash Gomorrah, the Italian city is everywhere. What’s the appeal? We hit the ‘paradise inhabited by devils’ to find out

The Guardian - UK

Paintings on pesos illustrate Argentina's currency and inflation woes

The rapid depreciation of the Argentine currency and one of the world’s highest inflation rates has made it difficult for Argentines to make ends meet

The Independent UK

Brazilian superstar Neymar could play in India

NEW DELHI: If having Pele, Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi was not enough, India could next host Brazilian superstar Neymar when his new club, Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal, visits the country to play against Mumbai FC in an AFC Champions League game.

The Times of India

‘It was mad’: Fabio Cannavaro says he had never seen anything like the atmosphere at Ibrox when he played there for Parma vs Rangers

Fabio Cannavaro has played in a World Cup final and at the biggest stadiums in football - but Ibrox is a place he's full of admiration for

FourFourTwo

Russell Martin: ‘Lots wonder why we’ve got the job but I love proving people wrong’

Southampton’s new manager, Russell Martin, tells Ben Fisher about being told to join the army rather than play football and preparing for their opener at Sheffield Wednesday

The Guardian - UK

‘My daughter could turn into Messi of women’s game’, says Lauren James’s dad

The father of England goal sensation Lauren James has predicted she could become the Lionel Messi or Diego Maradona of the women’s game following her heroics against China.

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Fabio Cannavaro reveals how Diego Maradona REWARDED him for bad tackle

The Italian World Cup winner once received an incredible gift from the great Argentinian number 10

Miami Herald

How Lionel Messi went from the tiniest boy on the field to the biggest athlete in the world

MIAMI — Long before Lionel Messi was a larger-than-life soccer icon with 468 million Instagram followers, before he became one of the world’s richest athletes and immortalized on giant murals from Buenos Aires to Barcelona to Calcutta to Miami, he was the tiniest boy on the field at Grandoli, the…

Wales Online

The epic Rugby World Cup try that made Diego Maradona go absolutely ballistic

He celebrated in a way that only Diego Maradona could

Daily Mirror

Diego Maradona's controversial opinion on whether Lionel Messi needed to win a World Cup

The late Diego Maradona was never one to shy away from giving his opinion and was honest in his assessment of whether Lionel Messi needed a World Cup win to define his legacy

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Lionel Messi shirt number hint dropped by Inter Miami ahead of unveiling

The Argentinian icon has previously wore the number 10 jersey for both Barcelona and his country but did not wear it for PSG as it was already the property of Neymar Jr

Football London

Chelsea have already signed the 'new Lionel Messi' as dream Enzo Fernandez partner found

Chelsea transfer news: The Blues have heard from their first addition of the summer as they plot a move for Moises Caicedo. Mauricio Pochettino will be hoping that the pair can play together.

Liverpool Echo

Lionel Messi admission and three empty shirt numbers show dilemma facing Liverpool transfers

For Alexis Mac Allister there was only ever one choice for his Liverpool squad number following his arrival from Brighton

The Independent UK

The story of Real Madrid vs Napoli, Silvio Berlusconi and how the Champions League was born

The first-round 'super match' in 1987 pitted Diego Maradona against Emilio Butragueno, but it would go on to change the face of European football for the good of the rich and plentiful

The Independent UK

The story of Silvio Berlusconi and the birth of the Champions League

The first-round 'super match' in 1987 pitted Diego Maradona against Emilio Butragueno, but it would go on to change the face of European football for the good of the rich and plentiful

The Independent UK

Messi mural to cover student dormitory in Tirana, make Albanians happy

One side of a dormitory for medical students in downtown Tirana has been covered by a mural of Lionel Messi

Football London

Lionel Messi makes transfer U-turn in $1.2bn shock as Mauricio Pochettino gets double Chelsea blow

Chelsea transfer news: Lionel Messi has made a decision as to where he will be playing his football next season

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