Lionel Messi meets the World Cup – Photo: Imago The egg falls from the throne of Instagram. Soccer star Lionel Messi holds new record for Instagram likes. Photos of him with the World Cup trophy were heart-tagged more than 56 million times in just two days. So far, the record holder for the most liked … Read more
Danny Makkelie will no longer play at the World Cup. The Dutch referee could formally hope to lead Sunday’s final. But FIFA chose Polish referee Szymon Marciniak on Thursday. The world football federation will not rely on Makkelie for Saturday’s consolation final either. Qatari Abdulrahman Al Jassim is in charge of Croatia-Morocco in his home … Read more
Lionel Messi is Argentina’s all-time top scorer at the World Cup. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner led his country to the World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday in their semi-final against Croatia. Messi converted a first-half penalty to score his 11th world championship goal. He shared the Argentine record up to that point with Gabriel … Read more