Argentina’s Messi ... his hands on the trophy in his record 26th appearance at the tournament, but not before France’s Mbappe had become the first man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup ...

Mbappe is only 26 years old, so he still has time to win more FIFA World Cup awards. On the other hand, Messi is 37, and the 2026 tournament could be his last chance to compete at that level.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup had soccer fans watching with full attention as long-time soccer legend Lionel Messi’s Argentina team went down to the wire against rising star Kylian Mbappe’s France club.

I came to win this World Cup. I didn’t come here to win the Golden Boot or Golden Ball.” Messi, on the other hand, can’t stop talking. Here’s this player who so frequently has appeared shy ...

Lionel Messi’s individual saga to conquer ... into the Qatar night – he seized it with both hands. Mbappe already has a World Cup winners’ medal in his collection and will challenge for ...

Whatever the outcome of Sunday’s World Cup final ... will have his hands full holding Mbappé in check while also finding moments to jump into the attack and combine with Messi.

Lionel Messi yesterday put a beaming smile on every football fan around the world — young and old — regardless of what club or country they support. Mbappe ... holding aloft the World Cup ...

Was Lionel Messi ... Mbappe’s path. It was a tight angle, but he volleyed it past Emiliano Martinez into the bottom corner. France were alive after all. Messi had one hand on the World Cup ...

The World Cup final on Sunday at Lusail Stadium in Qatar is obviously a lot more than Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe ... Which side will hold its defensive shape longer, in the face of such ...

Kylian Mbappe ... Lionel Messi to the Golden Boot but his Paris-Saint Germain team mate got his hands on the biggest prize. Here is how the race to be top scorer at the 2022 World Cup panned ...

Messi craved World Cup success because he felt he owed it to ... he scored twice and his Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe hit a hat-trick for France, Messi has delivered that success ...