Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominated football for well over a decade – and their families also joined in with the fierce rivalry. For nine years, La Liga hosted what felt like weekly ...

This rivalry between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is, or at least was, the greatest the sport has ever seen. Widely regarded as this century's two greatest players, and two of the best of ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the top scorers in UEFA's club competitions by a good distance. Ronaldo and Messi, also well clear at the top of the all-time UEFA Champions League scoring ...

Messi left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2021 having scored 120 goals for the Spanish club in the Champions League – a record that even Cristiano Ronaldo, with his 105 for ...

Rodri has claimed that Lionel Messi is a better footballer than Cristiano Ronaldo. No stranger to throwing his own opinion in the hat, Rodri recently told Spanish TV programme El Hormiguero who he ...

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has revealed his preference for playing alongside Cristiano Ronaldo over Lionel Messi, offering a fascinating insight into the tactical considerations behind ...

Ryan O'Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He's also the author of "Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution." Lamine Yamal has had an incredible 2024, but does his ...

Understandably, the popular question of "Who do you prefer between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi?" splits many of those asked. It's often something very small that decides it for them ...

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, two of the greatest players in the history of football, have captivated the world with their exceptional talent and fierce rivalry. With a combined total exceeding ...

Erling Haaland, Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lamine Yamal feature as FIFA spotlights the records being pursued this year. Cristiano Ronaldo could become the first man in ...

Throughout the years, the World Cup has produced some stunning free-kicks. And courtesy of the competition's X account, they have provided a superb selection of the best of them. Lionel Messi ...

By comparison, Kylian Mbappe was 19, while Lionel Messi, Pele, Ronaldo and Cristiano Ronaldo were 20. Robert Lewandowski could outrank Lionel Messi and become the outright record holder of most ...