Messi–Ronaldo rivalry

A young Syrian refugee's dreams came true when she met Lionel Messi and his Barcelona team mates after the club invited her to attend a La Liga match earlier this month.

Real Madrid's leader Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed the FIFA Best Footballer prize for the second time, given to the best player for the year 2017. The Portuguese beat the competition of Lionel Messi and Neymar and received the prize from the hands of the "Phenomenon" Ronaldo, Diego Maradona and Gianni Infantino.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi scored one of the goals for his team in the win against Olympiacos last night and thus rounded out his 100 Champions League goals.

Invite your buddies over, put the beers in the fridge, buy some snacks, have the two or three pizza joint numbers at the tip of your fingers and wait until the spectacle begins. If you are fan of football then this Sunday is one of those days of the year that you will be glued to your TV screen. It is the derby of all derbies, the mother of all battles. It is “El Clasico”.

Cristiano Ronaldo won his fourth Ballon d’Or title Monday, beating rival Lionel Messi for the title of best footballer in the world for 2016.

Sports has always been an image-driven industry.

It is an undeniable fact that football is the most popular sport in the world. The FIFA World Cup is the most watched sporting event after the Olympic Games. Names like Leo Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo are household to people from Papua New Guinea to the smallest town in Congo.

Argentinian football star and player of Barcelona Lionel Messi was awarded his fifth Ballon d'Or at a ceremony held at the Kongresshaus in Zurich on Monday.

Messi was nominated for the 2015 edition of the award along with fellow Barcelona teammate Brazilian Neymar and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Barcelona's eternal rival Real Madrid.

Watch the ten best goals as selected by UEFA for the 2014-15 season in all competitions across Europe. Some of the big names like Messi, Ronaldo Neymarr etc of the top football clubs of Europe are among the candidates. The winner will be announced on August 27 during the UEFA Champions’ League group stage draw for the 2015-16 season. Enjoy 9 of the ten:

Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi set up Luis Suarez's first-minute opener then notched his 400th goal for Barcelona in stoppage time to give the Spanish league leaders a hard-fought 2-0 win over Valencia on April 18.