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LIONEL MESSI

Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 18, 2022
PSG arrives in Japan for three-game tour
PSG, featuring attacking trio Kylian Mbappe, Neymar and Lionel Messi, will take on the J. League's Kawasaki Frontale, Urawa Reds and Gamba Osaka during a 10-day stay in Japan.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 15, 2021
Messi’s PSG in league of its own for French soccer TV cash
New Ligue 1 TV rights distribution plan is likely to upset some of French soccer's most historic clubs, which could find themselves in the lowest tier.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 10, 2021
Lionel Messi passes Pele for South American record with hat trick
His 77th, 78th and 79th goals marked his seventh hat trick for the national side and lifted him two above Pele on the South American scoring charts.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 30, 2021
Lionel Messi makes Ligue 1 debut as Mbappe shines for PSG
Fans were rewarded in the 66th minute when the Argentinian replaced the disappointing Neymar.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 11, 2021
Lionel Messi signs for Paris Saint-Germain after leaving Barcelona
PSG wasted little time in targeting Messi after the heavily indebted Catalan club made clear it could not afford to keep him.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Aug 11, 2021
In Lionel Messi’s move, a dim portrait of modern soccer
With clubs backed by oligarchs, billionaires and nation states, meaningful change in the game looks unrealistic.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 10, 2021
Barcelona fans 'devastated' at Messi exit, with one filing legal complaints
The Barcelona member's legal complaints trying to block a move by Messi to PSG state that French football authorities have failed to enforce their own financial fair play rules.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 11, 2021
Lionel Messi's Argentina wins Copa America to end title drought
A cagey first half made way for an exciting final 45 minutes as the Barcelona star raised his first-ever major trophy in the blue-and-white shirt.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jun 14, 2021
Lionel Messi admits to worrying about contracting COVID-19
Argentina striker Lionel Messi confessed on Sunday that he worries about contracting COVID-19. Messi admitted his fears a day before he kicks off another Copa America with the national side amid a spate of infections among rival teams.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 18, 2021
Barcelona president determined to convince Lionel Messi to stay
Barcelona chief Joan Laporta gave Lionel Messi a hug and then pledged to do everything in his power to convince the club's all-time top scorer to stay after being officially sworn in as the club's new president on Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 22, 2020
Playing without fans 'horrible' and 'ugly,' says Lionel Messi
Barcelona's Lionel Messi has explained how tough it has been to play without fans in the last year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, likening the experience to a training session.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 30, 2020
Lionel Messi leads tributes as soccer mourns Diego Maradona
Messi paid tribute on Sunday by stripping off his Barcelona top to reveal a shirt honoring Maradona after he scored the final goal in a 4-0 rout of Osasuna.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 6, 2020
Barcelona president says Lionel Messi will end career with club
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has said that captain Lionel Messi will end his career at the Catalan club, dismissing a report saying the Argentine no longer wishes to renew his current contract when it expires next year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2020
A letter to Lionel Messi: Stop, please!
The great soccer player and humanitarian is making it hard on writers to come with new ways to compliment him.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 11, 2018
Lionel Messi named Barcelona's new captain
Lionel Messi was named as Barcelona's captain on Friday following the departure of long-serving midfielder Andres Iniesta, while defenders Gerard Pique and Sergi Roberto were named new vice captains.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 13, 2017
Rakuten, Barcelona hail official start of partnership, lucrative sponsorship
Rakuten Inc. will be splashing its name across "the most important shirt in the world," according to Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, after the e-commerce giant celebrated the start of its four-year, $235 million sponsorship with the iconic Spanish soccer club on Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 13, 2017
Messi expresses optimism for upcoming season under new manager
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi said Thursday he is pinning his hopes on a good start to the season under new manager Ernesto Valverde.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Mar 31, 2017
FIFA must address disparity in sanctions for offenses
Which is worse — being sworn at or being hit?
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 3, 2016
Messi to miss Venezuela game with groin injury
Lionel Messi's triumphant Argentina comeback has been tempered by a groin injury that has forced his withdrawal from Tuesday's World Cup qualifier in Venezuela.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 18, 2016
Maradona and Pele are wrong about Messi
Argentina's Lionel Messi proves once again he deserves his reputation as one of the three greatest soccer players of all time.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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