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LIONEL MESSI

Japan Times
SOCCER
May 31, 2016
Messi tax fraud trial starts in Barcelona
Barcelona's five-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi went on trial on Tuesday along with his father on accusations of defrauding the Spanish state of millions of euros.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Feb 19, 2016
Arsenal facing tough task in trying to stop Barcelona
English football is already counting down to 19:45, Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Japan Times
SOCCER / CLUB WORLD CUP
Dec 21, 2015
Barcelona as good as advertised in Club World Cup final
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi paid tribute to strike partners Luis Suarez and Neymar after the trio combined to deliver Barcelona a record third Club World Cup title on Sunday — and warned the rest of the world they are not finished yet.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 20, 2015
Barcelona cruises past River Plate to claim third Club World Cup title
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi recovered from illness to lead Barcelona to a record third Club World Cup title with a 3-0 win over River Plate in Sunday's final.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 19, 2015
River Plate, Barcelona confident, ready for Club World Cup final
River Plate manager Marcelo Gallardo has invited Barcelona to hit his team with its best shot in Sunday's Club World Cup final — and believes it can withstand the one-two-three punch of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 18, 2015
Suarez puts on sublime show as Barcelona moves into final
Barcelona defender Jordi Alba hailed teammate Luis Suarez as "the most complete No. 9 in the world" after the Uruguayan's three-goal demolition of Guangzhou Evergrande on Thursday night put the Spanish giants into the Club World Cup final.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 17, 2015
Suarez hat trick carries Barcelona into Club World Cup final
Luis Suarez shrugged off the absence of strike partners Lionel Messi and Neymar with a hat trick to send Barcelona into the Club World Cup final with a 3-0 win over China's Guangzhou Evergrande on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2015
Messi without peer anywhere in the world
No soccer player in the world can rival Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, not even the great Cristiano Ronaldo.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 12, 2014
Tardelli scores pair as Brazil blanks Argentina
Lionel Messi had a penalty saved as Brazil continued its defensive rehabilitation under returning coach Dunga with a morale-boosting 2-0 win over old adversary Argentina in a feisty friendly on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2014
Who is the better player, Messi or Maradona?
Who is the better soccer player, Lionel Messi now or Diego Maradona?
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 11, 2014
Pele, Maradona and Messi: soccer's holy trinity
With Lionel Messi's last performances, there should now be no doubt that he belongs in soccer's holy trinity with Pelu00e9 and Diego Maradona.
'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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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