Seville, Spain – In this day and age of hyperbole and super-hyperbole, it's easy to call players of any sport a superstar. It seems they're a dime a dozen. When it comes to someone like Lionel Messi, ...

Unless Lionel Messi bests himself again in 2013, the world likely won't see again a year quite like the little Argentine's magical 2012. For some, 2012 will go down as the year Spain claimed a place ...

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi is the joint second-leading scorer in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League with eight goals. Only Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (11) has scored more in the competition this ...

Lionel Messi runs with the ball during the La Liga match between FC Barcelona and Granada CF at Camp Nou on March 20, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. The player wore a pair of red and blue color-blocked ...

`Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact dovetail neatly, because part of the joy and merriment ...

Lionel Messi's year included a hat trick against Brazil at MetLife Stadium :: Carlos M. Saavedra/SI Argentine journalists don't think Lionel Messi is the country's best athlete for 2012. Argentine ...

© Leonardo Fernandez/Getty ImagesWith Messi in peak form, Inter Miami is climbing the Eastern Conference standings. If Messi scores twice against FC Cincinnati this ...

BARCELONA, SpainBARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi broke German great Gerd Mueller’s 40-year-old record for most goals in a year by scoring for the 86th time in 2012 on Sunday. The Argentina forward ...

SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi has broken German great Gerd Mueller’s 40-year-old record for most goals in a single year by scoring for the 86th time in 2012. The Argentina forward scored twice as ...

Barcelona's Lionel Messi scored twice to set a record for most goals in a season :: Marcelo del Pozo/REUTERS/Reuters Lionel Messi broke German great Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record for most goals in ...

Lionel Messi broke Gerd Mueller's 40-year-record for most goals in a year with his 86th on Sunday He scored twice for Barcelona in today's game; the first tied the record and the second broke it Messi ...