Lamine Yamal has expressed his desire to build and follow his own unique path as his young career develops. Speaking after winning the Best Forward award at the Globe Soccer Awards, the 18-year-old ...

The 2026 Word Cup is approaching next summer and most of the biggest soccer stars will arrive in the United States, Canada and Mexico to represent their national teams at the best tournament in the ...

Two of football’s most dazzling wonderkids went head-to-head in the first round of Champions League action as Barcelona and Chelsea tussled at Stamford Bridge in November. Enzo Maresca waxed lyrical ...

Spain and Lamine Yamal, France and Kylian Mbappé plus Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo are close to confirming their places at the 2026 World Cup. Erling Haaland’s 12 goals so far have Norway even ...

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo continue to defy age and expectations after being named among the 26 finalists for the 2025 FIFPRO Men's World 11 on Monday. The Argentina and Portugal superstars ...

Oct 16 (Reuters) - Barcelona's 18-year-old winger Lamine Yamal has gate-crashed football's financial elite, landing among Forbes' top 10 highest-paid players in 2025, topped by Portugal forward ...

Spanish soccer phenom Lamine Yamal, 18, holds a list of “youngest” records longer than any road to Barcelona: youngest goal scorer in the men’s European championships; youngest to ever win a major ...

The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic’s daily football (or soccer, if you prefer) newsletter. Sign up to receive it directly to your inbox. Hello. It’s been more than a decade since he last played there, ...

Since Lamine Yamal burst onto the scene in 2023, he's drawn comparisons to Lionel Messi, who many consider to be the greatest soccer player of all time. But ahead of Spain's meeting with Portugal in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019. Real Madrid legend Cristiano Ronaldo sent a message to FC ...

Portugal won the 2024-25 edition of the UEFA Nations League in penalties against Spain at the Allianz Arena in Munich after the match finished 2-2. After winning the semifinal against Germany on ...

In the end, it was the 40-year-old man who was crying. Not the child with the runners-up medal. They were tears of joy as Cristiano Ronaldo, overcome with emotion, dropped to his knees after Ruben ...