Afghan lad receives signed Messi shirt after wearing striped plastic bag replica
Signed by the Barcelona captain, a replica Argentina shirt was flown out to the Ghazni province of Afghanistan for five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi
Pep Guardiola to take over as Manchester City boss in June
The former Barcelona boss is making the move to City after three seasons at Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich
Five-year-old Afghan boy in plastic bag Messi jersey hopes to meet hero
Plastic bag to Barca
Barcelona star Javier Mascherano hit with one-year prison term and huge fine
Argentina defender to avoid jail after admitting fraud charges and paying fine
Spain’s La Liga produces world’s best player for EIGHTH year in a row
Lionel Messi has been awarded the Ballon d’Or for the best player in the world for a fifth time
Cheers, big ears!
At Christmas Gerard Pique, wife Shakira and their two sons Milan and Sasha posed wearing matching pyjamas
Lionel Messi facing 22 months in jail after tax fraud case ruling
Barcelona star and father to stand trial over image rights fraud allegations, judge rules
Lionel Messi tax charges dropped but father faces 18 months in jail
Barcelona star cleared in image rights tax evasion case
Lionel Messi’s girlfriend rushed to hospital in Argentina
Antonella Roccuzzo has been kept in the hospital overnight
La Liga stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi among world’s top paid sportsmen
Boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are the only sportsmen richer than the La Liga duo
Prankster sneaks on to FC Barcelona bus
Tommy Dunn, the serial British prankster who rode FC Barcelona’s bus to a Champions League game
First ever European footgolf competition played on the Costa del Sol
Won by Dutchman Bjorn Bulk, the inaugural European footgolf championship took place in Estepona
Lionel Messi faces trial in Spain for defrauding authorities over €4 million
FC Barcelona ace Lionel Messi is to go to court over tax evasion allegations, after judge throws out appeal
Messi accused of verbal assault by Malaga’s Weligton
Malaga centre-back Weligton says Lionel Messi verbally provoked him before he grabbed the Argentine's throat
Tax havens rife for Spanish fat cats
Estimates say the 'submerged' economy accounts for a quarter of GDP
Messi in tax mess
The footballer is accused of evading payment of €4.1 million in taxes
Spain football idol Andres Iniesta is no saint after all
Iniesta never intended to donate €300,000 Euro 2012 fee to fire victims
Image rights row gets Messi in Gibraltar
Judge rules in favour of Barcelona star’s mum in fall-out over disputed shares
Lionel Messi breaks Barcelona scoring record
Argentinean ace hit sublime hat-trick as Catalan giants beat Granada 5-3
Sweaty Messi
Barcelona football players complain about new Nike kit
Mixed times for Messi
Barcelona star's home targeted as he grows in importance
Watch out Messi, here we come!
Scores of talented youngsters at an Andalucian football school are turning heads across the world, writes Andrew Pearce