France's Kylian Mbappé said he knew that Lionel Messi would win the Ballon d'Or after the Argentina forward led his country to glory at the 2022 World Cup.. Mbappe scored a hat trick for France ...

Messi fell one short for the Golden Boot, the trophy awarded to the tournament’s top goal scorer. Kylian Mbappé earned the trophy, with eight goals in a record-breaking World Cup: 172 goals in ...

Mbappe doesn’t want to be a No 9 — he wants to be more like Messi and Neymar. He seemingly wants to be more of a floating No 10, but with those two players in the side, there’s little chance ...

France’s Kylian Mbappé, left, and Argentina’s Lionel Messi both played brilliantly in the World Cup Final. anne-christine poujoulat/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images ...

With 31 goals for Real Madrid, Kylian Mbappe has won the first Golden Boot of his career, prompting fans to ask how old Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were when they claimed their first. With ...

Mbappé, Messi, and Maradona lead the list of footballers with the best "merchandising" in the world; ... Mbappe vows to bounce back. Soccer. 2025 Club World Cup: Here's Boca Juniors' Group.

France striker Kylian Mbappe is yet to understand that his Paris St Germain team mates Lionel Messi and Neymar are bigger players than him, Brazil defender Dani Alves said, as he urged the 23-year ...

That the two players in question — Argentina’s Lionel Messi, 35, and France’s Kylian Mbappé, 23 — are club teammates on Paris Saint-Germain at different ends of their careers only adds to ...

PARIS — Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi scored a goal each as French league leader Paris Saint-Germain profited from a red card to beat second-place Lens 3-1 and move nine points clear of its rival.

Thanks to Messi’s agelessness — and in spite of Mbappé’s meteoric rise — the changing of the guard remains incomplete. Maybe that all changes this Sunday. Or maybe it never changes at all.

Since bursting onto the scene as a teenager with Monaco in 2017, Mbappé has been billed as the natural heir to Ronaldo and Messi as football's biggest superstar.

Paris Saint-Germain served up their best performance since the FIFA 2022 World Cup with a 3-0 win away at Olympique de Marseille in Ligue 1 on Sunday. Kylian Mbappe scored twice and Lionel Messi ...