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Video claiming to show Algerian fans calling Messi ‘enemy of Allah’ was fake

Video claiming to show Algerian fans calling Messi ‘enemy of Allah’ was fake

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2 min readJun 18, 2026 01:05 PM IST Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Argentina beat Algeria 3-0 in Kansas City on Tuesday. By the time the final whistle blew, a video claiming to show Algerian fans chanting “Messi is the enemy of Allah” before the match had already spread across X, TikTok and Instagram, drawing millions of views and a wave of anti-Muslim commentary. The video had nothing to do with the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A fact-check published by ‘Lead Stories’ on Wednesday found the footage was filmed outside the World Trade Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where Algerian fans had gathered for a pre-match pep rally ahead of a friendly against the Netherlands on June 3 — nearly two weeks before the Kansas City game. The audio, meanwhile, was a separate TikTok sound entirely: a chant originally directed at Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, dubbed over the Rotterdam footage and recaptioned. The posts began appearing on TikTok as early as June 13, three days before the Algeria-Argentina match, with captions placing the footage …

Lionel Messi nets 900th career goal, only second after Cristiano Ronaldo

Lionel Messi nets 900th career goal, only second after Cristiano Ronaldo

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2 min readMar 19, 2026 05:26 PM IST Star footballer Lionel Messi scored his 900th career goal to become only the second player to reach the landmark in football after Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi brought up the milestone with a left-footed strike in Inter Miami’s 1-1 draw with Nashville SC in the Round of 16 CONCACAF Champions Cup on Wednesday. Messi took a pass in the middle of the box in the seventh minute, controlled the ball, spun and lined a low shot through a maze of defenders and into the far corner of the net. The 38-year-old Argentine World Cup winner’s 900th goal came ⁠21 ​years after Messi scored his first in senior football for Barcelona as a 17-year-old in 2005. MESSI SCORES HIS 900TH CAREER GOAL 🔥 pic.twitter.com/sr6TlmMqo2 — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) March 18, 2026 Messi, who has won the Ballon d’Or eight times, reached the landmark in his 1,142nd appearance for club and country, nearly 100 games fewer than Ronaldo, who took 1,236 games to reach the milestone in ⁠September 2024. Portuguese forward ⁠Ronaldo …

Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo ruled out of blockbuster clash with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami | Football News

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Cristiano Ronaldo will not be playing the highly anticipated Riyadh Season Cup match against Lionel Messi on Thursday, Al Nassr coach Luis Castro said on Wednesday putting an end to the speculations of a final dance between the two rivals. “We will not see [Messi vs Ronaldo], Ronaldo is in the final part of his recovery to join the group. We hope that in the next few days you can start working with the team. He will be absent from the game,” Castro said. The anticipation of the clash had reached fever pitch but Castro’s words poured water on all the hopes that the supporters had of witnessing the two greats share a pitch once again after one year. Breaking: Al Nassr manager Luis Castro announced that Cristiano Ronaldo is in the final part of his recovery and will not play in the club’s friendly against Inter Miami. There won’t be a reunion between him and Messi this time around 😔 pic.twitter.com/cy1BOLVemC — ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 31, 2024 This would probably been the last …

Lionel Messi versus Cristiano Ronaldo rivalry to be renewed in Riyadh Season Cup match | Football News

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For close to two decades, the footballing lexicon of the world has been dominated by two titans. A generation of fans have seen two icons battle each other for dominance with the world at their feet, like two kaijus locked in an eternal battle for supremacy. But on Thursday night, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s rivalry might be witnessing their last dance as Inter Miami lock horns with Al Nassr in a Riyadh Season Cup match. But there is a big question mark on the generational clash. Because Ronaldo is nursing an injury and in a race against time to be fit for the much-anticipated game. The Portuguese talisman’s calf injury had forced Al Nassr to cancel two friendlies in China last week and if he can’t make the XI against Messi on Thursday, it’s likely to draw the final curtain on a rivalry that has encapsulated the hearts of the fans for so many years. Al Nassr hasn’t yet announced Ronaldo’s withdrawal from the match. Many have waxed lyrical on the two since they …