Safid Deen

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Lamine Yamal – the 17-year-old phenom taking the soccer world by storm – has signed a six-year contract extension to remain with FC Barcelona through 2031, the Spanish club announced on Tuesday. “The future is now” was the caption on a Barcelona social media post announcing the news. Terms of the new deal were not disclosed, but Yamal is expected to be among the club’s highest-paid players.

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Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi have founded a new soccer club together that will compete in Uruguay, the Inter Miami duo announced on social media Tuesday. Deportivo LSM – the initials stand for Luis Suárez and Messi – is a new venture for the former Barcelona stars winding down their legendary careers in Major League Soccer. Suárez said he been working on the venture since 2018, and welcomed Messi into the fold in a video posted across the new club’s social media platforms.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi and struggling Inter Miami remain a work in progress with two matches remaining before the FIFA Club World Cup next month. Inter Miami, which had the best regular season in MLS history last year, is seventh in the MLS Eastern Conference after a recent stretch of just two wins, three draws and five losses in their last 10 matches across all competitions.

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Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo’s time in Saudi Arabia has seemingly come to an end. Ronaldo, the most prolific goal scorer in soccer history, signaled an end to his two-year run in the Saudi Pro League with club Al-Nassr on Monday with a social media post. “This chapter is over. The story? Still being written. Grateful to all,” Ronaldo wrote on X.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Safid Deen

Can Lionel Messi and Inter Miami get back on track after one of their worse stretches together in Major League Soccer? Inter Miami will visit the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night, with Messi's club in desperate need of a victory. Inter Miami has one win, a draw, and five losses in their last seven matches. They've been outscored 20-12 during the stretch. They've tumbled from fourth to sixth place in the MLS Eastern Conference.