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Messi given 3 month suspension from Argentina matches (Read reason)

Lionel Messi has been suspended from Argentina’s next three matches and given a $50,000 (£41,000) by CONMEBOL for his controversial comments made during the Copa America. The Barcelona superstar accused South America’s football governing body of corruption following the red card he received in Argentina’s 2-1 third-place playoff win against Chile. Messi will miss friendly…

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Forbes: Messi crowned World’s Highest Paid Athlete ahead Ronaldo, Neymar

Lionel Messi has been named as the world’s highest paid athlete over the last 12 months, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, in the Forbes top 100 list. The Barcelona and Argentina star earned $127m in the last year – more than Juventus forward Ronaldo ($109m) in second place and Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar ($105m) in…

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How black population was wiped out in Argentina, a story of Lionel Messi

By Henry Akubuiro Lionel Messi is probably the most famous Argentinean on earth. In Brazil, the honour goes to Pele, a black with roots in West Africa. The question is: where are Argentinean blacks? According to Transatlantic Slave Trade database, over 600,000 blacks were shipped to Argentina via Brazil from mostly West Africa and Angola…

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