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From modest beginnings to a career like no other, Charlton, who has died aged 86, came to symbolise the best of English football. He was world renowned yet never forgot his roots

Paris (AFP) - Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi's move to spend the final years of his stellar career in Saudi Arabia, according to a source close to the negotiations, will come as a crushing blow to Barcelona fans who dreamed of a return to the club that nurtured him.

After a Champions League final sent his trajectory off course, the goalkeeper gets an unlikely shot at glory with Newcastle

Gordon Smith is one of the lucky few to have met with Pele on numerous occasions.

The three-time World Cup winner has died at the age of 82

New York (AFP) - Pele was 34 and semi-retired when the New York Cosmos fended off interest from Juventus and Real Madrid to lure the world's greatest player to the footballing backwater that was America in 1975.

Seven-time Ballon d'Or-winner Lionel Messi finally won the World Cup on Sunday after Argentina defeated champions France on penalties at Lusail Stadium in Qatar

Everton and the World Cup series: Goodison Park snub over 1966 semi-final had Scouse fans fuming

Ex-Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has included England hero David Beckham in his all-time World Cup XI and France legend Zinedine Zidane in an unfamiliar position