The Sporting News ranks Messi's greatest-ever World Cup goals, from his first goal against Serbia and Montenegro to his latest strike against Egypt.

Messi has already scored five goals at this World Cup Charlotte Wilson/Getty Images Get free access to the most comprehensive World Cup coverage in The Athletic app. It’s May 1, 2005. It’s a week after the first video is uploaded to YouTube. It’s 18 ...

Lionel Messi now owns the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history, passing Marta when he scored his 18th goal just before the final whistle.

It's another milestone for Lionel Messi.The Argentina icon came off the bench in Saturday's group match against Jordan and promptly scored a free-kick

Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his record-breaking World Cup goal Charlotte Wilson/Getty Images One of sport’s most iconic and well-known records has been broken: it is now Lionel Messi, not the German Miroslav Klose, who has scored the most goals in ...

Cape Verde looks to pull off the greatest upset in history against Messi and Argentina. Follow along live

Lionel Messi just keeps adding to his already-storied soccer career. During Monday's group stage match against Austria, Messi scored the first goal of the game, but this wasn't just any average goal. This was Messi's 17th goal of his World Cup career, the ...

It's official. Lionel Messi sits atop the all-time World Cup scoring charts, surpassing Miroslav Klose and leaving Cristiano Ronaldo far behind. It was only a matter of time before Lionel Messi broke Miroslav Klose’s World Cup goals record. The Argentine ...

There are few things more basic than turning towards a screen and expecting Lionel Messi to score. It is why spectators fill MLS stadiums on the regular, like clockwork, a drilled-in habit rather than an intentional, carefully chosen option. It is probably ...

Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel has taken issue with Lionel Messi’s record-breaking World Cup goal. Messi equalled former German international Miroslav Klose for the most goals in World Cup history (16) last week. He then broke Klose’s record ...