The announcement on Monday that Argentina’s superstar footballer Lionel Messi is retiring from the international scene could not have come as a total surprise. After the shattering defeat to Spain in the final of the FIFA World Cup in New York in July, the decision was always on the cards. The announcement thus brings the curtain down on a brilliant career spanning twenty years in which he brought rich laurels to the iconic blue and white jersey. This included two Copa America titles in 2021 and 2024 and the biggest prize of them all—the World Cup in 2022 in Qatar. It all made up for the bitter disappointment of........

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