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Lionel Messi won the World Cup on Sunday after a thrilling final against Argentina

DOHA: Argentina star Lionel Messi on Sunday vowed to continue playing for his country despite finally realising his lifetime ambition of winning the World Cup.

Argentina came out on top in a riveting, jaw-dropping World Cup final, meaning that Lionel Messi has finally reached the pinnacle of football after winning everything else during a glittering career

Lionel Messi has revealed he does not intend to retire from international football after Argentina’s dramatic World Cup final victory.

Argentines let loose and streets across the country became places of celebration after an epic World Cup final in which the national team beat France on penalties

Streets of central Buenos Aires are a cacophony of yelling and horns after shootout victory against France

DOHA - Lionel Messi saved his best for last on Sunday, bringing the curtain down on his World Cup career by finally landing the one major title that has eluded him.

Hundreds of thousands of Argentines poured into the streets on a sunny Sunday in Buenos Aires, ecstatic after a nail-biting victory on penalties in the World Cup final over France made the South Americans world champions for the first time since 1986. In a tense and roller-coaster match played in…

From a long way out at this tournament, this felt like Messi’s destiny and that he arrived there via an astonishing game of football and a penalty shoot-out just made it even more compelling - and even more agonising for Mbappe, whose Golden Boot will be the least gilded consolation…