Sports

Injury forces Messi out of MLS All-Stars game

Inter Miami star Lionel Messi will not play in this week’s Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Stars Game following an injury sustained at the just concluded Copa America.

MLS announced this on Monday.

This has come eight days after the Argentine superstar left the Copa America final match with an ankle injury.

Messi was listed among unavailable players for Wednesday’s match in Columbus, Ohio, pitting MLS All-Stars from 18 league clubs against top talent from Mexico’s LIGA MX.

Argentina defeat Colombia to win record 16th Copa America title

The game would have been the 37-year-old’s MLS All-Stars Game debut after he joined Inter Miami in July 2023 following a storied career in Europe.

The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner has 12 goals and 13 assists in his first 12 games of 2024 for Inter Miami, making him the quickest to 25 goal contributions in an MLS season.

The All-Stars Game will be played at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT) on Wednesday.

The Star

Segun Ojo

Recent Posts

KASU-ASUU: Kaduna sets up panel, approves N300m

The Kaduna State Government has constituted a nine-member committee to negotiate and review the demands…

4 hours ago

Seven killed in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash

Seven people have been killed and two others injured in a multiple-vehicle crash along the…

5 hours ago

NNPC, partners sign agreements for $21bn Bonga Southwest project

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and its partners on Oil Mining Lease 118…

5 hours ago

Edo Assembly impeaches suspended Speaker Agbebaku

The Edo State House of Assembly has formally impeached its suspended Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, eight…

5 hours ago

Tinubu flags off Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode road, approves Abeokuta-Ibadan dualisation

President Bola Tinubu has flagged off the reconstruction and dualisation of the 58-kilometre Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Road…

5 hours ago

U.S. awards $125,000 grant to preserve 4,000-year-old Lejja iron-smelting site

The United States government has awarded a $125,000 grant to the Centre for Memories in…

6 hours ago

This website uses cookies.