For Kolkata’s football faithful, Messi’s return after 14 years carried deep emotional weight, turning patience and exhaustion into collective joy.

The Salt Lake stadium was heaving. On a Saturday in December, that's not an unusual sight - one of Mohun Bagan, East Bengal or Mohammedan Sporting would have been playing in India's top division, the ...

Lionel Messi's highly anticipated GOAT India Tour 2025 is set to captivate fans across four cities from December 13-15. The Argentina legend will visit Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and New Delhi, ...

Lionel Messi’s first steps on Indian soil during his three-day visit offered a moment that went far beyond celebrity spectacle. As the Argentine legend arrived in Kolkata, a brief video from the ...

This is not a full-fledged football match and people should not come with that assumption, said the Director General of Police Shivadhar Reddy on Saturday (December 13, 2025), while reviewing security ...

Violence erupted at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday (December 13, 2025) after football legend Lionel Messi made a brief public appearance there. Thousands of spectators, not only from Kolkata ...

Global football icon Lionel Messi made a special visit to Vantara, a wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and conservation centre founded by Anant Ambani. At the centre, initiatives traditionally begin ...

For a few days, Indian football felt alive again. Once Lionel Messi left, the silence returned, exposing a stalled ISL, anxious players and a system struggling to survive without the glare of ...

A fan takes a selfie with Inter Miami's Argentine forward #10 Lionel Messi at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on December 13, 2025. AFP-DIBYANGSHU SARKAR A highly anticipated event featuring football ...

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan joins fans to celebrate football legend Football icon Lionel Messi's 70-foot statue at the Sree Bhumi Sporting Club in Lake Town, Kolkata. X Star footballer Lionel Messi ...

Fans hold posters of Argentinian football star Lionel Messi as they cheer from the stands before his arrival during the GOAT India Tour 2025 at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata (AFP) A newlywed ...