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Lionel Messi was somewhat surprisingly named The Best FIFA Men’s Player for the third time at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023, only just pipping Erling Haaland, and former PSG teammate Kylian Mbappé, to the prize. None of the three finalists attended the gala in London. The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 as it happened The Manchester City striker had been tipped by many to win the award for the first time ahead of the Inter Miami star and the Paris Saint-Germain attacker, but it was Messi who came out on top, adding to his victories in 2019 and 2022. Messi is crowned #TheBest! 👑🇦🇷 Click here for more information. ➡️ https://t.co/niVRuFY4lP pic.twitter.com/krIyrtkexL — FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) January 15, 2024 Messi’s bright Miami start before injuries The 36-year-old won Ligue 1 with former club PSG in 2022-23 but struggled to make an impact in the Champions League before making the switch to MLS in the summer. Messi made a blistering start in the United Sta...

Scoring goals is the hardest thing to do in football. Bar none. Some footballers are brilliant at it (Erling Haaland), some are bloody terrible at it (Jamie Carragher - he scored three goals in 508 Premier League appearances for God's sake), and ultimately their proficiency in front of goal can be a determining factor in their team's league fortunes year in, year out. So, in the midst of the November international break - which we're all enjoying, right? - we at 90min decided to take a look at how good each Premier League team has been at converting their chances so far this season - ranked from least chances missed to most. 20. Crystal Palace Palace take their chances / Tom Dulat/GettyImages Big chances missed: 9 Total goals: 12 One of the teams on this list who convert more chances than they miss, Crystal Palace have Odsonne Edouard's surprisingly good form to thank for being at the bottom of the list. 19. Sheffield United The Blades haven't created much / Cha...

As the most expensive transfer in the long history of British football, Moises Caicedo has plenty to live up to. Yet, arguably the number on his back will weigh heavier than the price tag hanging around his neck. After spurning Liverpool's advances to force a £115m move to Chelsea this summer, Caicedo was handed the club's iconic number 25 shirt . Caicedo felt compelled to ask permission from Gianfranco Zola - the last player to wear those digits for Chelsea two decades ago - before his new jersey was revealed. Here's everything you need to know about Caicedo's seismic squad number selection. Moises Caicedo shirt number history Among others, Moises Caicedo wore number six at his first club Independiente del Valle / JOSE JACOME/GettyImages Club Years in the shirt Squad number Independiente del Valle 2019 - 2020 55 Independiente del Valle 2019 52 Independiente del Valle 2019 5 Independiente del Valle 2019 - 2020 6 Beerschot 2021 - 2022 6 Brighton 2021 - 2023 25 Chelse...

Historic Game s are seemingly becoming a nightly thing in the NBA . In the past week alone we have seen Luka Doncic record the first 60-point, 20-rebound triple-double in NBA History , Giannis Antetokounmpo become the first player since Wilt Chamberlain to put up consecutive 40-20 Game s, and now, on Monday night, Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell pour in 71 points in an overtime victory against Chicago.  Here's a look at Mitchell's night by the numbers.  3 The number of times two players have scored at least 70 and 50 points on the same night, per ESPN. Wilt Chamberlain (78) and Elgin Baylor (63) did it in the same game in 1961, David Thompson (73) and George Gervin (63) did it in 1978, and now we have Mitchell and Klay Thompson, who scored 54 points in Golden State's overtime victory over Atlanta on Monday.  7 The number of players who have scored at least 70 points in an NBA game: Wilt Chamberlain ...