Lionel Messi was recently named the Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2022. The greatest football player of all time beat out Kylian Mbappe, finally taking home the only trophy that he had not previously won. That’s quite a way to end his World Cup appearance! In case you missed it, the star has said the World Cup 2022 would see him performing for the Argentina national team for the last time.
Lionel Messi – the GOAT
Often referred to as the GOAT (greatest player of all time), Lionel Messi won the Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2022 award via vote. Fans, national team captains, renowned journalists, and national team managers participated in the voting, with each category accounting for 25% of the total vote. That is how the final result was made, so it’d be diverse and accurate.
Not surprisingly, the Argentinian superstar won the voting with a comprehensive edge over the No. 2. With his national team alone, Messi has scored the most goals in La Liga, the most hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League and La Liga. He also holds the records for most assists in Copa America and La Liga. A truly creative player and an adept goalscorer, Messi will indeed be remembered as one of the greatest players of all time.
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar saw the Argentinian national team win the World Cup trophy for the first time since 1986. He scored the most goals at the event, including two goals in the final match against the then-world champion France, thus winning the Golden Ball.
ESPN data shows he scored a whopping 16 goals in 22 games, showing just what a talented player he really is. And now, the superstar received another much-deserved trophy by becoming the Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2022.
Upon accepting the award, Lionel Messi shared how excited he was to be presented with this incredible honor. He finally achieved all his career dreams and has shared how thankful he feels to be lucky enough to make it all the way.
WNBA Is the Most Loyal League to the Social Justice Movement in 2020
When the WNBA launched in 1997, their marketing slogan was “We got next.” Though plenty of media set their klieg lights on the NFL, the NBA, even MLB, the fact is that when it came to the most meaningful change, the line formed behind the WNBA.
Katherine Johnson With a Significant Contribution
2020 has been hard on the Black community, as it lost several of its giants. Few of them were as respected as they were overlooked as Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician. Thanks to her, both space travel and landing on the Moon are possible. Johnson, who passed away in February at the age of 101, was a key figure to John Glenn’s 1962 space mission. He specifically requested her to review the special pre-flight checklist before becoming the first American astronaut to orbit the planet.
In the second week of October, before the Lakers hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy, an ongoing conversation on a radio show centered on this city’s professional championship drought. It was mostly light and fun talk radio fare, however, it started to get chippy because of one question – “Who was the last team to win it all?”
The Most Intense Moment In WNBA for 2020
People can still remember when Nneka Ogwumike, who is the season’s most valuable player, grabbed an offensive rebound and hit the shot that helped them win the championship over the reach of Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles, who is the defensive player of the year, with only 3.1 seconds left.
The very existence of the WNBA, which is nearly 70% Black is, in fact, a protest against a patriarchal industry that overwhelmingly celebrates male athletic achievement. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Black women are key breadwinners in over 80% of their households but take home 62 cents for every dollar a white man makes.