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Adidas x KITH x Messi Special Collection Drops May 29
Kith and adidas Football have teamed up with Lionel Messi for a collection marking the 20th anniversary of the player's first World Cup appearance in 2006 and...
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12 JAN 2026 • 1 MIN
Kith and adidas Football have teamed up with Lionel Messi for a collection marking the 20th anniversary of the player's first World Cup appearance in 2006 and...
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12 JAN 2026 • 1 MIN
Sam Handy, Creative Director of Adidas , shared images of the special F50 Tunit x Kith Messi boots made for Lionel Messi, part of the exclusive footwear...
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12 JAN 2026 • 1 MIN
Adidas has posted a tribute to Lionel Messi ’s 20-year partnership with the brand, marking the path from his first FIFA World Cup boots in 2006 to his sixth...
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12 JAN 2026 • 1 MIN
The official Argentina national team account has released a special image paying tribute to Messi ’s journey through the FIFA World Cups he has participated...
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12 JAN 2026 • 1 MIN
Lionel Messi has officially become the all-time leading goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history, netting his 17th goal in Argentina 's match against Austria on...
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12 JAN 2026 • 1 MIN
Lionel Messi is sporting a highly exclusive detail on his Argentina kit at the 2026 World Cup . As highlighted by @jerseystory vn, Messi's left sleeve...
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05 JAN 2026 • 2 MIN
One last dance? Better pull on your best dancing shoes then. For that, adidas equip Lionel Messi with a design fittingly known as 'El Último Tango’ (don’t...
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27 JAN 2026 • 2 MIN
Lionel Messi has linked with Ronnie Fieg's Kith and adidas Football for a World Cup-ready collection that treats his legacy like a global design language.
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02 JAN 2026 • 4 MIN
Ahead of the 2026 World Cup, LEGO have partnered with modern day footballing icons, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr., bringing...
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17 JAN 2026 • 3 MIN
adidas has lifted the lid on the first drop from the SS26 Messi Packs, unveiling the F50 Messi ‘Aurora Radiante’, a boot that taps once again into the...
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04 JAN 2026 • 4 MIN
Two decades. One name. A legacy told not just in goals and trophies, but in the details stitched between the seams. This is a look back at the typography that...
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13 JAN 2026 • 2 MIN
Classic, modern, and dripping in legacy, the adidas F50 TUNiT makes its triumphant return, and it does so in a look that takes us back 20 years, to a young...
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10 JAN 2025 • 2 MIN
adidas has officially lifted the lid on Messi+10: Season 2 — a fresh chapter in the brand’s ongoing celebration of football’s most transcendent talent.
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10 JAN 2025 • 2 MIN
Few players in the world can boast the ability to see things on a pitch like Lionel Messi. And to celebrate this ability, Adidas have revealed the great man’s...
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14 JAN 2025 • 3 MIN
There’s a shift happening. A generational baton being passed from one icon to the next. From Rosario to Rocafonda. From one D10S to a new prodigy. Lamine...
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03 JAN 2025 • 2 MIN
A signature silo steeped in story and soaked in style, Lionel Messi’s latest drop from the Three Stripes, dubbed ‘Prestig10’, is more than just footwear—it’s...
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17 JAN 2025 • 2 MIN
Another day, another F50 Messi. Adidas have unveiled the Argentine’s next signature boot, taking inspiration from his time in the Miami sun. This time, the...
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11 JAN 2025 • 3 MIN
He’s back again with another F50. The eight-time Ballon D’or winner receives his latest signature boot with ‘La Vida Rapida’. This F50 model will be worn...
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04 JAN 2024 • 3 MIN
Marking a significant cultural moment in the game, adidas has launched an all-new collection of sport-style co-ords called adidas Essentials, and to front the...
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21 JAN 2024 • 3 MIN
Over the weekend, Lionel Messi guided Inter Miami to a 6-2 victory over New England Revolution with an 11-minute hat-trick, and he did while debuting a pair...
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21 JAN 2024 • 3 MIN
World’s collide as the goat meets the bunny, with adidas Originals officially revealing the Bad Bunny & Messi Collection, which celebrates the incredible...
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09 JAN 2024 • 2 MIN
Ahead of Messi day (10/10), adidas have revealed the new Messi F50 Triunfo Estelar pack, which will be worn on pitch exclusively by Leo and 10 of the World’s...
06 JAN 2024 • 3 MIN
Lionel Messi’s career is the stuff of legend, but it’s not just the goals, the trophies, or the records that tell his story—it’s also the shirts he wore along...
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19 JAN 2024 • 2 MIN
Arriving as the only F50 available to the public to feature tech specifications unique to the man himself, adidas unveil Lionel Messi’s latest signature...
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19 JAN 2024 • 2 MIN
Arriving as the perfect off-pitch partner to Messi’s signature ‘Triunfo Dorado’ F50, adidas have also released a signature Samba to go with it, presented in a...
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29 JAN 2024 • 2 MIN
With MLS returning to action recently, Lionel Messi has once again been in the spotlight, garnering mass attention as he performs his magic on the pitch. Now...
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21 JAN 2024 • 2 MIN
Most people who love football love to watch Lionel Messi play – the guy is on another level. And now we get a little insight into the man behind the myth, as...
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20 JAN 2024 • 2 MIN
Inspired by Messi’s love of his national team and the history that runs through the Albiceleste, Adidas launch the X Crazyfast Messi 'Spark Gen10s’, the...
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16 JAN 2024 • 2 MIN
Been over three months since Lionel Messi last had a signature pair of boots – high time he had a new pair, and it looks like that’s on the cards, with the...
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16 JAN 2024 • 2 MIN
What do you get for the guy who has everything? Well, if you’re sneaker customiser Stepkicks, you create a special adidas Samba, dubbed ‘What The Messi’...
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12 JAN 2024 • 2 MIN
Looks like adidas are set to once again pay homage to their GOAT, Lionel Messi, by releasing a couple of special pairs of signature Sambas, dedicated to the Argentinian.
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19 JAN 2023 • 2 MIN
To commemorate the one year anniversary of Argentina’s World Cup win in Qatar, artist Martin Ron has produced a giant mural of Lionel Messi in Buenos Aires...
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20 JAN 2023 • 2 MIN
Offering a chance to own a piece of football history, Sotheby’s are bringing six shirts worn by Lionel Messi during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to...
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10 JAN 2023 • 3 MIN
When you’ve got two of the greatest footballers of all-time on your books, it feels rude to not bring them together. That’s what Adidas did recently, when...
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31 JAN 2023 • 2 MIN
As sure as day follows night, a new signature edition boot for Lionel Messi follows a Ballon d’Or win for the Argentinian, and that’s no different following...
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31 JAN 2023 • 3 MIN
In what was clearly as much of a surprise for adidas as it was for the rest of the world, Lionel Messi scooped his record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or award...
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10 JAN 2023 • 2 MIN
The Messi signature drops keep on coming, with adidas supplying the Argentinian with the X Crazyfast ‘Bienvenido A Miami’, which draws inspiration from his...
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04 JAN 2023 • 2 MIN
Shortly following the release of his 'Infinito' boots, adidas have added another signature boot to Messi's impressive catalogue – the X Crazyfast Messi 'Las...
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17 JAN 2023 • 2 MIN
Not that it’s a surprise at all, but Lionel Messi is certainly living up to the hype following his move to Inter Miami, with nine goals in six games so far...
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30 JAN 2023 • 2 MIN
Street artist and muralist Andres Petroselli, better known by his alter ego of Cobre, has unveiled his 75 meter tall mural of World Cup winner and all-round...
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02 JAN 2023 • 2 MIN
To celebrate their momentous World Cup win, Lionel Messi has gifted 35 gold plated iPhone 14’s Pro Max‘s to all the Argentina players and staff. Messi...
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04 JAN 2023 • 7 MIN
Adidas Football has just enjoyed a stellar World Cup, with its talisman, Lionel Messi, going all the way to lift the ultimate prize in World Football. It was...
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20 JAN 2022 • 10 MIN
The curtain has finally come down on the first-ever winter World Cup, and while it was Lionel Messi who led Argentina to ultimate glory and immortality, as...
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29 JAN 2022 • 2 MIN
16 years, five World Cups, two incredible players, and a story that's still not over yet. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have defined a generation...
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18 JAN 2022 • 2 MIN
Rolling out some serious signature style for what could very well be his last time on the World Cup stage, adidas have officially unveiled the X Speedportal...
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15 JAN 2022 • 2 MIN
National squads are getting their last bit of preparation in ahead of the World Cup, and in the Argentina camp Lionel Messi has revealed his new signature...
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14 JAN 2022 • 2 MIN
Nuts or megs? Either way, you can get your fill with Pepsi’s latest TV ad, dubbed ‘Nutmeg Royale’, in which Messi, Pogba and Ronaldinho go head to head with...
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06 JAN 2022 • 1 MIN
New season, new signature boots for Lionel Messi, as adidas roll out the 'Messi Balon Te Adoro’, the first signature edition X Speedportal since its release.
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25 JAN 2022 • 1 MIN
Illustrator and designer Pupazarro has imagined football legend's as samurai warriors and they are absolutely banging. Pupazzaro's work previously imagined...
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22 JAN 2022 • 2 MIN
Time for the latest in a long line of signature edition boots for Lionel Messi, with adidas presenting the PSG man with the X Speedflow .1 ‘Mi Historia’...
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30 JAN 2021 • 2 MIN
Lionel Messi scooped a historic seventh Ballon d’Or award last night, establishing a two-award lead over eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo and adding yet...
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28 JAN 2021 • 2 MIN
On the dawn of his Champions League debut for Paris Saint-Germain, adidas and Lionel Messi have teamed up to celebrate football and send a strong message to...
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27 JAN 2021 • 1 MIN
There’s only one Lionel Messi, and celebrating that fact adidas launch the Messi ‘Unparalleled’ pack, with a new signature X Speedflow .1 for the Argentinian...
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07 JAN 2021 • 6 MIN
Cristiano Ronaldo v Lionel Messi. It’s a battle that seems never ending, and following their huge moves to Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain...
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11 JAN 2021 • 3 MIN
It’s the move nobody saw coming… well, 12 months ago, maybe, but not now. Yes, Lionel Messi – Barcelona legend, with 672 goals in 778 appearances – is...
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15 JAN 2021 • 2 MIN
Lionel Messi gave a goal scoring debut to his new special signature edition adidas X Speedflow, curling a trademark free kick beyond the keeper in Argentina’s...
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04 JAN 2021 • 2 MIN
With nods a plenty to his legacy, adidas drop the special edition Messi El Retorno. The boot marks the Argentinian’s return to the brand’s speed franchise –...
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25 JAN 2021 • 2 MIN
Primed and ready mainly for an appearance at this summer’s Copa America, adidas wrap the Nemeziz.1 in gold for the latest signature look for Lionel Messi...
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23 JAN 2021 • 2 MIN
Italian Graffiti artist TVBoy has celebrated the Festival of Sant Jordi – the Catalan equivalent to Valentine's Day and World Book Day combined – with a...
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29 JAN 2021 • 1 MIN
Getting some fresh kicks for the season run in, adidas launch the Nemeziz Messi.1, named Rey del Balon to celebrate the greatest the game has ever seen. Messi...
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