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A 20-year-old Lionel Messi helps to bathe Lamine Yamal, who was merely 6 months old at the time, with Yamal's mother, Sheila Ebana, during a photo session in September 2007 in the dressing room of the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. (Joan Monfort/AP)

Lionel Messi once held baby Lamine Yamal in his arms. Now they will battle for the World Cup title.

July 18, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Images of 20-year-old Lionel Messi and infant Lamine Yamal from 2007 have exploded in popularity in the run-up to Sunday’s World Cup final, when Messi’s Argentina plays Yamal’s Spain for...

Pope Leo XIV makes a six-seven hand gestures as he arrives to attend a prayer vigil at Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Pope’s youth rally in Spain gets raw, with frank discussion of depression and domestic violence

June 9, 2026 at 3:42 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday sought to encourage Spain’s young people to persevere in their faith, as he presided over an evening rally that was notable for its frank discussion...

This undated photo shows James “Jimmy” Gracey. (Gracey Family via AP)

Death of student from Elmhurst in Barcelona was likely an accident, Spanish police say

March 20, 2026 at 3:12 p.m.

James Gracey, a college student from Illinois who was found dead after going missing in Barcelona, was likely the victim of an accident, Spanish police said.

China's Eileen Gu watches during the women's freestyle skiing big air finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, in Livigno, Italy. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Freestyle skier Eileen Gu takes silver in big air as Canada’s Megan Oldham wins Olympic gold

February 16, 2026 at 3:37 p.m.

Eileen Gu also won silver in slopestyle and still has her best event, the halfpipe, in which she will try to defend her title Saturday.

Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud celebrates her gold medal in the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in Livigno, Italy. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Mathilde Gremaud again denies Eileen Gu an Olympic gold medal in freeski slopestyle

February 9, 2026 at 8:23 a.m.

Mathilde Gremaud successfully defended her Olympic freeski slopestyle title and denied Eileen Gu a gold medal for a second straight Winter Games.

Austria’s Anna Gasser competes during the women’s slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Double cork? Blindside? Goofy? A glossary of snowboarding terms for the Winter Olympics.

February 5, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Snowboarders and freestyle skiers will be speaking a language all their own as they “shred some gnar” at the Olympics. Can’t tell a melon from a method grab? Here’s a...

FILE – Hard Rock Stadium is seen during the Club World Cup group H soccer match between Real Madrid and Al Hilal in Miami Gardens, Fla., Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file)

La Liga players protest league’s decision to play regular-season match in Miami

October 17, 2025 at 8:22 p.m.

La Liga players launched protests against the league’s decision to stage a regular-season game in Miami, but the first protest on Friday was not televised as expected.

Liverpool’s Diogo Jota reacts after missing a chance to score during the English Premier League match against Aston Villa on Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Darren Staples)

Liverpool soccer player Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother, 25, killed in a car accident in Spain

July 3, 2025 at 7:19 a.m.

Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into flames, police...

A man rests in the Retiro park in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Scorching temperatures grip Europe, putting regions on high alert

June 30, 2025 at 8:52 a.m.

A lingering heat wave that has cooked much of Europe led authorities to raise warnings and tourists to find ways to beat the heat on Monday.

People wait outside a closed train station, during a major power outage in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain and Portugal focus on cause of huge blackout with power almost fully restored

April 29, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

The cause of Spain and Portugal’s widespread blackouts remained a mystery on Tuesday, with some isolated disruption remaining after power was largely restored to both countries.

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