Lionel Messi has appeared (twice) in a new advert for Qatari telecommunications company Ooredoo. Messi can be seen watching from the sidelines as a group of youngsters struggle against their ...

In the video above, taken from a Japanese game show, legendary Barcelona striker faces off against what is billed as an amazing “robot goalkeeper.” Few human keepers can hope to stop a Messi ...

Goooooal! The RoboCup held its annual four-day competition in Nagoya, Japan, last week, seeing robots from all round the world competing for techno-supremacy. RoboCupSoccer, one of the five ...

The video, titled “Tron 1 will soon be challenging Messi”, playfully hints at the robot’s agility by featuring a football alongside references to football legend Lionel Messi.

The scientists have named a robot with a Messi connection - “a robot that exceeds Messi in soccer” – or ARTEMIS.