Lionel Messi Named FIFA World Cup 2026 Best Player by AIPS

Kathmandu. The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has declared Argentina captain Lionel Messi as the best player of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Messi was declared the best player based on votes from 472 sports journalists from 121 countries worldwide, said AIPS Asia Treasurer Niranjan Rajbanshi. Messi secured a total of one thousand one hundred seventy-nine points, surpassing France's Kylian Mbappe (717 points) and England's Jude Bellingham (470 points).