{"id":9486,"date":"2023-12-06T09:13:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T09:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=9486"},"modified":"2023-12-06T09:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T09:13:54","slug":"lionel-messi-named-times-athlete-of-the-year-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/12\/06\/lionel-messi-named-times-athlete-of-the-year-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi Named TIME&#8217;s Athlete of the Year for 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-tcjim-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-tcjim-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col pb-9 text-sm\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-70\">\n<div class=\"px-4 py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 text-base mx-auto gap-3 md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem] } group final-completion\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full flex-col lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"6bfd24b3-ed3b-4588-9f16-adf92a5ad775\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>Lionel Messi, the Ballon d&#8217;Or winner, has secured another accolade by being named TIME&#8217;s Athlete of the Year. The Argentina captain played a pivotal role in guiding Inter Miami to their inaugural trophy in 2023, scoring 10 goals in seven matches during the club&#8217;s successful Leagues Cup campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Messi&#8217;s exceptional achievements extended beyond club success, as he played a crucial role in delivering Argentina their first FIFA World Cup since 1986. This remarkable feat, combined with other soccer accomplishments, earned him his eighth career Ballon d&#8217;Or award, setting a new record. capping off an outstanding 2023, Messi has now clinched the coveted TIME Magazine Athlete of the Year award. Notably, this prestigious accolade has previously been bestowed upon athletes like LeBron James, Aaron Judge, and Simone Biles.<\/p>\n<p>While Messi also contributed to David Beckham&#8217;s franchise in a late play-off push in Major League Soccer, Inter Miami ultimately fell short of the ultimate victory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi, the Ballon d&#8217;Or winner, has secured another accolade by being named TIME&#8217;s Athlete of the Year. The Argentina captain played a pivotal role in guiding Inter Miami to their inaugural trophy in 2023, scoring 10 goals in seven matches during the club&#8217;s successful Leagues Cup campaign. Messi&#8217;s exceptional achievements extended beyond club success, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":9488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[374],"class_list":["post-9486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-messi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9527,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486\/revisions\/9527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}