Argentina’s Lionel Messi scores his team’s second goal during the group F World Cup soccer match against Bosnia in Rio de Janeiro, June 15, 2014. Sergei Grits/AP
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina superstar Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international soccer on Monday, ending 21 years of national-team duty that were capped by winning the World Cup in 2022 to secure his place in the pantheon of the game’s greatest ever players.
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