EURO 2012

…it,”

Messi said.

A major international tournament victory is all that now eludes Messi. Guardiola and Ferguson agreed at an earlier news conference that Messi should be considered in the same elite category Pele, Diego Maradona and Alfredo di Stefano.

“Now he can sit beside them,”

Guardiola said.

Messi joined Michel Platini in winning the Ballon d’Or for three consecutive years, though the France great won from 1983-85 when only European players were eligible. Platini called…

Ferrari principal Stefano Domenicali wants his team to focus on trying to help Fernando Alonso overtake McLaren’s Jenson Button in the drivers’ standings.

With just two races of the 2011 Formula 1 season left, Alonso trails Button by 13 points and the Spaniard is 5/1 with bet365 to end up second behind runaway leader and world champion Sebastian Vettel.
Domenicali said: “In the remaining two races we want to try and get on the podium and try all we can to get Fernando to second place in the …