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Lionel Messi Begins on-field Workouts, Could Rejoin Inter Miami before MLS Playoffs

Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi leaves the pitch after picking up an injury during the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament final football match between Argentina and Colombia at the Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami, Florida on July 14, 2024. (AFP)
Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi leaves the pitch after picking up an injury during the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament final football match between Argentina and Colombia at the Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami, Florida on July 14, 2024. (AFP)
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Lionel Messi Begins on-field Workouts, Could Rejoin Inter Miami before MLS Playoffs

Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi leaves the pitch after picking up an injury during the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament final football match between Argentina and Colombia at the Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami, Florida on July 14, 2024. (AFP)
Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi leaves the pitch after picking up an injury during the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament final football match between Argentina and Colombia at the Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami, Florida on July 14, 2024. (AFP)

Miami coach Tata Martino said Friday that Lionel Messi has begun individual on-field training this week and could be ready to join Inter Miami on the field before the end of the MLS regular season.

Messi has been out with a right ankle injury since Argentina’s July 14 Copa America final win over Colombia.

He will not play when Inter Miami hosts FC Cincinnati on Saturday, and was omitted from Argentina’s national team roster for its two September World Cup qualifiers.

He has not played for Inter Miami since July 1, but Martino said he could join the team in full training soon.

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Saudi Arabia to Host PFL 'Battle of the Giants' Championship in October

 The event will take place on October, 19 at Mayadeen Hall in Riyadh - SPA
 The event will take place on October, 19 at Mayadeen Hall in Riyadh - SPA
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Saudi Arabia to Host PFL 'Battle of the Giants' Championship in October

 The event will take place on October, 19 at Mayadeen Hall in Riyadh - SPA
 The event will take place on October, 19 at Mayadeen Hall in Riyadh - SPA

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the most prominent event in mixed martial arts, Battle of the Giants, which will bring together Brazilian champion Renan Ferreira and his Cameroonian rival Francis Ngannou for the Professional Fighters League (PFL) heavyweight championship title, SPA reported.

The event will take place on October, 19 at Mayadeen Hall in Riyadh, and it will be under the supervision of the Saudi Ministry of Sports and the organization of the Saudi Mixed Martial Arts Federation in cooperation with the World Martial Arts Association.
"I am happy to return to Saudi Arabia and be in Riyadh, which has a special place in my heart. The Saudi public welcomed me enthusiastically last time, so I am looking forward to performing in front of them and winning this great fight," Ngannou told a news conference in Washington, D.C.
Ferreira, the current PFL heavyweight champion, said, "I am very excited to be in the Kingdom for the first time, and I want to be part of the development of this sport there, by participating in this match in which I will definitely give all my best to achieve a historic victory that adds to my previous successes."
The fight will be preceded by another outstanding one on the women’s side in which MMA great Cris Cyborg will face champion Larissa Pacheco in another highly anticipated and exciting competition between two champions.