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Page සිංහල EnglishContact us Home Home Lanka Hot Gossip Mini News "); ‘I’m going to Miami’ - Messi confirms move to MLS Lanka Hot News Lionel Messi on Wednesday announced that he intends to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent after parting ways with French champions Paris St Germain and snubbing a lucrative contract offer in Saudi Arabia. Messi, who played his final game for PSG over the weekend, was also linked with a return to Barcelona, but the Spanish club have had their hands tied due to LaLiga’s financial fair play rules. I made the decision that I’m going to go to Miami,” Messi said in an interview with Mundo Deportivo and Sport newspapers. I still haven’t closed it 100%. I’m still missing a few things, but we decided to go ahead. If Barcelona didn’t work out, I wanted to leave Europe, get out of the spotlight and think more about my family.” Messi, who led Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar in December and has earned a record seven Ballon d’Or awards, won the Ligue 1 title in his two seasons with PSG as well as the French Super Cup in 2022. After winning the World Cup and not being able to go to Barca, it was time to go to the U.S. league to experience football in a different way and enjoy the day-to-day,” Messi said. Obviously with the same responsibility and desire to want to win and to always do things well. But with more peace of mind.” OWNERSHIP STAKE The move is also a big win for MLS, which welcomed Messi while adding that work remained to finalise the details of the formal agreement. The (goat) is coming,” MLS tweeted, with a goat animal emoji standing in for the phrase greatest of all time”. Millions of MLS fans all over the world welcome you, Leo.” Messi had wanted to go to a club where he could eventually have an ownership stake, a source with knowledge of the negotiations told Reuters this week, and his contract is expected to pave the way for him to do so after he retires. He will also receive a cut of the revenue from Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass, which broadcasts the league’s games, and be able to maximize his existing sponsorship deal with Adidas. MLS earns a flat fee of around $250 million per year from Apple until it reaches a certain threshold of subscriptions, after which point it will earn a share of the revenue from those subscriptions. Messi’s move to MLS is expected to drive viewers to the Apple TV streaming platform given he is the world’s most recognisable soccer player. The forward was also linked with a move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal after he received a formal offer. The Gulf country has been looking to bring the game’s biggest players to its league and was successful in convincing Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo to join Al Nassr soon after the World Cup. French striker Karim Benzema joined Al Ittihad this week. If it had been a question of money, I would have gone to Arabia or elsewhere where they offered me a lot of money,” Messi said. Inter Miami are co-owned by former England captain David Beckham, who was one of the first major European stars to move to the United States to play in the MLS, winning the MLS Cup twice with Los Angeles Galaxy. Messi will have his work cut out in Miami, however, with the club at rock bottom of the Eastern Conference standings - six points from ninth place, the final spot which would give them a chance of qualifying for the playoffs. The team sacked coach Phil Neville last week after a dismal run of 10 defeats and five wins this season, a stark contrast to last season when they finished sixth and qualified for the MLS Cup playoffs. PSG EXIT Once the crown jewel of European football, Messi has effectively been let go by two super clubs in two years - for free. At Barcelona, Messi has several records to his name at the club he did not want to leave, in a city he had called home since he was a teenager. But Messi had no choice in the manner of his exit from Barcelona in 2021 as the club failed to make it financially feasible to retain his services. His move away from PSG, however, is of his own volition as he felt the French club lacked a project for the future while fan unrest hastened his exit. The highs after winning Argentina’s first World Cup in 36 years were quickly offset by the lows he experienced in Paris. Even before he could rest on his World Cup laurels he found himself in the eye of a storm when, for the first time in his illustrious career, his club’s fans turned against him amid PSG’s troubling form. Supporters of PSG, owned and funded by Qatar Sports Investments, have become accustomed to winning domestic titles in the past decade. They won their ninth title in 11 seasons last month. But the holy grail - the Champions League - remains elusive after yet another meek exit in the last 16. ‘I’m going to Miami’ - Messi confirms move to MLS Read MoreTrump to appear in Federal court on Tuesday Lanka Hot News Donald Trump will appear in a federal court in Miami on Tuesday after being charged over his handling of classified documents, his lawyer says. Taking to his social media – Social Truth, Trump announced that his attorneys have informed him he has been indicted for a second time over the mishandling of classified documents. He also said that he has been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM”. Reports suggest he is facing a multi-count indictment related to retaining national defence information, and obstruction of justice. However, The indictment – a document which details the charges against him – has not been publicly released The former president, who is campaigning to return to the White House in 2024, says the move is a disgusting act of election interference”. I never thought it possible that such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States, who received far more votes than any sitting President in the History of our Country, and is currently leading, by far, all Candidates, both Democrat and Republican, in Polls of the 2024 Presidential Election,” he wrote. The Department of Justice has yet to put out a statement. This will be Trump’s second court summons in a matter of months after a New York grand jury indicted him in April. Trump to appear in Federal court on Tuesday Read MoreZelensky is Time Magazine’s 2022 Person of the Year Lanka Hot News slide Time Magazine has named Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and the spirit of Ukraine” as its 2022 Person of the Year. The award goes to an event or person deemed to have had the most influence on global events over the past 12 months. Other finalists included protesters in Iran, China’s leader Xi Jinping and the US Supreme Court. The magazine’s editor said the decision was the most clear-cut in memory”. In a world that had come to be defined by its divisiveness, there was a coming together around this cause, around this country,” Edward Felsenthal wrote. He added that the spirit of Ukraine” referred to Ukrainians around the world, including many who fought behind the scenes”. This includes people like Ievgen Klopotenko, a chef who provided thousands of free meals to Ukrainians and medic Yuliia Payevska who was captured, then released after three months in Russian captivity. The magazine said Mr Zelensky had inspired Ukrainians and was recognised internationally for his courage in resisting the Russian invasion. Zelensky’s success as a wartime leader has relied on the fact that courage is contagious,” it said. British trauma surgeon David Nott, who went into Ukraine to help those injured in the war, is one of several others who feature on the magazine’s cover. Women in Iran were Time’s 2022 Heroes of the year and the K-pop band Blackpink were recognised as Time’s Entertainer of the year. American baseballer Aaron Judge has been recognised as the Athlete of the Year and Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh is the Icon of the Year. Elon Musk, who was last year’s winner, was again listed as a finalist. In 2021, his electric car...