Opinion byWinston AldworthHead of Sport·NZ Herald·7 Oct, 2026 06:25 AM4 mins to readWinston Aldworth is Head of Sport for NZME, working alongside New Zealand’s best sports journalists in the radio and publishing teams.The Warriors' Wayde Egan turned down advances to join the Kiwis for the World Cup, Alex de Minaur pulls out of China's tennis Open final. Video / NZ HeraldWith his final game for Argentina behind him, Lionel Messi goes into international retirement regarded by many as the greatest footballer of all time. And rightly so. He won a World Cup in Qatar in 2022, silencing critics who claimed that without the Jules Rimet trophy to his name, he
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