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Why is Lionel Messi not starting for Argentina against Paraguay in the World Cup 2026 qualifier?

Lionel Messi will start on the bench for Argentina against Paraguay on Thursday as he continues to step up his return from a recent injury. The 36-year-old was forced off in the first of La Albiceleste’s opening two FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier s, scoring the winning goal against Ecuador before being replaced due to “tiredness”. Argentina vs Paraguay FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier: live What injury has Messi been struggling with? That initial diagnosis proved to be somewhat misleading, with Messi reportedly aggravating an old scar tissue injury, which forced him to sit out four of Inter Miami’s six matches after the September international break. 🚨 Lionel Messi on the bench. Argentina start ing XI: Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister; Nicolás González; Julián Álvarez and Lautaro Martínez. 🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/DiSOZ2rCIG — Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) October 12, 2023 After not pl

Russia strikes cities from east to west Ukraine, starting fires and killing at least 2

Air alerts sounded again and again in Kyiv and residents headed to shelters early Thursday morning, as a massive Russian attack on at least six cities across Ukraine killed at least two people, started fires and wounded at least 21 KYIV, Ukraine -- Air alerts sounded again and again in Kyiv and residents headed to shelters early Thursday morning, as a massive Russian attack on at least six cities across Ukraine killed at least two people, started fires and wounded at least 21. The attack carried out on the International Day of Peace coincided with the United Nations General Assembly summit in New York, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a speech and presented a Ukrainian “peace formula.” The missile attack was Russia’s largest since August 15 and came a day after reports of sabotage at a Russian Military airfield in Chkalovsk near Moscow. In the southern city of Kherson, near the front lines, two people were killed in Thursday's attacks and at least five inju