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The Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Independent News & Media. It is the second largest selling "popular" newspaper in the Republic of Ireland, and is also sold in Northern Ireland where a modified edition with more stories relevant to that region is produced. It was first published on 25 March 1973.

Lionel Messi World Cup Instagram post is most-liked ever

Feb 16,2020 8:21 am

By Tom GerkenTechnology reporter

A gallery of Lionel Messi celebrating Argentina's World Cup win has become The Most -liked Instagram Post ever.

The Footballer - who led his team to their first World Cup triumph in 36 years - received More Than 57 million likes for his Collection of photos.

Argentina defeated France on penalties in Sunday's World Cup final in Qatar.

Messi's Instagram Post scored over A Million more likes More Than The previous Record -breaking Post - held by a simple picture of an Egg .

Wait, what was that about an Egg ?

The previous holder of The Most -liked status was indeed an Egg .

When it first appeared it seemed to be some kind of protest vote against celebrity - People were urged to engage with The picture in The Hope of toppling The then-Record holder, Kylie Jenner .

The make-up mogul previously took The Record for her 2018 photo announcing her baby Stormi, which has since collected 18 million likes.

Jenner was The First woman to get 300 million followers on The Social Media site - a milestone also achieved by Messi.

OK, But that still doesn't explain The Egg

There was a lot of speculation about who was behind The @world_record_egg Instagram account and how it managed to attract so many likes so quickly.

Some said it was a marketing ploy from a large company that had bought followers - But British advertising executive Chris Godfrey , along with two others, and that their sole purpose was to Get As many likes as possible.

But while The Egg overtook Jenner's Record - totalling as many as 56 million likes at The Time of Writing - it has finally been surpassed by a rival with several world records in his own right: Lionel Messi .

After The World Cup final, Guinness World Records, noting Messi had surpassed Germany's Lothar Matthäus for The Record of Most World Cup matches played, with 26 - as well as four other records:

With The success of his latest gallery on Instagram, Messi has yet another Record to add to his Collection .



Source of news: bbc.com

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