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If football really is decided by the better team, then this World Cup final took its time getting there. For almost 120 minutes at MetLife Stadium, Spain did everything except score. They controlled possession, dictated the…

Argentina Are One Goal and One Win From Immortality. Lionel Messi Is the Reason Both Are Possible. Argentina enter the 2026 World Cup final as the underdogs. They have reached it by being better than the odds, which is a habit this squad…

There is a generation of football supporters — those born somewhere in the corridor between the mid-eighties and the late nineties — for whom the game has been organised, for their entire conscious lives, around a small number of enormous…

Didier Deschamps has revealed that the growing pressure and "stifling atmosphere" surrounding his role as France head coach convinced him it was time to bring an end to one of the most successful managerial tenures in international…

Kylian Mbappé has rewritten fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FIFA World Cup history, surpassing Lionel Messi to become the competition's all-time leading goalscorer just a day before…

Jude Bellingham became the first England player to score seven goals at a single fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FIFA World Cup after finding the net in the closing moments of the Three…

When the 2026 fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FIFA World Cup final kicks off at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, it will be more than a clash between Argentina and Spain. It will be a…

Spain and Argentina meet at New York-New Jersey Stadium on Sunday evening in the World Cup final, a genuine clash between continental champions as reigning European champions face the defending world champions. Luis de la Fuente's side…

Andres Escobar’s ghost still seems to be casting a poignant shadow over Colombian football. Otherwise, why should a footballer fear for his life, for a sporting failure, even after 32 years since Escobar's martyrdom in Colombia? I should,…

England rounded off their 2026 World Cup campaign with a remarkable 6-4 victory over France to secure third place in Miami. Bukayo Saka produced the standout display of the night with a hat-trick, while Declan Rice, Ezri Konsa and Jude…