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Kylian Mbappe became the first player to win the fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FIFA World Cup Golden Boot on two occasions after finishing as the leading scorer at the 2026 tournament,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The semifinals are always the most obsessively dissected games in the World Cup. They are generally more dramatic and entertaining than nervy affairs of finals, and they are more concentrated with quality than the quarterfinal fixtures.…

France and England meet at Miami Stadium on Saturday evening in the World Cup third-place play-off, a fixture neither side expected to be contesting after both suffered painful semi-final defeats. Didier Deschamps' side were beaten 2-0 by…

Both Scaloni and De la Fuente emerged from relatively understated coaching backgrounds, lacking the elite club achievements that often define managerial reputations. Their early association within the broader Spanish football ecosystem,…

The fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FIFA World Cup 2026 reaches its defining stage on Thursday as Argentina and England renew one of international football's greatest rivalries in a…