- 2h ago
Mbappe wins second Golden Boot with 10 goals as Spain sweep World Cup awards
Spain beat Argentina 1-0 in extra time to win the World Cup, while Kylian Mbappe's 10-goal haul earned him a historic second Golden Boot and Rodri, Unai Simon and Pau Cubarsi collected individual honours.
- 3h ago
Spain wins second World Cup as Ferran Torres extra-time goal sinks Argentina 1-0 in New Jersey
Ferran Torres scored in the 106th minute as Spain defeated defending champions Argentina 1-0 at MetLife Stadium to claim their second FIFA World Cup title, sixteen years after their first.
- 5h ago
Ferran Torres fires Spain to second World Cup title with 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina
Ferran Torres struck in the 106th minute as Spain defeated defending champions Argentina 1-0 in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to claim their first World Cup since 2010.
- 16h ago
Council of Europe chief accuses FIFA of bending rules under Trump pressure and opening door to fraud with betting deal
Hours before the World Cup final, Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset called for an urgent integrity framework, citing the lifting of a US player's ban after a Trump phone call and a $150 million prediction market deal.
- 18h ago
Didier Deschamps steps down as France coach after 14 years, citing 'unbreathable' environment following 6-4 World Cup loss to England
Didier Deschamps ended his 14-year tenure as France manager with a 6-4 defeat to England in the World Cup third-place playoff, saying the atmosphere around him had become 'irrespirable' and he was leaving for the good of the team.
- 22h ago
England beat France 6-4 in World Cup bronze match as Mbappé becomes all-time top scorer with 22 goals
England beat France 6-4 in a wild World Cup third-place match in Miami, with Bukayo Saka scoring a hat-trick and Kylian Mbappé breaking the all-time World Cup scoring record.
- yesterday
Yamal set for historic final as Spain face Argentina; England take bronze with Saka hat-trick
Lamine Yamal will become the first teenager to play in both a European Championship and a World Cup final when Spain face Argentina at MetLife Stadium, while England secured bronze with a 6-4 win over France.
- yesterday
England beat France 6-4 in record 10-goal World Cup third-place match as Mbappé becomes all-time top scorer
Bukayo Saka's hat-trick and a Kylian Mbappé double that made him the World Cup's all-time top scorer highlighted a 6-4 England victory over France in Miami.
- yesterday
England lead France 2-0 in World Cup third-place match as Trump criticises Tuchel's Kane tactics
England raced to a 2-0 lead inside the opening phase of the World Cup third-place match against France in Miami, while Donald Trump used a meeting with FIFA president Gianni Infantino to criticise Thomas Tuchel's defensive tactics in the semi-final.
- 3d ago
Chelsea agree club-record £117m deal to sign Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa
The England midfielder will undergo a medical on Monday after returning from the World Cup, where he assisted in the semi-final against Argentina.
- 4d ago
Messi's last World Cup chance meets Yamal's first as Argentina and Spain contest 2026 final
Argentina and Spain meet in New York on Sunday for the 2026 World Cup final, pitting Lionel Messi, 39, against 19-year-old Lamine Yamal, the Barcelona prodigy he once bathed as a baby for a UNICEF calendar.
- 5d ago
Spain defeats France 2-0 to reach World Cup final, equals 37-game unbeaten record
Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro scored as Spain dominated France in Arlington, Texas, to book a spot in Sunday's World Cup final against either England or Argentina.
- 5d ago
Waerenskjold wins fastest Tour de France road stage ever as peloton clocks 50.91 km/h on Stage 11
The Norwegian Uno-X Mobility rider launched a long-range sprint to take Stage 11 from Vichy to Nevers. The 161.3 km flat stage was covered in 3 hours, 10 minutes and 6 seconds, setting a new record average speed for a road stage in the Tour's 123-year history.
- 5d ago
Marciniak waits on FIFA final decision as Collina admiration fuels historic double bid at 2026 World Cup
Szymon Marciniak was not assigned to either World Cup semi-final, leaving the Polish referee in contention for the 19 July final or the third-place match after French officials were ruled out by their team's progress.
- Jul 12
Mbappe and Messi tied on 8 goals as Bellingham's double sends England into World Cup semi-finals
Kylian Mbappe scored his eighth goal of the tournament against Morocco, keeping pace with Lionel Messi at the top of the 2026 World Cup scoring chart. Erling Haaland's campaign ended on seven goals as Norway fell to England in extra time.
- Jul 12
Bellingham extra-time double sinks Norway 2-1, England reach World Cup semis
Jude Bellingham scored twice, including a 93rd-minute winner, as England beat Norway 2-1 in the World Cup quarter-finals at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium.
- Jul 11
Rajoy's 'no Frenchmen' column on France's World Cup team ignites cross-border political storm before Spain-France semifinal
Former Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy's column saying France's World Cup squad plays 'without Frenchmen' has been condemned as racist by both French and Spanish officials, overshadowing tonight's Spain-France semifinal.
- Jul 11
France-Morocco World Cup quarterfinal draws 16.1m viewers on M6, a 72.8% audience share and the year's biggest TV audience
M6 drew more than 16 million average viewers for the late-night France-Morocco World Cup quarterfinal (2-0), despite a 10 p.m. kickoff, according to Médiamétrie figures released Friday.
- Jul 11
Spain's super-sub Mikel Merino strikes in 88th minute to beat Belgium 2-1 and set up World Cup semi-final with France
Mikel Merino scored an 88th-minute winner two minutes after coming off the bench as Spain defeated Belgium 2-1 in Inglewood, California, booking a World Cup semi-final against France in Dallas on Tuesday.
- Jul 10
Klopp reveals Liverpool's secret private-jet pursuit of Mbappé before his 2017 PSG move
Jürgen Klopp disclosed that Liverpool flew Kylian Mbappé's family on a private jet from Nice in 2017, circling over France to avoid detection, in a failed bid to sign the then-Monaco forward.
