Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé enter World Cup final weekend locked together at the top of the Golden Boot standings on eight goals apiece — and after Saturday's wild bronze-medal...
Read moreBefore Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal ever met on a football pitch, they met in a photograph — and on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, that image finally gets its ending....
Read moreEvery World Cup final needs a villain-in-waiting before a ball is even kicked, and this year FIFA handed that role to a 46-year-old Slovenian with a whistle and a Real...
Read moreLionel Messi missed a penalty. Then he missed another one. Then, with Argentina staring down the barrel of an all-time World Cup humiliation, he did what he's done for two...
Read moreDays after Egypt's gut-wrenching 3-2 collapse against Argentina sparked accusations of bias, favoritism, and even claims the fix was in, FIFA's chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina has stepped directly into...
Read moreHosting a World Cup is supposed to come with perks. Home crowds. Home advantage. A friendly draw, if you're lucky. Nobody told Canada, Mexico, and the USA that the script...
Read moreNobody expected this. Not in Miami. Not against a tiny island nation making its first-ever World Cup appearance. Not against the No. 67 ranked side in the world. Argentina —...
Read morePortugal hosted Nigeria at the Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria in a final dress rehearsal the night before the World Cup kicked off, football served up a proper appetizer....
Read morePicture this. The World Cup is literally one day away. 48 nations are preparing to descend on North America. Fans everywhere are glued to squad announcements and injury updates. And...
Read moreIf you needed a sign that France are arriving at the 2026 World Cup in serious form, Michael Olise just handed you three of them — one for each goal...
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