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By Abdullah Mashuk
Spain conceded one goal in eight matches, beat France and Argentina back to back, and won its second World Cup — but the first 48-team, three-nation…
By Abdullah Mashuk
Spain suffocated the champions, broke them 39 seconds into the second period of extra time, and became world champions for the second time — while Messi's…
By Abdullah Mashuk
England won the highest-scoring third-place match in World Cup history behind a Bukayo Saka hat-trick, while Kylian Mbappé became the World Cup's all-time leading scorer in…
By Abdullah Mashuk
No ball was kicked, but the final's chess match began at the podium, FIFA's Falklands banner investigation kept simmering, and England and France dragged themselves toward…
By Abdullah Mashuk
Nobody played, everybody argued: a matchless Thursday belonged entirely to the shadow of Sunday's Spain–Argentina final and Saturday's France–England bronze match.
By Abdullah Mashuk
Argentina scored twice in the final seven minutes to beat England 2-1 in a bruising semifinal in Atlanta, setting up a Sunday final against Spain and…
By Abdullah Mashuk
Spain suffocated France in Dallas; Messi conjured a six-minute comeback in Atlanta. Here is the complete story of the World Cup 2026 semifinals — what happened,…
By Abdullah Mashuk
Spain beat France 2-0 in Dallas to reach their second men's World Cup final — and made the tournament's most feared attack look ordinary doing it.
By Abdullah Mashuk
France dispatched Morocco behind a Mbappé penalty-miss-then-brace, Spain needed a substitute's 88th-minute goal to beat a depleted Belgium, England required extra time and a contentious VAR…
By Abdullah Mashuk
England survived Norway 2-1 in extra time behind a Jude Bellingham brace and a chaotic VAR reversal, and Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 after extra time as…
By Abdullah Mashuk
Spain survived a bruising, attritional battle with a Belgium side missing its captain and eventually its goalkeeper, needing a substitute's goal in the 88th minute to…
By Abdullah Mashuk
Kylian Mbappé missed a penalty, Yassine Bounou made him pay for it in the only way that mattered less than the scoreline, and France still walked…
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