Read 3 minutes19 July 2026 09:00 PM IST Lionel Messi’s Argentina are looking for a second consecutive FIFA World Cup title in the final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday night. The Albiceleste relied on miraculous comeback wins in the knockout stages to beat Cape Verde (3-2), Egypt (3-2), Switzerland (3-1) and England (2-1) in the seventh final to advance to France 2022 after winning the title in Qatar for the second consecutive edition. Also read | FIFA World Cup: Every plan to stop Messi has failed. Spain has suffered another blow Messi’s Argentina are aiming to retain

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Read 3 minutes19 Jul 2026 08:21 PM IST The World Cup is set for a grandstand finish, with the title race now down to the final two: Defending champions Argentina and reigning European champions Spain. The two legends will face off on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Spain are looking to win the World Cup for the second time in their history, having previously won the trophy in 2010. Argentina, on the other hand, are just one win away from defending their crown, as they look to become the first team in 64 years – since Brazil

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Read 3 minutes19 Jul 2026 05:23 PM IST FIFA World Cup Final 2026: The FIFA World Cup 2026 is set for an exciting final, with the title clash now between the final two: defending champions Argentina and reigning European champions Spain. Spain are looking to win the World Cup for the second time in their history, having previously won the trophy in 2010. Meanwhile, a win for Argentina would make them the first team to win the World Cup in 64 consecutive years since Brazil in 1962. FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Live Stream Details: When and where to watch

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Read 3 minutes19 Jul 2026 05:01 AM IST Kylian Mbappe made history on Saturday World Cup third place match against England when he scored a brace that helped him overtake Argentina legend Lionel Messi in the Golden Boot race as well as the list of all-time leading World Cup goal-scorers. Mbappe now has 10 goals at the 2026 World Cup, two more than Messi, while his total in the tournament’s history is 22, one more than Messi’s 21. The Argentine icon will have a chance to overtake the French superstar on both lists on Sunday as he takes the field

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Read 6 minutesNew Jersey19 July 2026 06:30 AM IST Years later, it’s a regret for veteran Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson. He couldn’t stop Lionel Messi Not in the Champions League final, not in 2009 or even in 2011. “You want centre-backs who are ready to drop right over Messi and not worry about what’s going on behind them,” he later wrote in his autobiography. “He’s less of a threat than in the middle. The next time we play Barcelona in the Champions League final, I won’t let him bully us again,” he wrote. The next time has not come.

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The mind chased the past, treading the gray line between what could have been or what should have been. But eyes turned to what could have been, what could have been, for the two teams that were beaten in particular in the semi-finals. France lost the strategy; England lost under a load of emotion. Together the two produced a wild thriller, with the score of the tennis set 6-4 in England’s favour, which could have made a definite shot case for entry into the Thriller Hall of Fame, had it not been for the strange nature of third-place games between

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Read 3 minutesJuly 19, 2026 at 12:21 pm IST Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are at the top of the race for the Golden Boot from the 2022 FIFA World Cup and their goal clash will conclude when Argentina take on Spain in New Jersey on the final day of the 2026 World Cup. Mbappe, who won the Golden Boot with Messi’s seven goals in 2022, surpassed the Argentina captain with 10 goals in this edition. The Frenchman scored twice in a 4-6 defeat against England in the third-place play-off match. Mbappe scored a total of 10 goals and became

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Read for 2 minutesUpdated: 19 July 2026 08:30 AM IST The FIFA World Cup Golden Boot race has effectively become a personal competition between Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi over the past two editions. Saturday night, Mbappe eclipsed Messi’s all-time World Cup goal record With a brace in the third-place playoff game, France lost 4–6 to England in the bronze medal thriller. Mbappe’s brace not only took him to 21 goals, one more than Messi on the World Cup leaderboard, but the Frenchman also scored 10 goals in this edition. Also read | FIFA World Cup: Every plan to stop

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Read 6 minutesNew Jersey19 Jul 2026 09:22 AM IST Outside the Atlanta Stadium after the England-Argentina thriller, James Brown wearily unfolds his makeshift stall that sold World Cup memorabilia. He’s throwing away stacks of leftovers, caps and t-shirts before the place is completely empty. “I might open the store tomorrow, some fans might be lingering, but I’ll miss the World Cup,” he says. A mechanic at a highway tire shop, he says he was never a football fan. His only motive was to make quick money. “I’m a footy guy, that’s what I’ve been watching and playing since my childhood.

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Read 4 minutesUpdated: 19 July 2026 07:38 AM IST The FIFA World Cup third-place playoff, rebranded this year as the bronze medal match, is usually a game you never want to play, and that’s what the head coaches of both England and France said in Saturday’s match in Miami. This was also evident in the way the sides played with little attention to defence, all of which resulted in the match ending in a record-breaking display. Also read | Saka scored a hat-trick; Mbappe pulled away from Messi in a bona fide thriller England raced into a 4-0 lead in

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