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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Read 3 minutes19 Jul 2026 05:34 AM IST Bukayo Saka’s hat trick would steal the spotlight England beat France 6-4 In the third place match of the World Cup, midfielder Jude Bellingham quietly entered the record books and at the same time became the highest goalscorer for an English player in a single edition of the World Cup with 7 strikes. Bellingham scored England’s 6th goal past France’s Mike Mignon in 90+8 minutes in a 10-goal thriller in Miami. In the match, England held off a strong fightback from France to win 6–4, securing their third place in the World

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Read for 1 minute19 Jul 2026 04:38 AM IST It might not be a match anyone wants to play but England and France put it on display in Miami. England topped the World Cup since 1966 and beat France in a 10-goal thriller in which the two sides looked set to humiliate each other at some stage of the match. More to come…

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France vs England FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Live Updates: FRA will take on ENG in the third place match. (AP) Declan Rice has been at the center of things as England came out all guns blazing against France and took an early 2-0 lead in the FIFA World Cup third-place play-off in Los Angeles. Rice scored in the third minute and then delivered an aerial ball with pin-point accuracy for Ezri Konsa to score in the 18th minute. France didn’t change their line-up much with Kylian Mbappe clearly looking to score some goals to boost his chances of securing

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Read 3 minutesUpdated: 18 July 2026 11:59 PM IST France captain Kylian Mbappe posted a farewell note Outgoing national team coach Didier Deschamps ahead of the third place play-off against England on Saturday. Deschamps had already announced that he would step down as France coach after the World Cup and be succeeded by Zinedine Zidane. “Today is your last dance. You who gave us so much. We should have offered you a good ending, but we failed. It is very difficult to put into words what you brought in 14 years, so you were a major actor in the revival

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Read 3 minutes18 Jul 2026 10:23 PM IST The Argentina team is protesting England’s taunting A banner relating to the Falklands War After a 2-1 victory in the World Cup semi-final, the White House defended the Latin American team, saying it was their right to free speech to demonstrate. Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the World Cup Task Force, said Argentina’s team had the “ability” to do so under the USA’s First Amendment rights. “We believe in our First Amendment rights here in the United States of America. In terms of the ability and opportunity to be able to make

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Read for 5 minutes18 Jul 2026 07:34 PM IST 91st minute of Argentina’s Round of 16 match against Egypt. The two-goal deficit was overturned. As Lionel Scaloni later said, his team smelled blood. Maybe they smelled a little too much. A rare one Lionel Messi A miss-pass led to Egypt’s counter-attack. Omar Marmoush had one red shirt on his left side, the other on his right. Next to him is only one Argentina. Leandro Paredes. Pardes looked around for cover. There was no one there. The centre-backs were pushing forward in search of a winner. One perfect pass, and Argentina

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Read 6 minutesNew YorkUpdated: 18 July 2026 07:11 PM IST In the basement of Javits Hall, two days before the final at MetLife Stadium, fans of Argentina and Spain lined up in a meager line for the Fanatics Festival in downtown New York. A hooded security guard, stifling his yawn, verified the allegiance of each new entrant, “Spain in line over there and Argentina over here. No fights please, no punches. I know you guys are sweet.” The two groups of fans were separated by barricades about 50 meters away but he had read of clashes between England and Argentina

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Read for 2 minutes18 July 2026 04:20 PM IST Spain footballer Marc Cuquerella has said he will retire from international football if he wins the World Cup on Sunday. The left-back also said he will get current manager Luis de la Fuente’s face tattooed on his bicep. “If we win the World Cup, I will call Luis the next day and tell him not to believe me, that I am retiring from the national team. With the European Championship and the World Cup, I can’t do better,” said Cucurella. “If we win the World Cup I’ll have a little tattoo

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