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2026 FIFA World Cup
Get ready for the World Cup final! What you need to know, top players, best moments, predictions, odds
We're down to the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as there are now just two teams still harboring dreams of becoming world champions.
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World Cup Daily live: Final countdown as Spain-Argentina get ready to take New York
Klinsmann: The World Cup final will be an extreme mental battle
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McManaman: Spain have to be perfect to beat Argentina
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Asking Barcelona locals if they want Yamal or Messi to win the World Cup
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Messi gives his take on 'crazy' full-circle Lamine Yamal fixture
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Top Headlines
Master vs. apprentice
It's Lamine Yamal vs. Lionel Messi: The young pretender vs. the legend
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'The stars align!': Photographer recalls viral Messi-Yamal photos
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2026 FIFA World Cup
No one wanted to play, but England helped deliver a third-place match to treasure
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Player ratings: Bukayo Saka gets 9/10 as England beat France to seal third place
Transfer Talk
Transfer rumors, news: Barcelona set deadline for Álvarez; Rodri wants Real Madrid
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Onuoha: Morgan Rogers joining Chelsea is Alonso's statement of intent
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The GOAT of all sports?
This World Cup seals it: Messi is the greatest male athlete the world has ever seen
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Should Messi win the Ballon d'Or if Argentina win the World Cup?
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La Roja are ready
Press and possess: Spain's secret sauce is a suffocating defense
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Back to his Ballon d'Or-winning best, Rodri has powered Spain to World Cup final
World Cup fun
World's most remote World Cup final watch parties, from Antarctica to 'Mars of the mid-Atlantic'
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What's in an emote? Analyzing 747 gestures during the World Cup group stage
Looking back at the USMNT's World Cup
World Cup time capsule: Images the USMNT will remember forever
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Ream reflects on USMNT disappointment and World Cup legacy
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Top Headlines
- England hold off France in WC game for the ages
- Mbappé breaks Messi's World Cup goals record
- Sources: Chelsea agree $157M Rogers deal
- Gotham FC HC departs for 5-week paternity leave
- Summit FC beat Thorns in Lindsey Heaps' debut
- Wrexham beat Man Utd 1-0 in Helsinki friendly
- Argentina's Martínez admits playing with pain
- Wenger: Future of hydration breaks undecided
- 👀How Argentina beat Spain to recruit Messi
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2026 World Cup Stock Watch: Which players starred?
The FIFA World Cup is into the semifinals, but which players have impressed and which have struggled during both tournaments?
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Projecting the USMNT 2030 World Cup roster: 30 players to rep the U.S. in four years
The tears are barely dry from the USMNT's 2026 World Cup exit, but the page immediately turns to the 2030 World Cup. Here's who could represent the U.S. in four years.
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Breakout stars of the 2026 World Cup: Diomande, Freeman, Manzambi, more
The 2026 World Cup will be remembered for how all the superstars showed up and dominated, but we've also had a few young talents breaking though. Here are four of the best we'll remember going into the 2026-27 season.
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The Dream Factory: Inside the 'cruel' system behind Argentina's soccer empire
An investigation into Argentina's soccer system that produced the defending World Cup champions found that it is rife with exploitation.
Legends chasing milestones
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Cristiano Ronaldo goal tracker: Road to 1,000 career goals
With Cristiano Ronaldo on the quest to score 1,000 goals, ESPN provides goal-by-goal analysis of the Portuguese superstar's quest.
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Messi tracker: Goals, assists, key moments in 2026
ESPN provides game-by-game analysis of Lionel Messi's performances for Inter Miami and Argentina.
