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• Messi v Yamal shows why there will never be another World Cup final like this one

  19-07-2026 08:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  It’s in elevated moments like this, when all the usual talk in football takes a more metaphysical hue, that even the most single-minded players can’t help looking for signs and omens.In Spanish training, where Lamine Yamal is “wrapped in cotton” due to recent injuries, they have still been noting every turn and finish in training. “That’s how you’re going to win the World Cup final.”It’s quite a prospect to consider.With Argentina, there has
  
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• Spain end Messi era as Trump’s awkward stunt overshadows Yamal’s coronation

  20-07-2026 08:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Spain end Messi era as Trump’s awkward stunt overshadows Yamal’s coronationAnother FIFA World Cup has entered the history books, bringing to a close one footballing era and marking the beginning of another.Four years after Argentina’s iconic win in Qatar, Spain returned to the summit of world football in dominant fashion.In addition to securing their first World Cup title since 2010, La Furia Roja set a new European record by extending their unbeaten international run to 38 mat
  
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• Leandro Paredes attacks Eric Garcia and Gavi after Argentina lose the 2026 World Cup final to Spain

  20-07-2026 08:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Leandro Paredes attacks Eric Garcia and Gavi after Argentina lose the 2026 World Cup final to SpainSpain claimed a 1-0 win over Argentina to win the 2026 World Cup, adding a second title to their name.La Roja controlled the game and stifled Lionel Messi, delivering a masterclass on the international stage.Argentina threw on Leandro Paredes to seize back control in the second half, but he picked up an early booking, which made his impact wane.It did not help that his partner in the engine room, E
  
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• Juventus consider move for ex-Man United star David De Gea

  20-07-2026 08:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Juventus consider move for ex-Man United star David De GeaJuventus will consider a swoop for David De Gea if they fail in their bid to sign Emiliano Martinez this summer, according to Calciomercato. The Bianconeri are looking for a goalkeeper to provide competition for Michel Di Gregorio, and while Martinez is their main target, there is no guarantee they will land him.Juve need alternatives, and Fiorentina’s De Gea is an option for the club. They believe he has the experience, person
  
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• Ipswich Town agree £20m deal for Abdul Fatawu as promoted Premier League side close in on double signing

  20-07-2026 08:15 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Ipswich Town agree £20m deal for Abdul Fatawu as promoted Premier League side close in on double signingIpswich Town have verbally agreed a deal worth around £20 million to sign Leicester City winger Abdul Fatawu, according to Ben Jacobs.The newly promoted Premier League club hopes to complete the transfer in time for its pre-season training camp in Spain.The Ghana international is now awaiting a medical, which is expected to take place next week, before the move can be finalised.Ips
  
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• Spain hero Ferran Torres reacts after World Cup final winner: ‘Destiny was written’

  20-07-2026 08:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Spain hero Ferran Torres believes “destiny was written” for he and his side after scoring the winning goal in the World Cup final.Torres powered home in extra time to give Spain a deserved victory having dominated the deciding contest with Argentina, with the nation securing a second World Cup crown.Luis de la Fuente’s side are the reigning European champions and looked the most complete team throughout the tournament, with their manager admitting afterwards that they probably
  
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• Harvey Elliott makes final decision about his Liverpool future

  20-07-2026 08:10 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Harvey Elliott makes final decision about his Liverpool futureHarvey Elliott's 2025-26 season will be one that he'll want to forget about.The Englishman left Liverpool in order to try and get in contention for Thomas Tuchel's 2026 World Cup squad.However, after Unai Emery decided that he didn't want to sign the 23-year-old permanently, he ended up spending most of his time on the sidelines and only featured in nine games across all competitions for the Villans.This led to him spending a season w
  
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• Real Madrid are not considering a move for Ballon d’Or winner despite excellent World Cup

  20-07-2026 08:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Real Madrid are not considering a move for Ballon d’Or winner despite excellent World CupRodri has been one of the beating hearts of the Spanish team as they lifted the FIFA World Cup title for the first time since 2010.The Manchester City midfielder captained the team admirably and was a true leader in the middle of the park. His performance across the tournament was outstanding, and he was rewarded with the Golden Ball as the competition’s best player.His World Cup campaign came ag
  
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• Potential announcement date revealed for new Barcelona signing

  20-07-2026 08:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Potential announcement date revealed for new Barcelona signingBarcelona had wrapped up the deal to sign Karim Adeyemi earlier in the month, with the Catalan swooping out of nowhere to acquire the services of the explosive winger.Borussia Dortmund have already confirmed the player will be leaving the club, but Barcelona are yet to officiate the move.Adeyemi, in fact, had arrived at Barcelona last week to complete his medical and was supposed to wait for the official announcement, which never came
  
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• Report: Chelsea moving closer to defender signing

  20-07-2026 07:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Report: Chelsea moving closer to defender signingChelsea in Maxence Lacroix Talks as Crystal Palace Demand £55m for France DefenderChelsea have opened formal discussions with Crystal Palace over a deal for Maxence Lacroix, with talkSPORT reporting that the France defender is firmly on the club’s radar as recruitment work continues at Stamford Bridge.Palace are understood to value Lacroix at a minimum of £55m and there is little surprise that Steve Parish is prepared to stand hi
  
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• 2026 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament: Messi, Mbappe and Rodri make Best XI

  20-07-2026 07:35 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  2026 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament: Messi, Mbappe and Rodri make Best XISpain were crowned 2026 FIFA World Cup champions after beating Argentina in Sunday’s final.Read on as we look at the Team of the tournament.Unai Simon: He won the Golden Glove award and recorded the highest save percentage. His proactive style also helped Spain maintain an effective high defensive line.Pedro Porro: The Spurs right-back was solid defensively, making 37 defensive contributions. He also scored two
  
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• Wayne Rooney delivers brutal verdict on first World Cup final half-time show

  20-07-2026 07:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Former England forward Wayne Rooney has delivered a brutal verdict on the first World Cup final half-time show.FIFA extended the interval during the final between Spain and Argentina in New Jersey to allow for the 11-minute spectacle, which featured performances from artists including Madonna, Shakira and Justin Bieber.The decision resulted in the customary 15-minute half-time break lasting more than 27 minutes.Rooney, who was at the MetLife Stadium working as a BBC pundit alongside Joe Hart and
  
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• Man City 2026 World Cup Watch: Rodri and Spain crowned world champions after extra-time victory

  20-07-2026 07:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Man City 2026 World Cup Watch: Rodri and Spain crowned world champions after extra-time victoryRodri and Spain were crowned champions of the world after a narrow extra-time victory over Lionel Messi and Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final on Sunday.A Ferran Torres strike in the 106th minute sealed a historic 1-0 victory over defending champions Argentina at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and at the heart of every defining moment was Manchester City’s Rodri – a
  
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• Way-too-early 2027 Women's World Cup preview: Brazil hosts, Spain defends its crown, the USWNT comes back for revenge

  20-07-2026 07:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Sad that the 2026 World Cup is over? Disappointed that the United States men's national team didn't make it further? No sweat — we're less than one year out from the real American contenders taking the field.Next summer, the best teams in the world will travel to Brazil for the 2027 Women's World Cup, which will stretch from June 24 to July 25. For that glorious month, 32 squads will face off in eight cities across Brazil to eventually crown a champion.Though the USMNT wasn't able to make
  
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• Zlatan Ibrahimović says he's 1 and done on Fox's World Cup anchor desk: This is 'my farewell'

  20-07-2026 06:03 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Despite the best efforts of Alexi Lalas, Fox's World Cup anchor desk featuring Zlatan Ibrahimović, Thierry Henry and host Rebecca Lowe was a rousing success.But it sounds like a 2030 reunion is not in the cards. Ibrahimović — whose bombastic personality, acerbic wit and soccer insight helped make the desk's segments must-watch — says he's done. Ibrahimović signed off from Fox's coverage of Sunday's World Cup final by telling Lowe and his audience that he's one-and-done
  
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• Lamine Yamal 'completes football' at 19 as Argentina betray Messi

  20-07-2026 04:14 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  When brilliant Spain teenager Lamine Yamal embraced a tearful Lionel Messi at the end of the World Cup final, it looked and felt symbolic. A passing of the torch.Messi, at 39, gazed long and hard at Argentina's fans packed around the New York New Jersey Stadium as they sang his name after what may be the last time he graces the game's biggest stage.And, with the world watching, it was Lamine Yamal who offered the great Argentina icon consolation before they fell into each other's arms.Barcelona'
  
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• Spain Wins World Cup 1-0 vs Argentina: Defensive Masterclass, Rodri Golden Ball & Final Grades

  20-07-2026 04:12 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Subscribe to The CooligansApple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeChristian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros cap off their 11-city Breakaway Tour with an electric live reaction show immediately following Spain's 1-0 World Cup Final victory over Argentina. The hosts dissect a defensive masterclass from La Roja, who neutralized Lionel Messi and held Argentina to zero shots on target across 120 minutes of play. The guys break down the game's turning point—Enzo Fernández's second yellow card for
  
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• Spain's World Cup triumph confirmed what its soccer had been saying all along

  20-07-2026 03:58 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The images were striking: Lionel Messi, tears streaking down his cheeksafter surely the last of his six World Cups, joining his Argentine teammates at one end of the field, comforted in their abject sadness by diehard supporters continuing to chant behind the goal.Meantime, in the middle of MetLife Stadium's worn pitch, beaming Spanish players took turns receiving championship medals before gathering on stage to await captain Rodri, the Golden Ball recipient, f
  
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• Spain keep their cool, as Argentina's disgraceful tactics tarnish legacy

  20-07-2026 03:46 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY — The old maxim that everyone has a plan until getting punched in the face has nothing on 2026 World Cup champion Spain.Luis de la Fuente's men knew Argentina would come for them with fists and boots of fury in Sunday's World Cup Final in New Jersey, and very much had a plan should they take a pop or two to their collective mug.The defending World Cup champion Argentines had made a tournament out of pounding away at their opponents, forcing England, Switzerland,
  
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• Sixteen titles in five years - why Spain are a dominant force

  20-07-2026 03:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Spain have done it again.After being crowned European champions two years ago in Berlin, La Roja are now world champions having beaten Argentina 1-0 in the World Cup final in New Jersey on Sunday.They achieved the same feat back in 2010, two years after winning Euro 2008.Spain's latest success continues their remarkable dominance in the men's and women's game.They are the first nation to be men's and women's World Cup winners at the same time – La Roja overcoming England in the Women's Wor
  
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• Lamine Yamal completes football at 19 as Argentina betray Messi

  20-07-2026 03:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lamine Yamal embraced Lionel Messi at the end of the World Cup final [Getty Images]When brilliant Spain teenager Lamine Yamal embraced a tearful Lionel Messi at the end of the World Cup final, it looked and felt symbolic. A passing of the torch.Messi, at 39, gazed long and hard at Argentina's fans packed around the New York New Jersey Stadium as they sang his name after what may be the last time he graces the game's biggest stage.And, with the world watching, it was Lamine Yamal who offered the
  
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• From Spain with love: A World Cup final 50 million dreams in the making

  20-07-2026 03:42 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The aging toreador paced like he was being stalked by an unseen bull. He was wearing a pink rhinestone-spangled bullfighter's outfit and black hat — and authentic black-and-green Pumas, too —  and he simply couldn't stand still. The last few minutes of the World Cup final — a final where Spain held a 1-0 lead that felt as fragile as glass — ticked away slowly, so slowly, and the pink toreador couldn't bear to watch. He wandered arou
  
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• Winning the World Cup is the final jewel in the crown of a Manchester City midfielder

  20-07-2026 03:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Winning the World Cup is the final jewel in the crown of a Manchester City midfielderSpain have taken out the 2026 FIFA World Cup final as they beat Argentina 1-0 in extra time to win the World Cup for the second time in their history. Former Manchester City striker Ferran Torres scored the winner for Spain in the 106th minute to cap off Spain’s domination at the Met Life Stadium. Manchester City’s midfield general Rodri captained Spain to World Cup glory and in the process he added
  
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• Luis de la Fuente reaction: Spain manager on how they limited Messi, World Cup win, Cucurella tattoo, more

  20-07-2026 02:51 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Note: All of Luis de la Fuente's comments were translated from his native Spanish.EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY — Spain manager Luis de la Fuente was on cloud nine after leading La Roja to their second ever World Cup, denying Argentina the trophy with a 1-0 win at MetLife Stadium on Sunday."I never thought of anything like this," De la Fuente said. "I always just wanted joy in moments. When you look back at this process, I would not have achieved anything without these players. The journey w
  
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• Trump, Bieber and Shakira - a World Cup final like never before

  20-07-2026 02:44 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  The 2026 World Cup final might not be remembered as a superb football match but it will at least go down in history for all that surrounded it.There was the longest half-time in history, featuring performances from artists including Madonna and Justin Bieber, a pre-kick-off speech from Hollywood A-lister Tom Cruise, an appearance by US president Donald Trump and fireworks. Lots of fireworks - all in broad daylight.Spain won the trophy for the second time, beating Argentina through a Ferran Torre
  
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• Victory for football? Spain triumph over 'embarrassing' Argentina

  20-07-2026 02:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Describing a result as a 'victory for football' might seem like a trite cliche - but you won't find many neutrals disagreeing with that description of Spain's win in the 2026 World Cup final.When Ferran Torres slammed in the extra-time winner, and Rodri lifted the trophy high in New Jersey, it is hard to imagine many will have had sympathy for Argentina.Spain triumphed in a battle of endurance, for players and spectators, to beat the Argentines and win their second men's World Cup.On every footb
  
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• Scaloni leaves news conference in tears talking about his future

  20-07-2026 02:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Lionel Scaloni guided Argentina to successive World Cup finals [Getty Images]Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni left his post-match news conference in tears when talking about his future after Sunday's World Cup final defeat by Spain.Scaloni, 48, was bidding to become only the second manager in history to retain the trophy after overseeing Argentina's 2022 triumph in Qatar.But European champions Spain proved too strong, as Ferran Torres' extra-time strike saw Luis de la Fuente's side add to their
  
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• After coming up short at the 2026 World Cup, it's not too soon to wonder what's next for Lionel Messi and Argentina

  20-07-2026 02:09 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Moments after the final whistle blew at the end of Sunday's World Cup final, Lionel Messi was stoic. He stared off into the distance. He sat on the field. He exchanged handshakes and hugs with numerous Spain players — all of whom wanted to acknowledge his greatness in the midst of their celebrations.That stoicism disappeared when Messi received his second-place medal after the 1-0 loss. As he walked off the podium and faced the Argentina fans still in attendance for the trophy ceremony, Me
  
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• Rodri, Yamal, Mbappé, Messi? Who'll be the world's best? Have your say 🗣

  20-07-2026 02:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Rodri, Yamal, Mbappé, Messi? Who'll be the world's best? Have your say 🗣Spain were crowned champions of the 2026 FIFA World Cup this Sunday (19) after beating Argentina 1-0 in extra time in New Jersey (USA).Before Rodri & Co. lifted the coveted trophy for the second time in the country’s history (2010 and 2026), FIFA announced the individual awards.Kylian Mbappé endured a fourth-place finish with France, but took home the "Golden Boot" award after finishing as the
  
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• Lionel Scaloni: Messi 'best to ever stand on a pitch,' says Argentina boss in tear-filled World Cup recap

  20-07-2026 01:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY — An emotional Lionel Scaloni praised his Argentina team and asked for time to consider his future after falling 1-0 to Spain at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.Scaloni was twice given ovations in the media room as he broke down in tears, eventually rushing off stage to gather his emotions.MORE — Rodri ever the maestro as Spain keep cool vs Argentina’s street fighters"It was a dream to play for everyone and we tried up until the very last minute," Scaloni
  
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