Last night, Spain defeated Argentina to win the World Cup. Ordinarily, for those of us with no national connection to either country, the choice of whom to support would have been gloriously trivial.

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Switzerland manager Murat Yakin expressed his delight at breaking the country's penalty "curse" after beating Colombia in a shootout Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Substitute ...

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Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo’s final World Cup ended with a Spanish sting in the tail, courtesy of Mikel Merino’s last-gasp winner that earned a 1-0 round-of-16 win, but he was unwilling to make ...

With the group stage wrapping up at the 2026 World Cup, fans have gotten a good look at kits for all 48 teams. Nike, adidas and Puma have dominated most of the conversation, but Umbro and Saeta have ...

© Richard Heathcote/Getty ImagesPaulo Dybala of Argentina celebrates scoring a goal. Along with the decision to bet on promising players, Dybala is coming off a ...

We take a break from the ongoing tiebreakers that have punctuated the early matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup to salute, well, us. We're a hit! No, this isn't a statement about the promising and ...

The 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup got underway with the first of three opening ceremonies in Mexico on Thursday, with a tribute to the co-host nation's Indigenous cultures and pop performances to help ...

With a host country actively at war with a participating nation, this year’s tournament is set to be unlike any other. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. See more of our coverage in your ...

The astronauts flying aboard the Artemis II mission to the Moon last month took a lot of pictures, and a few dozen of the best ones were released during and shortly afterward the flight. But it wasn’t ...