FIFA World Cup 2026

How Spain Won the 2026 World Cup: a System That Starved the Stars, and a Bench Deep Enough to Finish It World Cup 2026 Final: Spain Beat Argentina to Win a Second World Title, Sixteen Years After Their First World Cup 2026 Final, Spain vs Argentina: the matchups that decide it, ranked World Cup 2026, Semifinals: Argentina Beat England Late to Set Up a Final With Spain World Cup 2026, Semifinals: Spain Shut Down France to Reach the Final and Leave Mbappé Chasing the Game Lamine Yamal has one goal at this World Cup — and France still can’t get past him World Cup 2026, Quarter-Finals: England Shut Down Haaland and Argentina Break Switzerland to Complete the Semi-Final Line-Up World Cup 2026, Quarter-Finals: Spain Beat Belgium to Reach the Semifinals — and Mikel Merino Wins It Off the Bench Again World Cup 2026: the seven teams left, ranked by their most reliable route to a goal World Cup 2026, Quarter-Finals: France eliminate Morocco with a twelve-minute burst that made the other hour irrelevant World Cup 2026, Round of 16: Argentina Survive Egypt and Switzerland Knock Out Colombia to Set Up a Quarter-Final of Opposites Morocco Reach Another World Cup Quarter-Final and Draw France Again — the Rematch of the Night That Made and Broke Them World Cup 2026, Round of 16: Belgium Tear the United States Apart and Spain Break Portugal Late to Reach the Quarter-Finals World Cup 2026, Round of 16: Norway Knock Out Brazil and England End the Hosts’ Run to Reach the Quarter-Finals Mbappé’s penalty tied Messi. He also broke the World Cup knockout record 2026 World Cup, Round of 16: Morocco changed everything at the break and France changed nothing — the quarter-final in Boston is where both approaches get tested World Cup 2026, Round of 32: Egypt Send Australia Home on Penalties, Argentina Survive Cape Verde World Cup 2026: the Contenders Who Can Break Down a Deep Defence, Ranked — and the Favourites Who Can’t World Cup 2026, Round of 32: Spain, Portugal and Switzerland Advance — and Modrić’s Last World Cup Ends in Toronto World Cup 2026, Round of 32: England, Belgium and the United States Advance — but Only One of Them Controlled the Game World Cup 2026, Round of 32: France, Mexico and Norway Advance as the Favourites Hold and the Road to the Final Narrows World Cup 2026: Germany and the Netherlands Are Out — Proof That Holding the Ball No Longer Keeps Favourites Safe World Cup 2026, Round of 32: Germany and the Netherlands Out on Penalties, Brazil Escape Japan World Cup 2026: the knockout contenders, ranked by the system that survives a tight tie