CORAL GABLES, Florida (AP) — FIFA lodged disciplinary charges against two Argentina players Wednesday, July 29, for striking Spain opponents moments after the World Cup final and charged Argentina 's soccer federation for players showing a political banner about the Falkland Islands after...
BTS member Jimin 's shirt worn during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Topps Final Halftime Show sold for $110,000, tying for the highest-priced item at a charity auction benefiting children 's education. The shirt matched the winning bid for a game-used ball from the 2026 FIFA World Cup final at...
PARIS (AP) — Moments after being announced as France 's new coach on Tuesday, July 28, Zinedine Zidane clenched his fists and his usually measured voice trembled a little. “I’m excited,” he said. “The France team makes you dream. We have extraordinary players, an extraordinary...
Costumes worn by BTS, Lionel Messi’s jersey and Madonna’s gloves are among the items up for auction to benefit the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund. Auction house Christie’s is holding the “One Goal: An Auction To Benefit The FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund” until July 29. BTS...
DRIVING THOUGHTS I have a confession to make. At my age, respectable old women are expected to be watching gardening shows, discussing grandchildren, or comparing blood pressure medicines. Instead, in the past weeks, I found myself waking up at three in the morning to watch football, and go to...
ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) — Lionel Messi arrived back in Argentina on Tuesday, July 21, for a few days of rest following the World Cup final loss to Spain. Messi 's private jet landed near his hometown of Rosario from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 6:27 a.m. Although many fans were waiting with...
Spanish soccer has reached a level of its own. Spain’s World Cup victory on Sunday, July 19, added to the nation’s long list of recent triumphs across men’s, women’s and youth competitions, highlighting the dominance of a system that has stuck to a tactical identity and the development of...
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP) — Kylian Mbappé kept the Golden Boot award and Spain wouldn 't let Lionel Messi get anything else. Shortly after winning the World Cup title Sunday, July 19, the Spaniards claimed all three individual player awards, keeping Messi from leaving with any more...
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP) — Lionel Messi could conjure no more magic. Twenty years after his World Cup debut and a career that lifted him above Pelé and Diego Maradona as soccer’s greatest player, at 39 he could not will Argentina to become the first repeat champion in more than a...
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP) — Ferran Torres’ first goal of this year 's World Cup was the goal of his life, and it put Spain back atop the soccer world. Denying Lionel Messi a second straight title in what he has indicated would be his final World Cup match, Torres came off the bench...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Lionel Messi rarely loses. Spain never loses. That 's been how things have worked in recent years, anyway. Soccer 's best player and soccer 's dominant team are set to collide Sunday, July 19, in a World Cup final worthy of the sport...
K-pop supergroup BTS drew a record-setting crowd of 92,000 people to the first night of their "Arirang" concert at Stade de France in Paris on July 17, underscoring the group 's continued global influence and drawing the attendance of French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte...
