KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — On one side of the field will be Argentina, the defending World Cup champions, boasting a roster that features the likes of Lautaro Martinez, Julián Alvarez and, of course, Lionel Messi, perhaps the greatest player of his generation. On the other side, Switzerland....
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (AP) — More World Cup teams. Same World Cup story. This edition started with 48 teams; it’s now down to eight, with six of those from Europe. And unless Morocco pulls off a series of surprising outcomes over the final two weeks, the champion will come from Europe or South...
Eight teams are left in the World Cup, and the quarterfinals feature the top four countries in FIFA 's pretournament men 's world rankings plus two others in the top 10. France looks like a juggernaut and is the betting favorite at just under 2-1, followed by Spain and defending champion...
ATLANTA (AP) — For Mohamed Salah and Egypt, what could have been a glorious celebration turned ugly at the end. On the cusp of upsetting the defending World Cup champion, the Pharaohs squandered a two-goal lead late in the game and fell to Lionel Messi and Argentina, 3-2, in the round of 16 on...
ATLANTA (AP) — It was another World Cup epic from an Argentina team that simply doesn 't know when it 's beaten. Trailing 2-0 against Egypt with 11 minutes of regulation time to play on Tuesday, July 7, the defending champions rallied for an improbable 3-2 victory and a spot in...
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (AP) — Lionel Messi and Argentina beat Cape Verde, 3-2, on Friday, July 3, and advanced to the World Cup Round of 16 in a thrilling match in which the tiny island nation challenged the reigning champion until the final minutes of extra time. The go-ahead score for Argentina...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Giovani Lo Celso became the first Argentina player other than Lionel Messi to score in this World Cup as the defending champions finished the group stage with a three-game sweep after a 3-1 victory over Jordan on Saturday night, June 27. Lo Celso, in his first...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lionel Messi, the top scorer in World Cup history, will not start when defending tournament champion and Group J winner Argentina plays Jordan on Saturday night, June 27, in its last match before the knockout stage. Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Friday, two days...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Scoring goals and breaking records is what Lionel Messi does, and he is already doing that again in his sixth World Cup. The Argentina captain now has the World Cup scoring record all to himself after another standout performance, one that began with frustration after...
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — Lionel Messi delivered his first World Cup hat trick while matching Miroslav Klose 's career tournament scoring record Tuesday night, June 16, giving thousands of Argentina fans packed inside of Arrowhead Stadium for a match against Algeria a moment they will...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — In what was likely his final home appearance for Argentina 's national squad, Lionel Messi scored a goal and provided an assist in a 5-0 rout of Zambia on Tuesday night, March 31, in a farewell friendly ahead of the World Cup. The 38-year-old Messi set up...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei won decisive victories in key districts in midterm elections Sunday, clinching a crucial vote of confidence that strengthens his ability to carry out his radical free-market experiment with billions of dollars in...
