Fundador is commemorating Spain’s 2026 FIFA World Cup championship with the release of Edición Campeones del Mundo 2026, a limited-edition bottle honoring the country’s victory while marking a milestone in the brandy maker’s nearly 300-year history. The commemorative release celebrates...
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...
NEW YORK (AP) — The lineup of sports legends simultaneously on the stage at Fanatics Fest on Friday night, July 17, was almost absurd. There was Tom Brady, the greatest Super Bowl champion of all time. There was Novak Djokovic, the winner of more men 's Grand Slam tennis tournaments than...
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (AP) — France and England agree on this: Neither team wanted to be playing on Saturday, July 18. France was a favorite to win the World Cup. England was close to ending a decades-long wait for its first World Cup title since 1966. Both fell one match short of their ultimate...
Lionel Messi has a message for Argentina 's detractors: “Nothing was handed to us.” The Argentina superstar responded to critics who have been bashing the reigning World Cup champions over perceptions of beneficial officiating and favoritism by the soccer establishment. He said the...
The best offense. The best defense. The World Cup final is set, and fittingly, a clash of styles awaits. Lionel Messi — the most prolific goal scorer in the tournament 's history — and defending champion Argentina will take on Spain 's defensive juggernaut on Sunday, July 19, in East...
Judy Ann Santos continues to win over fans online after sharing a heartfelt tribute to her son, Juan Luis "Lucho" Agoncillo, who was recently named Player of the Match during an international football tournament in Spain. The actress ' Instagram post has continued to draw thousands of...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Spain goalkeeper Unai Simón sprinted off his line to beat a charging Kylian Mbappé to the ball with France desperately seeking a goal in the World Cup semifinals. While Simón managed to get there first and head the ball away, he suddenly had the World Cup 's...
