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Advantage is the referee's decision to allow play to continue after an offence when stopping play would benefit the offending team.

The AFCON 2025 final in Rabat on 18 January 2026 ended Senegal 1-0 Morocco after extra time - Pape Gueye striking from the edge of the area three minutes into extra time, after Edouard Mendy had saved…

The 2025 Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris on 22 September 2025 crowned Ousmane Dembele - after PSG's first Champions League title, a domestic double and 37 goals - ahead of Lamine Yamal and Vitinha, whil…

The 2025/26 German Bundesliga ended with Bayern Munich champions, a record-extending 35th German championship, retained with four games to spare after a 4-2 win over VfB Stuttgart on matchday 30, unde…

Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3 at Hampden Park on 18 May 1960 for a fifth consecutive European Cup, in the competition's fifth season. Ferenc Puskas scored four and Alfredo Di Stefano three …

Milan beat Johan Cruyff's Barcelona 4-0 in Athens on 18 May 1994 - Massaro twice, Savicevic's lob and Desailly - having arrived as underdogs with both first-choice centre-backs suspended, so a stand-i…

The 1998/99 final at the Camp Nou on 26 May 1999 ended Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munchen after Bayern had led for 85 minutes: two substitutes, Teddy Sheringham in the 91st minute and Ole Gunnar Sol…

The 2005 Champions League final at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium on 25 May 2005 ended Milan 3-3 Liverpool, with Liverpool winning the shoot-out 3-2 - Jerzy Dudek saving the decisive penalty from …

Chelsea won their first Champions League on 19 May 2012 in Bayern's own stadium in Munich, Didier Drogba equalising in the 88th minute five minutes after Thomas Muller had headed Bayern ahead, then co…

Real Madrid beat Atletico 4-1 after extra time in Lisbon on 24 May 2014 for a tenth European title. Diego Godin's header had led from the 36th minute until Sergio Ramos equalised from a corner deep in…

The 2023/24 Champions League final at Wembley ended Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid - Carvajal heading in from a Kroos corner (74th) and Vinicius Junior sealing it (83rd) - for Madrid's record-exten…

The 2024/25 Champions League final in Munich on 31 May 2025 ended Paris 5-0 Inter - the biggest winning margin in any European Cup final. Hakimi, a Desire Doue double, Kvaratskhelia and teenager Mayul…

The 2025/26 Champions League final, played 30 May 2026 at the Puskas Arena in Budapest: Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1 with Arsenal after extra time and won the shoot-out 4-3 to retain the trophy, the f…

UEFA's all-time honours board after the 2026 final: 24 clubs from ten nations have won the competition, Real Madrid leading on 15 from 18 finals, ahead of AC Milan (7), Liverpool and Bayern Munchen (6…

The first 32-team FIFA Club World Cup, hosted in the USA in June-July 2025, was won by Chelsea, who beat reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final at MetLife Stadium on 13 July …

Chile won the Copa America for the first time at the 36th attempt, beating Argentina 4-1 on penalties in Santiago on 4 July 2015 after a goalless 120 minutes. Claudio Bravo saved from Ever Banega and …

Chile retained the title at the Copa America Centenario, beating Argentina on penalties for the second year running - 4-2 after another goalless 120 minutes - at MetLife Stadium on 26 June 2016 before…

Brazil won their ninth Copa America on home soil, beating Peru 3-1 at the Maracana on 7 July 2019 - their first knockout-final win at that ground, since the 1989 title there came under a four-team gro…

The 2021 Copa America final at the Maracana on 10 July 2021 ended Argentina 1-0 Brazil - Angel Di Maria chipping Ederson in the 22nd minute from Rodrigo De Paul's long pass - ending Argentina's 28-yea…

The 2024 Copa America, hosted in the United States, ended with Argentina beating Colombia 1-0 after extra time in the final, Lautaro Martinez scoring in the 112th minute. It was Argentina's record 16t…

Argentina lead the all-time Copa America honours list with 16 titles after 2024, ahead of Uruguay on 15 and Brazil on 9 - a change from the 15-15 tie that held from 2021 to 2024 and that trained answe…

The reigning champion of each major competition as of August 2026, each bound to the official source already in this graph: Spain (World Cup and EURO), England (Women's EURO), Spain women (World Cup),…

A direct free kick is a free kick from which a goal can be scored by kicking the ball directly into the opponents' goal, awarded for the contact and handball offences listed in Law 12.

The two free kick types differ in three practical ways under the 2026/27 Laws: whether a goal can be scored without another touch, which offences produce them, and what they become inside the penalty …

Dissent is public protest or disagreement, verbal or physical, with a match official's decision; it is punishable with a caution.

DOGSO is the Law 12 sending-off category for denying an opponent or the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, with a caution instead of a red card when a penalty is awarded for a genuine …

The Soviet Union beat Yugoslavia 2-1 after extra time at the Parc des Princes on 10 July 1960, Viktor Ponedelnik heading the winner in the 113th minute, to become the first holders of the Henri Delaun…

Spain beat holders the Soviet Union 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on 21 June 1964 for the first major trophy in their history, Pereda opening after six minutes - still the earliest goal in a EURO final…

Italy won the first tournament to carry the name UEFA European Championship, and won it twice over by the standards of any later edition: they reached the final on the toss of a coin after a goalless …

West Germany beat the Soviet Union 3-0 at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels for their first European title, Gerd Muller scoring twice and Herbert Wimmer once. It stood as the biggest winning margin in a …

Czechoslovakia beat West Germany 5-3 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at the Stadion Crvena zvezda in Belgrade on 20 June 1976 - the first major international tournament final ever decided by a shoot-out…

West Germany beat Belgium 2-1 at Rome's Stadio Olimpico on 22 June 1980 for their second European title, Horst Hrubesch scoring both - his first goals in international football - with the winner in th…

France beat Spain 2-0 at the Parc des Princes on 27 June 1984 for their first official title in any team sport. Michel Platini's ninth goal of the finals - still the competition record, and more than …

The Netherlands beat the Soviet Union 2-0 at Munich's Olympiastadion on 25 June 1988 for their first major title. Marco van Basten headed the assist for Ruud Gullit's opener before scoring the volley …

Denmark beat the newly reunified Germany 2-0 at the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg on 26 June 1992, through John Jensen and Kim Vilfort. They were at the finals only because Yugoslavia had been suspende…

EURO '96 in England ended at Wembley with Germany beating the Czech Republic 2-1 in extra time. Substitute Oliver Bierhoff headed an equaliser after Patrik Berger's penalty, then scored senior interna…

EURO 2000, co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, ended at Rotterdam's Feijenoord Stadium on 2 July 2000 with France beating Italy 2-1 on a golden goal. Italy led through Marco Delvecchio until Syl…

EURO 2004 ended in Lisbon on 4 July 2004 with Greece beating hosts Portugal 1-0, Angelos Charisteas heading in Angelos Basinas's corner early in the second half. Greece had started as 80-1 outsiders a…

EURO 2008 ended with Spain beating Germany 1-0 in the Vienna final - Fernando Torres outmuscling Lahm and clipping over Lehmann in the 33rd minute from Xavi's pass - ending a 44-year wait for a major …

EURO 2012 ended with Spain beating Italy 4-0 in Kyiv on 1 July 2012 - the most emphatic win in a EURO final - through Silva, Alba, Torres and Mata, against an Italy reduced to ten after Motta's injury…

EURO 2016 ended with Portugal beating hosts France 1-0 after extra time at the Stade de France on 10 July 2016 - substitute Eder striking from 20 metres in the 109th minute - for Portugal's first majo…

EURO 2020, played in 2021, ended with Italy beating England 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Wembley - Luke Shaw scoring inside two minutes, Leonardo Bonucci equalising, and Gianluigi Donnarumma s…

UEFA EURO 2024, hosted by Germany, ended with Spain beating England 2-1 in the Berlin final - Nico Williams opening, Cole Palmer equalising and Mikel Oyarzabal winning it four minutes from time - for …

Ten nations have won the 17 European Championships played from 1960 to 2024, Spain leading on four after Berlin 2024, ahead of Germany on three. UEFA publishes two different titles-by-country tables t…

Aston Villa beat Freiburg 3-0 at Besiktas Park in Istanbul on 20 May 2026 for their first continental title since the 1981/82 European Cup, 44 years on from their previous UEFA final. Unai Emery's fif…

Thirty-one clubs from 11 nations have won the UEFA Cup or Europa League across its 55 seasons. Sevilla lead on seven, more than double the three shared by Inter, Liverpool, Juventus, Atletico Madrid a…

Answers to the handball arguments fans actually have, each checked against the 2026/27 text of Law 12: ball-to-hand is not automatically a foul, the box changes nothing by itself, accidental handball …

Handball is the Law 12 offence of touching the ball with the hand or arm: deliberately, with a hand/arm position that makes the body unnaturally bigger, or when scoring directly or immediately after a…

Kicks from the penalty mark under the 2026/27 Laws, in procedure order: who is eligible, the two coin tosses, reduce-to-equate, the alternating kicks and early finish, sudden death, and how Law 14 app…

A walk through the 2026/27 handball text of Law 12: where the arm legally begins, the two live criteria (deliberate touch, unnaturally bigger), the scorer-only accidental clauses, and the three differ…

A step-by-step walk through Law 11 as published in the 2026/27 Laws of the Game: what an offside position is, why position alone is never an offence, the three forms of active involvement, the exempt …

The format introduced at the 2026 World Cup, from FIFA's own explanation: 12 groups of four, a new round of 32 fed by the top two of each group plus the eight best third-placed teams, 104 matches, and…

An indirect free kick is a free kick from which a goal can only be scored if another player of either team touches the ball after it is kicked; the referee signals it with a raised arm.

The 2025 Intercontinental Cup final at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Qatar on 17 December 2025 ended Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 Flamengo, PSG winning the shoot-out 2-1 with Matvei Safonov saving four cons…

The 2025/26 Spanish LaLiga season ended with FC Barcelona champions for the 29th time, retaining the title under Hansi Flick and sealing it on 10 May 2026 with a 2-0 home Clasico win over Real Madrid,…

Law 1 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) sets the field dimensions and markings, goal and penalty area measurements, and the conditions for using goal-line technology (GLT).

Law 2 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) fixes the ball's qualities and measurements (circumference, weight, pressure), the quality marks required in official competitions, and the procedu…

Law 3 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) fixes team sizes, the minimum number of players for a match to start or continue, and the substitution rules for official competitions, including t…

Law 4 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) lists the compulsory equipment (sleeved shirt, shorts, socks, shinguards, footwear), bans all jewellery, regulates undershirt and undershorts colou…

Law 5 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) establishes the referee's full authority, the finality of decisions on facts of play, the narrow conditions for changing a decision, and the refere…

Law 6 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) lists the match officials who may assist the referee — assistant referees, fourth official, additional assistant referees, reserve assistant refere…

Law 7 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) fixes the two halves of 45 minutes, the half-time interval, the categories of time the referee must allow for, and the extension of a half for a pe…

Law 8 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) covers the kick-off (coin toss, positions, ball in play, scoring directly) and the dropped ball (who receives it, where, and its restrictions).

Law 9 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) defines when the ball is out of play, including the specific cases where touching a match official puts it out (promising attack, direct goal, chan…

Law 10 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) defines when a goal is scored, how the winner is determined, and the procedure for kicks from the penalty mark (penalty shoot-out), including elig…

Law 11 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) defines the offside position, the three ways an offside offence is committed (interfering with play, interfering with an opponent, gaining an adva…

Law 12 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) governs direct and indirect free kick offences, the handball offence, and misconduct: cautions (yellow card) and sending-off offences (red card), …

Law 13 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) distinguishes direct and indirect free kicks, sets the procedure (position, stationary ball, opponent distance, the attacking one-metre wall rule)…

Law 14 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) covers when a penalty kick is awarded, positioning of the ball, kicker, goalkeeper and other players, the kicking procedure, and how offences by t…

Law 15 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) covers when a throw-in is awarded, the delivery procedure (feet, both hands, from behind and over the head), opponent distance, and why a goal can…

Law 16 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) covers when a goal kick is awarded, the procedure (kicked from anywhere in the goal area, opponents outside the penalty area, in play when kicked …

Law 17 of the IFAB Laws of the Game (2026/27 edition) covers when a corner kick is awarded — including the goalkeeper eight-second possession sanction — the procedure in the corner area, opponent dist…

Flamengo beat Palmeiras 1-0 at the Estadio Monumental de la U in Lima on 29 November 2025 for a fourth Libertadores, becoming the first Brazilian club to win it four times. Danilo turned in an Arrasca…

The 2025/26 French Ligue 1 ended with Paris Saint-Germain champions for the 14th time and, for the first time in the club's history, a fifth consecutive title, sealed with a 2-0 away win over second-p…

Answers to the offside questions people actually argue about, each checked against the 2026/27 text of Law 11: level is onside, position alone is never an offence, arms never count, no offside from th…

Offside is the Law 11 concept distinguishing an offside position (not an offence) from an offside offence, which requires involvement in active play at the moment a team-mate plays the ball.

A Panenka is a penalty struck as a gentle chip down the middle, timed so the goalkeeper has already committed to a dive and cannot recover. It is named after Antonin Panenka, who won the EURO 1976 fin…

The 2025/26 English Premier League ended with Arsenal champions under Mikel Arteta - the club's first English top-flight title in 22 years, as recorded by UEFA in its Champions League final report fiv…

The 2025/26 Italian Serie A ended with Inter champions for the 21st time, sealing the scudetto on 6 May 2026 with a 2-0 win over Parma at San Siro (Thuram and Mkhitaryan), three games to spare, under …

Both are red cards, but they are different offences in the 2026/27 Laws: serious foul play happens in a challenge for the ball; violent conduct needs no challenge, can target anyone, and counts even w…

Serious foul play is a tackle or challenge for the ball that endangers the safety of an opponent or uses excessive force or brutality; it is always a sending-off offence.

Simulation is the act of creating a wrong or false impression that something has occurred when it has not, committed to gain an unfair advantage; it is cautioned as unsporting behaviour.

The substitution questions actually asked, answered from the 2026/27 texts of Laws 3 and 10: how many changes are allowed, the three-window limit, extra time, return substitutes, and who may take part…

FIFA's The Best awards for 2025, presented in Doha on 16 December 2025 on the eve of the Intercontinental Cup final: Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati (her third straight) took the player awards, Lui…

UEFA is the primary record for European Championship history, and its pages sometimes disagree with each other and occasionally with themselves - about goal minutes, about the format's own history, ab…

Answers to what fans get wrong about VAR, checked against the 2026/27 IFAB protocol: VAR cannot review everything, cannot decide, cannot be demanded by teams, does not re-referee soft calls, and never…

VAR and goal-line technology are often conflated. GLT is an automatic system with a single factual scope (did the whole ball cross the goal line) signalled to the match officials within one second; VA…

The VAR is a match official who may assist the referee only in the event of a clear and obvious error or serious missed incident, in a closed list of match-changing categories; the referee always take…

Violent conduct is using or attempting to use excessive force or brutality when not challenging for the ball — against anyone, with or without contact — including deliberate non-negligible strikes to …

The 2026/27 edition changes that alter match outcomes, from the official IFAB law-changes list: the ten-second substitution exit, five-second restart countdowns, the DOGSO-advantage sanction removal, …

The first Women's EURO was settled over two legs: Sweden won 1-0 at the Ullevi through Pia Sundhage, England levelled the tie through Linda Curl at Kenilworth Road, and Sweden took the shoot-out 4-3. …

Germany beat Sweden 3-2 in Kaiserslautern for a third title, the winning goal scored by a 17-year-old substitute who had been on the pitch for barely three minutes. It was the edition at which women's…

Germany beat Italy 2-0 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo to retain the title - having first had to survive a play-off to reach the finals at all. They finished behind Norway in qualifying, losing 3-1 at…

Germany beat Sweden 1-0 at the Donaustadion in Ulm on a golden goal, substitute Claudia Muller scoring on 97 minutes before 18,000 people after Sweden had unexpectedly taken the hosts to extra time. T…

Germany beat Norway 3-1 at Ewood Park for a fourth successive title, then a record. The edition's defining number is not the final's crowd of just over 21,100 but the 29,092 who watched England play F…

Germany beat England 6-2 in Helsinki for a fifth consecutive title, in the highest-scoring final the competition has had. The scoreline hides the match: England were within a goal after 55 minutes, an…

Germany took a sixth consecutive title in Sweden, beating Norway 1-0 in Solna before a tournament-record crowd of 41,301. They did it having won only one of their three group games - and having lost 1…

The Netherlands won their first Women's EURO on home soil, beating Denmark 4-2 in Enschede having won all six matches. It ended Germany's 22-year reign, made the Dutch only the fourth different champi…

England beat Germany 2-1 after extra time at Wembley for their first major international title, in front of a record crowd of 87,192. Both England goals came from substitutes: Ella Toone, on six minut…

The Women's EURO 2025 final at St. Jakob-Park in Basel on 27 July 2025 ended England 1-1 Spain after extra time, England winning 3-1 on penalties - Caldentey scoring for Spain, Russo equalising, Chloe…

Five nations have won the 14 Women's EUROs played since 1984. Germany lead on eight, a record built on six consecutive titles and a 22-year reign as champions; England have two, Norway two, and Sweden…

The inaugural Women's World Cup, in China PR, had 12 teams and 26 matches and ended at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou on 30 November 1991 with USA beating Norway, Michelle Akers scoring twice. FIFA's…

Norway won the second Women's World Cup, beating Germany 2-0 at the Rasunda Stadium in Solna on 18 June 1995 through Hege Riise and Marianne Pettersen, after knocking out holders USA in the semi-final…

The 1999 final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on 10 July 1999 ended USA 0-0 China PR after 120 minutes, the hosts winning the shoot-out 5-4 with Brandi Chastain converting the decisive kick in front of …

China PR gave up the hosting of the 2003 tournament and it moved to the USA, where the hosts fell to Germany in the semi-finals. Germany beat Sweden 2-1 in the all-European final at the StubHub Center…

Germany retained the trophy at China PR 2007, beating Brazil 2-0 at the Shanghai Hongkou Football Stadium on 30 September 2007 through Birgit Prinz and Simone Laudehr. They were the first team ever to…

Japan won their first world title in the host nation's own tournament: 2-2 with USA after 120 minutes at the Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt on 17 July 2011, then victory on penalties. Homare Sawa's si…

USA took a third title at Canada 2015, beating Japan 5-2 at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver on 5 July 2015 in a rematch of the 2011 final - the highest-scoring Women's World Cup final, 4-0 to the USA in…

USA retained the trophy at France 2019, beating the Netherlands 2-0 at the Stade de Lyon on 7 July 2019 through Rose Lavelle and Megan Rapinoe. It was the second successful defence in the tournament's…

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, ended with Spain beating England 1-0 in the final at Stadium Australia on 20 August 2023 before 75,784 fans. Captain Olga Carmo…

The tenth Women's World Cup runs from 24 June to 25 July 2027 in Brazil - the first in South America - with 32 teams and 64 matches across eight host cities, from the Maracana in Rio to Arena Itaquera…

Five nations have won the nine editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup played to date: USA four (1991, 1999, 2015, 2019), Germany two (2003, 2007), Norway (1995), Japan (2011) and Spain (2023) one each…

The first World Cup, played entirely in Montevideo, ended with hosts Uruguay coming from 2-1 down at half-time to beat Argentina 4-2 at the Estadio Centenario - a final played with a different ball in…

The 1934 World Cup ended with hosts Italy beating Czechoslovakia in extra time in the Rome final, Angelo Schiavio scoring the winner five minutes into the added period after a 1-1 draw - the first of …

The 1938 World Cup in France ended with Italy beating Hungary 4-2 in the Paris final - doubles from Gino Colaussi and Silvio Piola - making Italy the first nation to win consecutive World Cups and Vit…

The 1950 World Cup in Brazil had no final: Uruguay won the concluding four-team group by beating hosts Brazil 2-1 at the Maracana - the Maracanazo - coming from behind through Schiaffino and Ghiggia b…

The 1954 World Cup in Switzerland ended with the Miracle of Bern: West Germany came from 2-0 down inside eight minutes to beat Hungary 3-2 at the Wankdorf Stadium, Helmut Rahn scoring twice including …

The 1958 World Cup ended with Brazil beating hosts Sweden 5-2 in Stockholm - still the highest-scoring World Cup final - for their first title. Pele, at 17 years and 249 days, remains the youngest pla…

The 1962 World Cup in Chile ended with Brazil retaining the title, beating Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final - with Garrincha, sent off in the semi-final against the hosts, allowed to play after a petit…

The 1966 World Cup ended with hosts England beating West Germany 4-2 after extra time at Wembley before 96,924 fans - Geoff Hurst scoring the only hat-trick in a men's World Cup final (18', 101', 120'…

The 1970 World Cup in Mexico ended with Brazil beating Italy 4-1 at the Estadio Azteca on 21 June 1970 before 107,412 fans - Pele, Gerson, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto scoring in what FIFA calls the g…

The 1974 World Cup ended with hosts West Germany beating the Netherlands 2-1 at Munich's Olympiastadion on 7 July 1974, coming from behind after Johan Neeskens's 88-second penalty - still the fastest …

The 1978 World Cup ended with hosts Argentina beating the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time at El Monumental in Buenos Aires on 25 June 1978 - two goals from Mario Kempes, who won both the Golden Ball …

The 1982 World Cup in Spain ended with Italy beating West Germany 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on 11 July 1982 - Rossi, Tardelli (with the legendary celebration) and Altobelli scoring. Paolo Rossi won…

The 1986 World Cup in Mexico ended with Argentina beating West Germany 3-2 in the Azteca final on 29 June 1986 before 114,000 fans - Brown, Valdano and Burruchaga scoring after a Maradona through-ball…

The 1990 World Cup in Italy ended with West Germany beating holders Argentina 1-0 in Rome's Stadio Olimpico, Andreas Brehme converting an 85th-minute penalty past Sergio Goycochea after Rudi Voller wa…

The 1994 World Cup in the USA ended with Brazil beating Italy in the first final decided on penalties, after a 0-0 draw at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena - Roberto Baggio skying the decisive kick. It was B…

The 1998 World Cup ended with hosts France beating holders Brazil 3-0 at the Stade de France on 12 July 1998 - two first-half Zidane headers from corners and an injury-time third by Emmanuel Petit - f…

The 2002 World Cup, co-hosted by Korea Republic and Japan, ended with Brazil beating Germany 2-0 in the Yokohama final on 30 June 2002 - Ronaldo scoring both goals (67th and 79th minutes) to complete …

The 2006 World Cup in Germany ended with Italy beating France 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Berlin's Olympiastadion on 9 July 2006 - a final remembered for Zidane's early penalty, Materazzi's e…

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa ended with Spain beating the Netherlands 1-0 after extra time at Soccer City, Johannesburg, on 11 July 2010 - Andres Iniesta scoring with four minutes of extra time …

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil ended with Germany beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the Maracana final on 13 July 2014, Mario Gotze volleying the winner from Andre Schurrle's cross - at 22 years…

The 2018 World Cup in Russia ended with France beating Croatia 4-2 in the final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 15 July 2018 - a final featuring the first own goal in a World Cup decider and a VA…

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar ended with Argentina beating France on penalties (4-2) after a 3-3 draw in the Lusail final on 18 December 2022 - Messi scoring twice and winning a second Golden Ball, Mbap…

The official individual awards of the 2026 World Cup: Rodri won the Golden Ball, Kylian Mbappe the Golden Boot with ten goals, Unai Simon the Golden Glove with seven clean sheets, Pau Cubarsi the Youn…

Verified answers to the most-asked questions about the 2026 World Cup: the champion, the score and scorer of the final, the top scorer, the third place, the host cities and the records set, all bound …

The 2026 World Cup final, played 19 July 2026 at New York New Jersey Stadium: Spain beat defending champions Argentina 1-0 after extra time, Ferran Torres scoring the only goal in the 106th minute, to…

The 23rd FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States from 11 June to 19 July 2026: the first 48-team, 104-match edition, played in 16 host cities and won by Spain, who beat Argen…

The all-time World Cup scoring chart after the 2026 tournament, from FIFA's own final-day list: Kylian Mbappe leads with 22 goals in 22 matches, ahead of Lionel Messi (21), Miroslav Klose (16), Ronald…

Pele remains the only player to win the World Cup three times - 1958, 1962 and 1970 with Brazil - a record FIFA notes could not even be equalled at the 2026 tournament, since no active player held two…

The all-time FIFA World Cup honours table after the 2026 edition: Brazil 5 titles, Germany and Italy 4, Argentina 3, France, Spain and Uruguay 2, England 1 - with title years and the structural caveat…

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