When Sunday’s World Cup final finally ended, there was a president on one side of the field and a king on the other. It took six goals, 120 minutes and a four-round penalty-kick shootout to separate ...

LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi, wearing a black Qatari robe over his blue-and-white Argentina shirt, kissed the World Cup, shuffled toward his teammates and hoisted the golden trophy high in the ...

Lionel Messi's wait for World Cup glory is finally over after Argentina beat France in a dramatic penalty shootout on Sunday. It was a final for the ages, with momentum swinging both ways throughout a ...

With Lionel Messi’s Argentina among the winners and Kylian Mbappé’s France among the losers, the FIFA 2026 World Cup Draw has now mapped out each nation’s path through the tournament. The draw for the ...

LUSAIL, Qatar — Lionel Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete. The Argentina superstar is finally a World Cup champion. Messi scored two goals and then another in a shootout as Argentina beat ...

AL KHOR, Qatar - This is how it had to be. For Lionel Messi to have it all — the win, the story, the fairytale, the ultimate stamp of immortality — this is the one. There could have been spicier and ...

Lionel Messi of Argentina scores the team's first goal from the penalty spot during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on December 18, 2022 in ...

As France manager Didier Deschamps prepares for what will be his final major competition with the national team, he acknowledges that the upcoming event carries extra weight — especially with the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi, wearing a ...