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There is a pure escape, a total transportation, that no other field of human endeavour is quite so capable of providing

Shackle Rodri the metronome and Argentina’s passion play can floor Spain in Sunday’s intriguing decider

Argentina are an inexplicable frenzy of tears, rage, ecstasy, barbecue, violence and genius

And if only Ronaldo had the same prescription as Messi

Music extravaganza curated by the Coldplay frontman will feature support from Spanish and Argentinian footballers

Fancy a ticket to the World Cup final press conference? Plus: mucho argy-bargy, and how long is the half-time show, really?

57-year-old France head coach will step down from post after 14 years after Saturday’s game against England

The World Cup final pits the Spanish collective against the most extravagant talent to emerge from its football culture

Uefa has made its opposition clear on a number of issues but is unlikely to put forward a candidate

Manager is said to be an Anglophile, but those feelings are no longer reciprocated after England’s disastrous World Cup exit

‘World Cup might not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are,’ says No 10 Downing Street spokesperson

Spain’s march through the football tournament triggers mixed emotions in the two regions, which both have long separatist histories

Manager Thomas Tuchel to face sustained blitz from British press after team lose 2-1 in Atlanta

Manager concedes side were too ‘passive’ after defeat to Argentina in Atlanta

Players celebrate on the pitch with the message after World Cup semi-final win

Goals from Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez win semi-final for Argentina as England rue caution after going ahead

The Falklands theme was maintained through the day on GB News which this couch watched so you didn’t have to

Substitutions backfire for England, as Lionel Messi helps inspire Argentina’s comeback to make final

Players had appeared ‘mentally sunk by the emotional dimension of the match’, wrote Vincent Duluc

Look beyond the flashpoints and flare-ups, and there is something more profound at work here

Hypnotic belief in the collective process takes Spain to final destination

England have a lot that Argentina don’t have, except Messi

Oyarzabal and Porro score in semi-final as Spain go through to face Argentina or England

Oyarzabal and Porro scored as Spain toyed and frustrated France and struck two goals with cold ruthlessness

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposed his father in a bloodless coup, and passed leadership on to his fourth son

World Cup spotlight causes single games to live longer in the memory than others

Former Spanish prime minister accused of causing diplomatic incident by suggesting France team not French

Why do goalkeepers dive right and left equally often - except when their team is losing?

While harmony is notable among semi-finalists France, Spain and Argentina, that quality appears absent in the England camp

‘Divis­ive soloist’ Jude Bellingham gets his revenge, Norway row their boat home

Fifa president says 48-team tournament has been a ‘huge success’

Some 76 per cent of Brazil’s 2026 World Cup squad were Evangelical Christians, compared to their footballing peak when they were majority Catholic

World champions require extra time after Embolo dismissal proves decisive as Switzerland rue contentious refereeing call

Jude Bellingham struck twice for England while Erling Haaland played a peripheral role

Former Liverpool boss will succeed Julian Nagelsmann in role with a focus on Euro 2028

Adams featured in all three of his country’s group matches at the World Cup

‘The question is, can Norway stay afloat long enough for Haaland’s firepower to send England down?’

The Belfast-based former Fifa vice-president on the red-card review controversy, 57 years of marriage and being caught up in a bombing

Manchester United goalkeeper came on after Thibaut Courtois was injured late in second half

Romário blames Carlo Ancelotti and Endrick for Brazil’s World Cup exit