That's been how things have worked in recent years, anyway. Soccer's best player and soccer's dominant team are set to ...

FIFA World Cup 2026: Argentina and Spain meet in the World Cup final with Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal at the centre of ...

FOX Sports analysts Alexi Lalas and Kasper Schmeichel explain why Spain's possession style will overcome Argentina's warrior ...

USA TODAY's soccer experts break down the matchup between Lionel Messi's Argentina and Lamine Yamal's Spain in the World Cup ...

Sunday's final features Catholic and Muslim superstars sharing a common goal — and offering a valuable lesson for the rest of ...

In a World Cup for the ages, 39-year-old Lionel Messi and his Argentina teammates take on 19-year-old Lamine Yamal of Spain ...

The sport of soccer has belonged to Lionel Messi. The World Cup final may finally introduce the player many believe could one ...

The greatest fiction writers couldn’t envision one of the main storylines for the 2026 World Cup Final involving Argentina ...

Spain's Lamine Yamal spoke about his admiration for Argentina's Lionel Messi back in June, now the two will face each other ...

In one photo from the shoot, Messi is seen helping Yamal's mother, Sheila Ebana, give the smiling five-month-old boy a bath ...

Lionel Messi and Argentina are vying to become the first team to defend a World Cup title since 1962 in the final against ...

For years, there used to only be one certainty about the World Cup final: it would be a dour game. The last time Spain reached the men’s global showpiece in 2010, La Roja battled out a grim 1–0 ...