Football

Spain beat France 2-0 in Tuesday's World Cup semi-final at Dallas Stadium, ending Les Bleus' bid for a third straight final. Goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro sealed a comfortable win for the European champions. France had entered the tournament as favourites after a run...

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said his team will go on the front foot against France in Tuesday's World Cup semi-final at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. De la Fuente wants Spain to impose their possession-based style on tournament favourites France, who reached the last fo...

Spain beat Belgium 2-1 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Friday, with substitute Mikel Merino scoring a late winner to send the European champions into a World Cup semi-final against France. The goal came in the 88th minute, just two minutes after Merino came off the bench, capit...

France beat Morocco 2-0 in Boston on Thursday to reach the World Cup 2026 semi-finals for a third straight tournament. Kylian Mbappe scored the opener after missing a first-half penalty, before Ousmane Dembele added a second. The result sends Didier Deschamps' side into a last-fo...

The Egyptian Football Federation has filed a formal complaint with FIFA, demanding an investigation into French referee Francois Letexier. The federation says refereeing errors cost Egypt a place in the World Cup quarter-finals after their 3-2 last-16 defeat to Argentina on Tuesd...

Switzerland beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties in Vancouver on Tuesday after 120 goalless minutes, reaching the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1954. Ruben Vargas scored the winning spot-kick to send the Swiss through to face defending champions Argentina in Kansas ...

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan accused match officials of injustice after his side lost a dramatic Argentina Egypt World Cup Round of 16 tie 3-2 in Atlanta on Tuesday. Argentina came from two goals down, with Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernandez scoring late, to reach the quarter-finals.Wh...

France face Norway in a World Cup Group I decider on Friday, with Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland going head-to-head in what could be the tournament's defining individual duel. Both forwards have scored four goals apiece, sitting just behind Golden Boot leader Lionel Messi on fi...

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first man to score in six different World Cups on Tuesday, netting twice as Portugal thrashed Uzbekistan 5-0 in Houston. The result lifted Portugal's World Cup campaign back on track after a disappointing start. On the same day, England's push to reac...

Lionel Messi became the World Cup's all-time leading goalscorer on Monday, scoring twice in Argentina's 2-0 win over Austria in Texas to fire the holders into the knockout rounds. France also advanced after surviving a two-hour weather delay to beat Iraq 3-0 in Philadelphia, whil...