The Manchester City midfielder had struggled for form after suffering a knee injury in 2024 – but was player of the tournament in Spain’s success.

The future of Argentina’s coach and captain are in doubt after Spain’s 1-0 triumph.

Argentina were reduced to 10 men just before extra time when midfielder Enzo Fernandez was shown a second yellow card.

Mbappe scored twice in Saturday’s madcap third-place play-off against England to take his tally to 10 goals in this summer’s tournament.

Substitute Torres eventually slammed home at the start of the second period of extra time.

England bounced back from their semi-final collapse against Argentina to beat France in a wild third-place play-off.

Rice and his team-mates left Miami with World Cup bronze medals.

Kane and Bellingham wre in contention for the golden boot alongside France forward Kyliam Mbappe, who does start.

Trump has surprisingly joined those questioning Tuchel as England ready themselves for Saturday’s unwanted bronze medal match against France.

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland challenged Rooney to stick to his word.

Tuchel stuck to his guns ahead of Saturday’s unwanted bronze medal match against France.

England squandered the lead to lose their World Cup semi-final to Argentina, with Tuchel’s substitutions widely criticised.

England were knocked out of the World Cup in a 2-1 defeat to Argentina.

Lautaro Martinez headed home Lionel Messi’s cross in stoppage time to seal a 2-1 comeback win.

Anthony Gordon put England ahead in the 55th minute, but Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez scored last-gasp goals for the defending champions

The eyes of the footballing world will be on Atlanta on Wednesday evening for the clash with Argentina.

Lionel Messi and Co lie in wait in Atlanta on Wednesday as the sides seek to seal a place in Sunday’s MetLife Stadium showpiece against Spain.

The teams meet in Dallas on Tuesday night.

James returned from his hamstring problem to help England battle past Norway in the quarter-final.

The back-to-back European Championship finalists were made to sweat in Florida as they came from behind to seal the win in extra time.

The England winger took Javier Aguirre’s comment as a compliment.

The England defender was sent off after VAR reviewed his challenge on Jesus Gallardo in the last-16 tie.

A place in the World Cup semi-finals is on offer in the Miami heat this weekend.

Nigerian artist Burna Boy will also feature during an 11-minute broadcast at the interval.

The Egyptians were beaten 3-2, having led 2-0.

Henderson managed to get booked despite not playing a minute against Mexico and then took a painful tumble.

Mbappe was targeted by abusive comments from Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla after his penalty eliminated the South American nation.

US President Donald Trump has confirmed he personally lobbied his FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino over Balogun’s dismissal.

The 41-year-old’s appearance against Spain was his 223rd of a Portugal career that has so far lasted 23 years.

The US President urged FIFA to review the striker’s suspension.

The UK government stepped in through diplomatic channels to oppose moving the match from 1am to 7pm BST, it is understood

The Bayern Munich striker has scored six goals at the 2026 World Cup.

Jude Bellingham scored twice as England overcame hostility, altitude and Jarell Quansah’s red card to earn a clash with Norway.

Reports online suggested Thomas Tuchel’s side would be able to use the drug to help combat the effects of altitude in Mexico City.

The four-time world champions crashed out in the last 32 at the World Cup following a shock penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay.

Fifa’s technology inside the Adidas Trionda ball showed that Igor Matanovic did get a slight touch which meant Mario Pasalic was offside.

Diego Maradona scored with his hand the last time England played at the historic stadium in 1986.

The captain’s two goals rescued his side from embarrassment against the Democratic Republic of Congo.

England face the co-hosts on Monday.

Kane’s men fell behind to the African nation after just seven minutes but finally fought back to set up a last-16 clash with Mexico.

Tuchel spoke about his side’s penalty preparations.

England lost out on penalties in the Euro 2020 final.

The two-time winners face Sweden on Tuesday.