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Read the article: RIP KEVIN KEEGANRIP KEVIN KEEGAN
RIP KEVIN KEEGAN Kevin Keegan, one of England’s greatest footballers and one of the country’s most charismatic managers, has died at the age of 75, his family have announced. A two-time Ballon d’Or winner, Keegan enjoyed a glittering playing career with Liverpool, Hamburg, Southampton and Newcastle before later managing Newcastle, Fuham, England and Manchester City.…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 REVIEW – PART 1WORLD CUP 2026 REVIEW – PART 1
Picture : Barcola, Mbappe (most goals 10), Olise (most assists 7) and Dembele – the France power ! The scoring record raised massively The 2026 World Cup was extraordinary in many respects, not least for the dramatic way the tournament’s all-time top-scorer record was shattered.Before the tournament began, the record stood at what now seems…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – THE BESTWORLD CUP 2026 – THE BEST
WORLD CUP 2026 – THE BEST by ISFHS BEST PLAYER : Lionel MESSI (Argentina) BEST YOUNG PLAYER (U20) : Pau CUBARSI (Spain) BEST GOALKEEPER : Unaï SIMON (Spain) BEST PLAYMAKER : Lionel MESSI (Argentina) BEST COACH : Luis DE LA FUENTE (Spain) BEST REFEREE : Slavko VINCIC (Slovenia) BEST XI WORLD CUP 2026 GK – Unaï SIMON (Spain) DF – Pedro…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – SPAIN WINSWORLD CUP 2026 – SPAIN WINS
World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 39 (July 19) – Final Spain vs Argentina 1-0 *Spain became the first nation to win two World Cups in the XXI century (2010, 2026). *Spain became the second team to win the World Cup after defeating the previous two champions during the same tournament (France and Argentina), following…
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Read the article: CRAZYEST SCORESCRAZYEST SCORES
Picture : the first goal of Declan Rice in the first minutes of the game made it crazy ! Craziest score in Miami *The 3rd place game France vs England (4-6) became the highest-scoring game at this World Cup, surpassing Germany vs Curaçao (7-1) at the group stage. *It is the highest-scoring World Cup match…
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Read the article: MBAPPE’S NEW RECORDSMBAPPE’S NEW RECORDS
Mbappe’s records after the game vs England *Kylian Mbappé has become the all-time leading World Cup goalscorer (22 goals), surpassing Lionel Messi (21).One has to go back to 1970 to find a French player topping the competition’s all-time goal-scoring charts (Just Fontaine with 13 goals, until being beaten by Gerd Müller). *Mbappé became the first…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – 3rd PLACEWORLD CUP 2026 – 3rd PLACE
World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 38 (July 18) – Match for the 3rd place France vs England 4-6 *England’s bronze is their second-best success at the World Cup, behind their 1966 title on home soil. *England lost all their previous 3 World Cup matches against a defending champion:2-4 vs Uruguay in 1954,1-3 vs Brazil…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – FINAL PREVIEWWORLD CUP 2026 – FINAL PREVIEW
Picture : Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal, two generations for one winner ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Final Preview Spain vs Argentina (New York, July 19) *It will be the 2nd World Cup final for Spain and the 7th for Argentina who is now the nation that have played the second-most World Cup finals,…
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Read the article: LIONEL MESSI’S THIRD FINALLIONEL MESSI’S THIRD FINAL
Messi ties Cafu as World Cup’s 3-final participant By playing the final against Spain, Lionel Messi is set to become the only 2nd player in history to appear in three World Cup finals.The first and unique until this edition was Cafu who played for Brazil in the 1994, 1998 and 2002 finals.Unlike him, Messi’s finals…
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Read the article: CLUB WORLD RANKING 2026CLUB WORLD RANKING 2026
THE TOP 500 Paris Saint-Germain FC , winner of THE CLUB WORLD RANKING 2025, leads again the Ranking 2026 before FC Bayern München and Arsenal. PSG and Bayern have a confortable advance to run together for the Award 2026 end december ! Top 21 : 8 countries , England 5 clubs , Germany 4 clubs…
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Read the article: LIONEL SCALONI EQUALED RECORDLIONEL SCALONI EQUALED RECORD
Will Scaloni repeat the unique Pozzo’s feat? Lionel Scaloni has equaled the record for the number of World Cup final appearances by a coach (two), a record set by Vittorio Pozzo in 1938 and subsequently matched by five others.For five of the seven record-coholders, including Scaloni, these final appearances occurred in consecutive World Cup tournaments.Mario…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 35WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 35
Picture : Argentina on fire ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 35 (July 15) – Semi-final England vs Argentina 1-2 *Argentina became the second defending champion in XXI Century to reach the World Cup final, following France in 2022. *Argentina have won all six of their World Cup semi-final matches in the tournament’s history,…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 34WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 34
Picture : Spain have qualified for the World Cup final for the second time, following 2010. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 34 (July 14) – Semi-final France vs Spain 0-2 *Spain are the first reigning European champion to reach the World Cup final since Spain themselves in 2010. *Spain have become the first European…
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Read the article: THE FIRST IN HISTORYTHE FIRST IN HISTORY
Sons playing together at World Cup like their fathers At the 2026 World Cup, three teams featured players whose fathers had also been team-mates in one of the previous editions.Specifically, these were the national teams of the USA, Argentina, and Norway.In the tournament’s entire history prior to that, there had been only two such instances:…
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Read the article: END OF A RUNEND OF A RUN
End of Messi’s historic run Lionel Messi’s remarkable nine-game World Cup scoring streak has come to an end.In the quarter-final against Switzerland (3–1), Argentina met their “quota” (three goals—a tally they had achieved in seven of their previous eight matches in the tournament) without him getting on the scoresheet.Interestingly, the goals Messi scored during this…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 31WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 31
Picture : Julian Alvarez scored a wonderful goal to push Argentina in the semi final. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 31 (July 11) – Quarter-final Argentina vs Switzerland 3-1 *Argentina reached 6 consecutive World Cup victories for the first time in history, surpassing 5 in 1986 and 5 in 2014. *Argentina have scored 17…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 31WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 31
Picture : Jude Bellingham scored 7 goals in World Cups at the age of 23, the same number as Pele. Only Kylian Mbappé scored more (12) while aged 23 or younger. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 31 (July 11) – Quarter-final Norway vs England 1-2 *England have qualified for the World Cup semi-finals for…
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Read the article: LONGEST GOALKEEPER RUNSLONGEST GOALKEEPER RUNS
Simón’s record streaks stopped by Belgium Belgium, by Charles De Ketelaere’s goal, ended two longest goalkeeping runs in World Cup history in 41st minute of the quarter-final game vs Spain.Spain’s custodian Unai Simón (picture) fixed his world records at 6 clean sheets in a row and at 649 minutes of play without conceding.Simón started his…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 30WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 30
Picture : Mikel Merino scored the fastest goal by a Spanish substitute in the history of the World Cup: just 1 minute 55 seconds after entering the pitch. World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 30 (July 10) – Quarter-final Spain vs Belgium 2-1 *Spain advanced to the world’s top four national teams for the 3rd…
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Read the article: KYLIAN MBAPPE’S RECORDSKYLIAN MBAPPE’S RECORDS
Mbappé’s feats vs Morocco *Kylian Mbappé (with a goal and an assist vs Morocco) became the only player in the last 60 years to be involved in 10 goals across two different World Cup editions:2022 – 10 (8 goals, 2 assists)2026 – 11 (8 goals, 3 assists) *Mbappé is the first player to make a…
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Read the article: WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 29WORLD CUP 2026 – DAY 29
Picture : Michael Olise and France in semi final ! World Cup 2026 Statistics – Day 29 (July 9) – Quarter-final France vs Morocco 2-0 *This was only the second time in World Cup history that Morocco lost to a European nation by a margin of more than one goal; the previous instance was also…
