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WASHINGTON: The World Cup final between Argentina and Spain on Sunday will be refereed by Slavko Vinčić of Slovenia, two years after he was in charge of a Champions League final. FIFA announced the pick late Thursday.
Is this Lionel Messi's swan song?
ATLANTA: Lionel Messi has done just about everything possible in a glorious career, but the 39-year-old Argentinian great has never taken on England — he will finally get the chance in Wednesday’s World Cup semifinal.Messi won his 200th cap for the Albiceleste in the group-stage victory against Algeria and dreams of leading his country to the final once again.The diminutive playmaker is surely in the final days of a remarkable international career which began when he was a fresh-faced 18-year-old in 2005.Having broken into the Barcelona team late the previous year, Messi had just starred for Argentina as they won the Under-20 World Cup in the Netherlands.He was handed his Argentina bow by Jose Pekerman in a friendly against Hungary in Budapest that August, replacing Lisandro Lopez in the 64th minute and joining Hernan Crespo up front.Ninety seconds later he was sent off for what the referee saw as an elbow. It was quite the ignominious way for his Argentina career to begin.“An 18-year-old kid who is making his debut for the national team and has so much hope — he can’t be punished like that.
RIYADH: The journey may have ended for all eight Arab nations at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but the tournament will remain ingrained in the memories of Arab fans who supported each nation as one of their own.
NYON, Switzerland, July 12 : Swiss soccer fans saluted their team in the early hours of Sunday after their World Cup run came to an end with a 3-1 defeat by Argentina in the quarter-finals.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 11 : As Kansas City prepared to bring the curtain down on its World Cup on Saturday, local organisers were already reflecting on a month that put the Midwestern city on the global stage.
BEVERLY HILLS, California, July 11 : When soccer players collide in midair, the toll is not always counted in concussions, torn ligaments or twisted ankles.
CALIFORNIA, When soccer players collide in midair, the toll is not always counted in concussions, torn ligaments or twisted ankles. Sometimes it is a broken nose — a burst of blood, a few minutes of treatment on the touchline, perhaps a protective mask and a swift return to play — that becomes the lasting injury, leaving an athlete struggling to breathe long after the match is over. It is a risk that Dr. Farhad Ardesh, a Beverly Hills facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon, says remains one of soccer’s most underestimated. “Sometimes a minor injury on the outside can cause major damage on the inside,” said Ardesh, who has treated professional athletes, including soccer players. “You might have the nose that just looks a little swollen or a little crooked, but the inside of the nose actually has a zigzag pattern or an S-shaped deformity that’s really affecting this player’s breathing.” With several players at the 2026 World Cup competing in protective facial masks after jaw or facial injuries, soccer’s hidden trauma has become increasingly visible. England’s Djed Spence, Austria’s Stefan Posch and Algeria goalkeeper Luca Zidane have all played with facial protection. Other recent high-profile cases include France’s Kylian Mbappe wearing a mask to protect his broken nose at Euro 2024, and Croatian Josko Gvardiol’s protective mask at the 2022 World Cup. To viewers, the mask may appear to be a badge of toughness. To surgeons such as Ardesh, it is often a sign of the effects of trauma. “The face is very fragile after an injury, whether it’s from trauma like getting hit with an elbow or if it’s from surgery,” said Ardesh. “We want to protect the bone.”