Andrew Kerth 
Spain and Argentina meet in the 2026 World Cup final on Sunday, July 19, at MetLife Stadium (3 p.m. ET), and both projected lineups are close to settled. Luis de la Fuente is expected to name an unchanged XI from the 2-0 semifinal win over France — the biggest storyline being who’s not in it: … Read more
Spain’s World Cup history is a story of one glorious peak, decades of underachievement, and — as of this weekend — a second summit within reach. La Roja won its only title in 2010, beating the Netherlands 1-0 on Andrés Iniesta’s extra-time winner in Johannesburg, and on Sunday, July 19, 2026, plays its second-ever final … Read more
Kylian Mbappé has scored 20 career World Cup goals — four at the 2018 tournament he won as a teenager, eight in 2022 when he took the Golden Boot, and eight so far at the 2026 World Cup entering Saturday’s third-place match against England. That total, reached at age 27, puts him one goal behind … Read more
Yes — players receive bronze medals for finishing third at the World Cup. The winner of the third-place match gets medals for its entire 26-player squad and coaching staff, mirroring the gold and silver awarded to the champion and runner-up after the final. Fourth place receives nothing, which is precisely what separates Saturday’s France-England bronze … Read more
The winner of the World Cup third-place match receives three things: $29 million in FIFA prize money, bronze medals for the full 26-player squad and coaching staff, and an official podium finish in the tournament’s final standings. There is no trophy for third place — the medals and the money are the prize. The loser … Read more
Yes — the World Cup third-place match can go to extra time and penalties. Under FIFA regulations, the bronze final follows exactly the same format as every other knockout match: if the score is level after 90 minutes, the teams play two 15-minute periods of extra time, and if it’s still tied after 120 minutes, … Read more
The Open Championship has crowned a Champion Golfer of the Year since 1860, making its winners list the oldest continuous record in major championship golf, older than the sport’s other three majors combined at the time of its founding. The names run from Old and Young Tom Morris through the Great Triumvirate, Palmer’s transatlantic revival, … Read more
When you watch an NFL game, you’ll hear announcers say things like “they’re in a nickel package” or “that was a Cover 2 look.” To the average fan it can sound like jargon. To coaches and players, defensive formations are the chess moves that define every play — how many big bodies are on the … Read more
If The Open Championship ends in a tie after 72 holes, the Claret Jug is decided by a three-hole aggregate playoff: the tied players go back out, play three designated holes, and the lowest combined score wins. If they’re still level after those three, it goes to sudden death, hole by hole, until someone breaks … Read more
Which Open Championship venue is the hardest? Measured by the most honest yardstick available — the average winning score relative to par in Opens since 1999 — the answer is Carnoustie among the regular hosts, with Turnberry’s lone modern Open technically posting a tougher number. At the other end, St Andrews, Royal Liverpool and Royal … Read more