Spanish football is grounded in the beautiful art of the pass. That's what experts and fans are celebrating in the wake of their second World Cup win. Here’s how they did it.
Jackson Barrett
‘He threw two or three haymakers into someone’s face. There is no place or space for that.’
Harrison Reid
A hot-mic moment said it all after FIFA president Gianni Infantino failed to intervene in time.
Glenn Valencich
They left it late, but Spain outmuscled Argentina to be crowned World Cup champions.
Chris Robinson
Thomas Tuchel's side scored four times before half-time and then had to hold on to win the World Cup bronze medal match 6-4 against France.
Staff Writers
In a battle for the ages, Spain and Argentina will go head-to-head competing for the 2026 cup.
Emily Williams
At the age of 39 years old, Lionel Messi’s sustained and extraordinary brilliance has taken his side to another World Cup final and given himself the chance to bolster the sport’s most legendary legacy.
Josh Kempton
The World Cup final will be the first time the Spanish wunderkind and Argentinian great face off, but it will not be the first time they’ve met, as a crazy twist of fate foreshadowed the World Cup showdown.
Jake Santa Maria
Tensions exploded at the end of the match and fans have unleashed on an England villain.
Cameron Noakes
England have melted down in spectacular fashion to be cruelly denied a World Cup final berth, conceding twice in the final minutes in a 2-1 loss to a Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina.
The World Cup was meant to belong to the stars we already know and love. But when it mattered most, 19-year-old Spanish sensation Lamine Yamal stormed the stage.
Spain have produced a clinical display to surge into the World Cup final, dispatching tournament favourites France in an upset result in Dallas.
Chris Robinson & AP
The latest chapter in one of sport’s most bitter, contentious and emotion-soaked rivalries will be written in the World Cup semifinal between England and Argentina in Atlanta on Thursday morning WA time.
He may not have left the World Cup with a trophy but Erling Haaland has returned home with something even better.
Tegwen Bescoby
They say everything’s bigger in Texas and Wednesday’s FIFA World Cup semifinal between France and Spain is no exception as the game’s current best player takes on its greatest prodigy.
Aaron Kirby
Fractures are beginning to appear in England’s World Cup campaign despite the European powerhouses booking a date with Argentina in the semifinals on Sunday.
Jude Bellingham was the hero as England advanced to the semifinals as they look to end their infamous trophy drought at the World Cup.
Alanis Thames
FIFA is leaving no stone, or piece of turf, unturned in the quest for profit, with the pitch set to be used for the World Cup final put up for sale.
The shocking situation has evoked a dark chapter in the country’s history where a player was murdered after an own-goal.
Digital Staff, AP
The 35-year-old match-winner ‘embodies everything that Australians value’.
Digital Staff
The West Australian’s resident ‘whinging Pom’, David Baker, looks back at the decades of heartache of being an England fan ahead of their quarter-final clash.
David Baker
As we enter the final fortnight of competition we look at which team truly deserves the dark horse title in a World Cup stock market.
A stinging statement has been issued and serious accusations have been made.
Maura Carey, Cameron Noakes
The governing body’s latest move has sparked another storm and fans claim they are ‘not even hiding it anymore’.
