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Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 with the only goal of extra time to win the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 16 years. Substitute forward Ferran Torres scored the decisive goal in the final. The defeat ended Lionel Messi's Argentina's dream of winning consecutive World Cup titles and delayed the reigning champions' pursuit of a fourth star.Spain dominated the final in New Jersey from the opening whistle. They controlled possession, created more attacks, and generated the better chances. Argenti...

Every four years, the same question echoes across drawing rooms, tea stalls and social media timelines of Bangladeshis. "Will Bangladesh ever qualify for the FIFA World Cup?" It is an understandable question. Qualification is football's ultimate passport. Forty-eight nations now earn the right to stand beneath the brightest lights in world sport. Bangladesh has never been one of them. But perhaps we have spent too much time looking only at the pitch. Because a World Cup is not merely a football...

A FIFA-announced crowd of 44,985 attended the World Cup match between South Korea and the Czech Republic in Guadalajara, but rows of empty seats across the stadium once again raised concerns over ticket prices and demand for the expanded tournament format. While more than 80,000 fans filled...

Tensions have escalated between Iran and FIFA over the use of flags at the World Cup, as a new controversy emerges ahead of the tournament’s kickoff. An organization has called on FIFA to reverse its decision banning Iran’s pre-revolutionary flag, warning that legal action could follow if the...