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Mbappé and Messi have now also scored more World Cup goals than any other player in history, having overtaken Germany's Miroslav Klose, who scored 16 goals in four tournaments be
ATLANTA (AP) — The World Cup final between Spain and defending champion Argentina marks the end of the biggest tournament in the competition’s history. At the final whistle in New Jersey on Sunday, a record 104 games will have been played across almost six weeks and three countries.
Here's a complete list of every country that has won the World Cup in history. Will it be Argentina or Spain added to the list on Sunday?
There were hints of the future at this World Cup. Senegal winger Ibrahim Mbaye produced two stepovers, skipped past Theo Hernandez and blasted his shot into the roof of the France net, making him the youngest African goalscorer in World Cup history at just 18 years and 142 days.
At the World Cup, though, a Scorigami is much rarer. So rare in fact that it hadn't happened for 40 years until England notched a unique scoreline with a 6-2 win over Iran in 2022. Before that, Hungary's 10-1 demolition of El Salvador in the 1982 group stage was the last time it had happened.
Lionel Messi has 33 combined goals and assists at the World Cup, five more than Kylian Mbappe entering the final.
With a wartime host nation, a referee deported and a ban overturned after a call from the White House, the 2026 tournament tested FIFA like no other.
It was a historic World Cup campaign for Simón, who kept seven clean sheets and conceded only one goal. That was the fewe
A number of players from the biggest clubs in the world contributed to the highest scoring World Cup in history.
