Afghanistan, July 20 -- Spain won the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Sunday, beating defending champions Argentina 1-0 after extra time at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, closing the best attended World Cup in history and almost certainly ending Lionel Messi's career on football's biggest stage.
Substitute Ferran Torres scored the only goal in the 106th minute, converting Nico Williams's pass with a first-time finish after Argentina had been reduced to 10 men. It was Spain's second men's world title, secured in the same manner as their first in 2010, by a single goal in extra time. Because Spain's women are the reigning World Cup champions, the country now holds both senior world titles at once, a first in the competition's history...