Downing Street has backed calls for Fifa to investigate, with the Prime Minister’s official spokesman saying: “The World Cup may not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are. Our commitment to the Falklands will never waver.” Argentine President Javier Milei called the players’ action “understandable” and “valid,” according to media reports. But he also
Just one day after Fox Sports’ coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup semi-finals broke records, they did it again. Wednesday’s match between Argentina and England averaged 15.063 million viewers on Fox, making it the most-watched FIFA Men’s World Cup semi-final match in English-speaking history. This surpassed Tuesday’s showdown between Spain and France, which averaged
By the time he turned 19, Messi had scored 11 goals in his career and had won La Liga and the UEFA Champions League once each. Lamine Yamal, who turned 19 on Monday, has already scored a whopping 56 goals and won the League three times and the Copa del Rey once, as well as
NBC Sports hopes to keep the nation’s summer of soccer alive, capitalizing on interest in its World Cup broadcasts on Telemundo and Peacock for its annual focus on Premier League play. NBC Sports and the league on Thursday launched “Find Your Match,” a shareable, 11-question interactive quiz that matches die-hard fans or even the simply
Dong, a police officer turned human rights activist, has been jailed in China several times for his activism. In 1999, Dong was fired from the police after 13 years because he signed a petition to mark the 10th anniversary of the brutal Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Then, in 2001, he was jailed for three
After Wednesday’s victory, Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel published in, externalwriting “it wasn’t just another game” next to a video of what appeared to be Argentine soldiers. “The Malvinas are Argentine,” Villarruel published. “They prohibited bringing them to the stadium and they forgot that we carry them in our blood and in our hearts.” In