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Sunday's final at MetLife is the first ever between Spain and Argentina: the tournament's tightest defence against Messi's Argentina, and a 19-year link between the 39-year-old and Lamine Yamal.
England led for an hour in Atlanta and were minutes from a first World Cup final since 1966. Then Enzo Fernandez levelled, Lautaro Martinez headed the winner, and Messi set up both.
Spain have reached the final and Argentina or England will join them, but for a month the 2026 World Cup has been fighting the weather. Cooling breaks meant to protect players have become a story of their own.
England face the reigning champions and Lionel Messi in Atlanta on Wednesday, with a place against Spain in the final on the line.
France's exit fixes Kylian Mbappe on eight goals, and only Lionel Messi and two Englishmen can still catch him.
Twenty-one years an Argentina international and Lionel Messi has never faced England. He gets his chance in Atlanta on Wednesday, at 39 and with the record already his, and a place in Spain's final on the line.
Four times decisive in six games, Jude Bellingham has been the man England lean on. So why did Thomas Tuchel use the Norway win to sharpen his criticism? Argentina await in Atlanta.
Four decades on from the Hand of God, England and Argentina renew football's most loaded rivalry in Atlanta on Wednesday, and this time Lionel Messi walks out against England for the first time.
The World Cup semi-final in Atlanta may hinge on whether De Paul, Mac Allister and Enzo Fernandez can smother Jude Bellingham's runs from deep.
England can reach a first World Cup final in 60 years on Wednesday, but the defending champions Argentina, and a rivalry thick with old scars, stand between them and Atlanta glory.
The reigning champions meet England in Atlanta on 15 July, and for Lionel Messi, widely reported to be at his last World Cup, one more win puts another final within reach.
Thomas Tuchel is down two players and waiting on a third three days before England meet Argentina in Atlanta, while the holders arrive with no fresh concerns.
On a night built for the captain's farewell tour, it was Julian Alvarez who produced the moment that sent the champions into the last four.
England chase a first World Cup final since 1966 when they meet Argentina and a probably departing Lionel Messi in Wednesday's semi-final in Atlanta.
Julian Alvarez's 25-yard strike in extra time broke Swiss resistance in Kansas City as the defending champions booked a last-four meeting with England.
A Jude Bellingham brace, the winner in the 93rd minute, edged England past a stubborn Norway 2-1 after extra time to book a World Cup semi-final.
Jude Bellingham cancelled out Andreas Schjelderup's opener and then struck early in extra time to settle a taut quarter-final that Norway matched almost to the end.
Both sides had 14 shots and near-identical xG at Hard Rock Stadium; England advanced because they put eight efforts on target to Norway's four and took the two that mattered.
A Jude Bellingham double, the second three minutes into extra time, edged England past a stubborn Norway and into the World Cup semi-finals.
France and Spain meet in the first World Cup 2026 semi-final in Arlington on Tuesday, a rerun of the Euro 2024 last four, with a place in the final on the line.
