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Philippe Diallo will name the next France head coach at FFF headquarters on Tuesday after an extraordinary executive committee. Zinedine Zidane remains the overwhelming favourite in reporting, though the federation statement does not name him.
The France captain finishes the World Cup on 10 goals to become the first player ever to top the scoring charts at two tournaments in a row, with Lionel Messi second on eight after a blank in the final.
England were four goals up at half-time in Miami, then watched France charge back to 4-3. Jude Bellingham's stoppage-time goal finally settled a wild 6-4 win, and the bronze medal, at World Cup 2026.
Bukayo Saka scored twice before the break and again from the spot as England raced 4-0 clear, weathered a France fightback to 4-3, and won 6-4 to claim the World Cup bronze medal.
Kylian Mbappe scored twice in France's 6-4 defeat to England to reach 10 goals and lead the Golden Boot race. Lionel Messi, on eight, must strike at least twice against Spain tonight to overhaul him.
England raced 4-0 clear by half-time, survived a France fightback to 4-3, then pulled away through Bukayo Saka's hat-trick and Jude Bellingham's stoppage-time goal to take World Cup bronze at Hard Rock Stadium.
England led France 4-0 at the interval in the World Cup bronze match, with Declan Rice, Ezri Konsa and a Bukayo Saka brace doing the damage. Sunday's final looms as the Golden Boot decider.
Nobody plays for third by choice. But when England face France at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday, a first World Cup bronze and a young squad's pride are both on the line.
France and England meet in Miami on Saturday for third place, a game neither side wanted. It is Didier Deschamps' final match in charge, and the tournament's Golden Boot remains very much up for grabs.
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.
Deschamps' side beat Morocco to reach the last four, and a win over Spain in Dallas on Tuesday would send France into a third final running. Only two nations in the tournament's history have ever managed it.
Two summers ago few outside France knew his name. Now Desire Doue is Didier Deschamps' first-choice left winger, and he starts against Spain in Tuesday's World Cup semi-final in Dallas.
The reigning Ballon d'Or holder has a hat-trick, four goals and back-to-back Champions Leagues to his name. France's Ousmane Dembele meets Spain in Dallas on Tuesday with one of the game's rarest sets almost complete.
France and Spain meet in the World Cup semi-final in Dallas on Tuesday, only the second time they have crossed paths at a World Cup. Their recent knockout history, from Zinedine Zidane's 2006 masterclass to Lamine Yamal's rise, points firmly one way.
Pau Cubarsi and Aymeric Laporte have anchored the meanest defence at the World Cup. On Tuesday in Dallas they face the tournament's top scorer, with a place in the final at stake.
Olise, Kone and Barcola all dodged the booking that would have ruled them out of Tuesday's semi-final, but France still cannot be sure of Aurelien Tchouameni. Spain, for their part, are easing Nico Williams back.
France meet Spain in Arlington on Tuesday, with the second semi-final still up for grabs. Here is the full closing-week schedule, kickoff times and every confirmed way to watch in the US and UK.
Eighteen months after he named his own exit date, Didier Deschamps is quietly clearing out the World Cup's managerial record books. France are in the semi-finals, and the only thing still unresolved is what their manager does next.
France raised him, captained him and never capped him. Weeks after switching to Morocco, the 18-year-old Lille midfielder started a World Cup quarter-final against them, second only to Pele as the youngest ever to do so.
Lamine Yamal blows out 19 candles on 13 July, a day before Spain meet France in the World Cup semi-final. He has a habit of turning up against them on the big stage, even if this tournament has been quieter than his last two.
France meet Spain in Dallas on 14 July in the only confirmed semi-final. The other half of the draw is settled today, in Miami and Kansas City, with a place in the last four on the line.
For the third tournament running, France run into Spain in the knockout rounds, this time in the last four in Dallas on 14 July. Twice Lamine Yamal has settled it. Deschamps has one more go at breaking the spell.
He came off with ice on his right ankle in the 77th minute against Morocco, then waved the worry away with a flat "I'm all good." France will take him at his word, right up to the moment Deschamps names a side against Spain.
Kylian Mbappe had a first-half penalty saved by Yassine Bounou but responded after the break with a goal and an assist as France beat Morocco 2-0 in Foxborough to reach a third straight World Cup semi-final.
