Spain captain Rodri won the Golden Ball as the World Cup's best player on Sunday.

France striker Kylian Mbappe made World Cup history on Sunday by becoming the first player to finish as the tournament's leading scorer on multiple occasions, securing his second Golden Boots after Lionel Messi failed to find the net in Argentina's 1-0 defeat to Spain in the final.

Following is the 2026 FIFA World Cup award winners:Golden Ball: Rodri (Spain)Silver Ball: Lionel Messi (Argentina)Bronze Ball: Kylian Mbappe (France)Golden Boot: Kylian Mbappe (France, 10 goals)Silver Boot: Lionel Messi (Argentina, 8 goals)Bronze Boot: Jude Bellingham (England, 7 goals)Golden Glove: Unai Simon (Spain)Best Young Player: Pau Cubarsi (Spain)

Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni admitted that Spain deserved to win the World Cup, saying his team had been outplayed in Sunday's final.

Lionel Messi could conjure no more magic.Twenty years after his World Cup debut and a career that lifted him above Pelé and Diego Maradona as soccer's greatest player, at 39 he could not will Argentina to become the first repeat champion in more than a half-century.Spain outplayed the Albiceleste

Substitute Ferran Torres scored in extra time as Spain beat Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup final on Sunday. Nicolas Tagliafico (L) of Argentina competes with Ferran Torres of Spain during the final match between Spain and Argentina at the 2026 FIFA World Cup at the New York

Substitute Ferran Torres scored in extra time as Spain beat 10-man Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup final on Sunday.Torres, a 62nd-minute replacement for Mikel Oyarzabal, put Spain ahead in the 106th minute, finishing a swift attacking move with a powerful shot into the roof of the net.Argentina

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England beat France 6-4 to claim the World Cup third place on Saturday, its best finish at the tournament since lifting the trophy in 1966.

France's Kylian Mbappe broke Lionel Messi's all-time World Cup scoring record of 21 in Saturday's third-place play-off, though Les Bleus lost 6-4 to England.

French Olympic gold medalist Joris Daudet was eliminated from the BMX Racing World Championships in Brisbane on Saturday, while women's Olympic champion Saya Sakakibara advanced to the quarterfinals.Daudet finished fifth in his heat in the men's 1/8 finals, missing the top-four finish required to