Messi bags Golden Ball award for best player at World Cup
Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball for the best player at this year's World Cup after leading Argentina to the title against France on Sunday.
Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball for the best player at this year's World Cup after leading Argentina to the title against France on Sunday.
France striker Kylian Mbappe walk away with the World Cup Golden Boot award with eight goals after scoring a hat-trick in Sunday's final defeat to Argentina.
Lionel Messi led Argentina to a World Cup victory in one of the all-time great finals after holding their nerve to beat France 4-2 in a penalty shootout on Sunday evening.
France coach Didier Deschamps is sweating over the fitness of several key players as his team battled a mystery virus ahead of the World Cup final against Argentina.
Lionel Messi has his sights set on leading Argentina to glory when they take on France in the final of the World Cup on Sunday evening.
Although Julian Alvarez was a bit player for Argentina at the World Cup, he has emerged as a key attacker as they gear up for Sunday's championship game against France.
Kylian Mbappe has the opportunity to become the youngest player to win two World Cups Pele achieved the feat at the age of 21.
France coach Didier Deschamps is hopeful that Adrien Rabiot will be fit for the World Cup final after missing Wednesday's win over Morocco due to illness.
France coach Didier Deschamps says his team would try to find a way of countering Lionel Messi in "scintillating form" for Argentina.
Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic has bemoaned his team's lack of fire power up front after they fell to a 3-0 defeat to Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday.