Skeleton ace Matt Weston slides into climate action: ‘We’re dirtbags making a difference’
In today’s newsletter: how Britain’s celebrated Winter Olympian is responding to the existential threat to snow and ice sports
Donald Trump has to let it linger as he hangs on for Spain’s World Cup celebrations
For the second time in as many years, the US president made sure he was a part of a moment of triumph he had little to do with
Top 30: from half a million World Cup photos, why I love these the most
Our picture editor chooses his favourite images from the tournament including Lionel Messi’s cathedral, that delicious diving header from Jude Bellingham and a humbling scene in Gaza
Spain’s system subdues a team built on the irrational magic of Messi’s lone genius
The route to this World Cup victory involved beating the other 2022 finalist and then suffocating Argentina as they dried out in the sun
‘We had a date with destiny’: De la Fuente lauds Spain players after World Cup victory
Manager says team and and fans ‘deserve everything’ while Lionel Scaloni will ‘think about the future’ with Argentina
Spain beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time to win the 2026 World Cup – as it happened
Ferran Torres’ extra-time goal gave Spain a deserved victory over a negative Argentina in New Jersey
Trump show offers fitting fever-dream end to a World Cup of excess and damage
Football appeared a sideshow for much of the last afternoon of a tournament nurtured to indulge the cult of the individual
Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino booed before US president attempts to crash Spain celebrations
Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino were booed as they took to the field for the presentation ceremony of the World Cup final on Sunday
Lionel Messi’s World Cup fairytale ends with pitiful Argentina as final villains
Game’s greatest player will not see his legacy sullied by defeat to Spain but his team’s display destroyed the game
At the World Cup of superstars, a team take home the trophy
The European champions conceded just one goal in the tournament and Spain’s success is a victory for a system
World Cup final: Trump booed, half-time show and everything but the football – as it happened
The World Cup got its first half-time show starring Shakira and BTS, as Donald Trump attended his first game of the tournament – with mixed results
Patience beats overreliance on Messi: how the final was won and lost
Argentina tried to kill the spectacle and make it a physical battle but Spain refused to take the bait
Spain 1-0 Argentina (aet): 2026 World Cup final player ratings
Rodri looks back to his imperious best in Spain’s midfield while Enzo Fernández has a day to forget for Argentina
‘It was crap’: Wayne Rooney’s candour helps BBC in World Cup final TV battle
BBC scored a late goal in head-to-head with ITV over the World Cup by being in the stadium for the final
Spain win World Cup after Ferran Torres breaks 10-man Argentina’s resistance
Spain have won their second men’s World Cup after Ferran Torres’s extra-time strike beat a battling Argentina side who had Enzo Fernández sent off