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Lionel Messi is football’s GOAT - the Greatest Of All Time. But did someone new enter the conversation during the World Cup? Rodri has just become the seventh player in history to win a World Cup, a Euros/Copa America, Champions League and a Ballon d’Or in their career. The other six being Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Messi. The Spain captain won the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player but does winning so many team prizes alongside those individual accolades give a player automatic inclusion into that conversation? And can - and should - a defensive midfielder be considered the GOAT? ✍️ @TimSpiers 🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/74629…



Is 2026 Rodri’s year?



Javier Bardem: ".. its a full genocide & its been documented as such" Following Spains triumph @mehdirhasan asks Javier about how the final became a proxy for Israel versus Palestine. Watch the full interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=lgQlYp…

Football won

85 empty seats. This Sunday, millions of fans will gather to cheer for their national teams in the FIFA World Cup Final. But 85 voices from Argentina will be missing. They belong to the victims of the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires, an attack planned by the Iranian regime and carried out by Hezbollah. Behind every terrorist attack are lives stolen and futures cut short. We remember. We stand against terror. Always.



Mayor Mamdani: here’s why your threat to arrest PM Netanyahu’s in NYC during UNGA is not going to happen: 1. The U.S. is not party to the Rome Statute that underlies the ICC, 2. The UN Headquarters Agreement grants diplomatic protections to visiting heads of gov’t, 3. head-of-state immunity applies, & 4. federal authority trumps any local mayor’s wishes. This is pure political theater. justthenews.com/government/loc…

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Lionel Messi has NOT been awarded the FIFA Golden Ball!


In the 2026 World Cup final, Spain stood for Europe, and Argentina represented the rest of the world. The Argentinean team, which won in Qatar, in 2022, is a great but flawed side, well into its autumn, inspired by providential causes. The Spanish team, by contrast, is obdurate and technical—a side without an obvious weakness, coached by the modest tactician Luis de la Fuente. As the final game settled into its decisive rhythm, a pattern emerged: persistent, angled attacks by Spain in their attempt to take the trophy from Argentina. They scrapped. They barged. Occasionally, they fought. But, in the end, Spain—a younger, better, more accomplished team—won the World Cup, for the second time. Read Sam Knight’s takeaways from the game: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/vX_qi2















