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In association football, the FIFA World Cup concludes with Spain defeating Argentina in the final. · Spoken News

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to spoken News. I'm a computer. In association football,
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  the FIFA World Cup concludes with Spain defeating Argentina in
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  the final. The final match of the twenty twenty six
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  FIFA World Cup, the twenty third edition of FIFA's competition
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  for national soccer teams, was played at MetLife Stadium in
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  East Rutherford, New Jersey, part of the New York Metropolitan Area,
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  on July nineteenth, twenty twenty six, and was contested by
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  Spain and defending champions Argentina. The tournament was contested by
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  hosts Canada, Mexico and the United States, along with forty
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  five other teams who emerged from the qualification phase organized
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  by the six FIFA confederations. The forty eight teams competed
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  in a group stage, from which thirty two teams qualified
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  for the knockout stage en route to the final. Spain
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  finished first in groupage with two wins in a draw,
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  after which they defeated Austria in the Round of thirty two,
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  Portugal in the Round of sixteen, Belgium in the quarter final,
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  and France in the semi final. Argentina finished first in
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  Group J with three wins, after which they defeated Cape
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  Verde in the round of thirty two, Egypt in the
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  round of sixteen, Switzerland in the quarter final, and England
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  in the semi final. The final took place in front
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  of eighty six hundred and sixty three spectators and was
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  refereed by Slavko Vincych of Slovenia. Lamig Yamil had a
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  chance to score for Spain early in the first half
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  when he hit a curl shot which was saved by
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  Argentina's goalkeeper Miliano Martinez. And Mark Cucurella had an opportunity
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  to score shortly before half time, but his shot went
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  wide of the goal. In the second half, fer and
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  Torres had a chance when he met with a header,
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  but his shot was denied by Martinez. Before the end
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  of regulation time, Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez received a second
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  yellow card for a challenge and was sent off. Shortly afterwards.
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  Yamal took a free kick, but his shot was saved
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  by Martinez. With the match goalless after ninety minutes and
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  with Argentina becoming the first team in a World Cup
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  final to register no shots in regulation time, the game
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  went into ke extra time. In the second period, of
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  which Spain broke the deadlock. Torres, who had come on
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  as a substitute, received the ball from a header by
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  Nico Williams and kicked it with a left footed shot
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  to secure a one to zero victory for Spain. After
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  the final whistle, a brawl broke out in which multiple
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  Argentina players were involved. Spain's win was their second World
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  Cup title and the first since twenty ten, becoming the
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  first country to simultaneously hold the men's and women's World
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  Cup titles, having won the latter in twenty twenty three.
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  Torres was named the Man of the match. The match
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  saw the most saves ever in a World Cup final,
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  with eleven by Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez. The match was
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  preceded by the closing ceremony. The match was the first
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  ever World Cup final to include a half time show,
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  which caused the full half time break to last over
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  twenty seven minutes, against International Football Association Board protocol. The
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  Argentina national football team, nicknamed La albe Celeste, represents Argentina
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  in men's international football and is administered by the Argenti
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  s T Tie Football Association, The governing body of football
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  in Argentina. It has been a member of FIFA since
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  nineteen twelve and was a founding member of con me
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  Ebo L in nineteen sixteen. It was also a member
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  of PFC the Unified Confederation of the Americas from nineteen
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  forty six to nineteen sixty one. Argentina has won three
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  FIFA World Cups, having won their most recent World Cup
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  in twenty twenty two. The team previously won the World
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  Cup in nineteen seventy eight and nineteen eighty six, and
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  has appeared in seven World Cup finals, including the inaugural
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  one in nineteen thirty. Argentina has won the Copper America
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  a record sixteen times, most recently in twenty twenty four,
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  with victories in nineteen forty five, nineteen forty six and
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  nineteen forty seven. It is the only nation to win
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  the tournament three consecutive times. Argentina won the Pan American
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  Championship in nineteen sixty, the inaugural FIFA Confederations Cup in
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  nineteen ninety two, and the conmi Bol YUEFA Cup of
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  Champions in nineteen ninety three and twenty twenty two. Argentina
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  holds the record for most official international titles with twenty
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  three Argentina players have won the FIFA World Cup Golden
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  Ball three times, Diego Maradonna in nineteen eighty six and
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  Lionel Messi in twenty fourteen and twenty twenty two. Messi
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  has the most appearances for the team and has scored
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  the most goals. As of the twentieth of July twenty
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  twenty six, Argentina ranked second in the FIFA Men's World Ranking.
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  Argentina is known for having rivalries with Brazil, England, Germany,
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  Netherlands and Uruguay. The twenty twenty six FIFA World Cup
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  was the twenty third FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international
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  men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the
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  member associations of FIFA. The tournament began on June eleventh,
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  twenty twenty six, and concluded on July nineteenth, with Spain
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  winning the championship for the second time. It was jointly
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  hosted by sixteen cities, eleven in the United States, three
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  in Mexico, and two in Canada. The tournament was the
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  first fee for World Cup to be hosted by three
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  countries and the first to include forty eight teams, an
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  expansion from the previous thirty two team format. That's it
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  for now. See the episode notes for Wikipedia sources and licensing.
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  Thank you.