Expectations weren’t insanely high and the anticipation certainly wasn’t either — but this little final, the third-place match, whatever you want to call it, definitely proved us wrong. Because

FIFA went full Super Bowl halftime show for Sunday's World Cup final, bringing out Shakira, BTS, Justin Bieber, The Muppets, Ted Lasso (yes, Ted Lasso) and Madonna for an elongated performance in the middle of Spain vs.

Hundreds of thousands of fans fill Madrid's streets as Spain celebrated its historic World Cup victory with a massive open-top bus parade.

Re-live the first-ever 2026 FIFA World Cup Halftime Show with performances from Justin Bieber, Madonna, Shakira and Burna Boy, and BTS.

A peak audience across BBC One and BBC iPlayer gave the BBC 64% share of all TV viewing The FIFA World Cup Final, which saw Spain crowned world champions, attracted a peak audience of 15.8m million across BBC One and BBC iPlayer,

Kylian Mbappe will take home the 2026 World Cup Golden Boot after scoring 10 goals in France's eight games, while Rodri has been crowned the tournament's best player and awarded the Golden Ball after Spain beat Argentina in the final.

Catch all the updates from the closing ceremony ahead of the Argentina vs Spain final on Sunday, July 19, at New York New Jersey Stadium (MetLife Stadium) in East Rutherford, New Jersey

England and France played one of the wildest World Cup matches in history, a 6-4 England victory to secure the bronze medal at this 2026 tournament. The 10 combined goals was the most in a World Cup game since 1982.