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The Independent

15 July 2026

Defending champions

Argentina

will play

Spain

in the

World Cup

final on Sunday.

2010 champions

booked their spot in the decider after beating France in the first of two epic semi-finals in Dallas on Tuesday evening.

Then, Lionel Messi’s

produced a stunning late comeback from behind to defeat England in Atlanta and keep their dream of back-to-back titles alive.

The

has not been defended since Brazil in 1958 and 1962, while

is also a first-time

final.

For both teams, a shot at

glory aways on Sunday.

The final will take place at the New York New Jersey Stadium on

Sunday 19 July at 8pm (BST), 3pm (ET).

The match will be shown live in the UK on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, ITV1 and ITVX.

will take on European champions

Argentina's Lautaro Martinez celebrates scoring their second goal with

Lionel Messi

(Reuters)

The final will be the first in

history to have an official half-time show.

Madonna, Shakira, Justin Bieber, Burna Boy, BTS, Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus will feature in the 11-minute show, curated by Chris Martin of Coldplay (who will also feature).

There will also be a Closing Ceremony before the match begins, which starts at 6:30pm (BST), 1:30pm (ET), 90 minutes before kick-off.

Tom Cruise, Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger, Robbie Williams and IShowSpeed are among the acts set to perform as part of the show.

The contest nobody wants to play in, the third-place play-off, takes place on Saturday 18th July at 10pm (BST), 5pm (ET) at the Miami Stadium in Florida. It will be

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