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Spain defeats Argentina 1-0 to win 2026 World Cup

Ferran Torres of Spain celebrates scoring his team’s first goal against Argentina during the FIFA World Cup 2026 final match, July 19, 2026, in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (David Ramos/Getty Images)

(NEW YORK) — Spain won the 2026 FIFA World Cup final on Sunday, beating defending champions Argentina and soccer legend Lionel Messi in a thrilling, extra-time match in front of more than 70,000 boisterous fans in New Jersey.

Following a scoreless 98 minutes of normal time, Spain thundered to a 1-0 victory in extra time on a goal scored by Ferran Torres in the 105th minute of the contest.

The victory becomes Spain’s second World Cup title, its first since 2010.

President Donald Trump, who attended the match at New York New Jersey Stadium, MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, is expected to present the 18-karat gold World Cup trophy to the winners.

Spain’s victory capped a tournament that began on June 11 with 48 teams and was hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Sunday’s event featured the World Cup’s first-ever halftime show with headliners Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira, BTS and the Muppets performing.

This will likely be the final World Cup for Argentina’s superstar forward Lionel Messi, whose legendary career spans two decades. Messi and Argentina were vying to repeat their 2022 World Cup win over France.

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14-term Rep. John Larson ousted by challenger in Connecticut Democratic primary

▶ Watch Video: Analysis of key primary races in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Carolina and more Democratic Rep. John Larson — who has represented central Connecticut since the late 1990s — lost his party's primary Tuesday to former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, CBS News has projected, after a campaign dominated by debates about generational change.With just over half of the vote counted at around 10:15 p.m. ET, Bronin led Larson by just under 20 percentage points, or nearly 7,000 votes. West Hartford state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest and Hartford Board of Education member Ruth Fortune trailed the two front-runners.The candidates for the reliably blue Hartford-area House seat agreed on many key policy issues. Instead, the primary turned on whether Democrats should send a longtime lawmaker back to Congress or opt for a newer — and younger — candidate. Larson, 78, was seeking a 15th term in Congress, while Bronin was 31 years younger than him.Bronin focused heavily on that theme. His campaign website promised "new energy, new ideas, and new perspectives," and he cast Larson as a "status quo" candidate, telling voters: "The stakes are too high to keep doing the same thing."The Connecticut Democratic Party endorsed Bronin over Larson at its convention in May, an upset that prompted Bronin to call on his rival to "pass the torch." Bronin was also endorsed earlier this year by Biden-era Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who ran for president in 2020 and is widely viewed as a possible 2028 contender.Larson, meanwhile, presented his long tenure in Congress as an asset, arguing he has delivered for constituents and — as one of the longest-serving House Democrats — would have more sway.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, campaigned for Larson.  "We are going to come in as a full committee chairman, not as some freshman in Congress with some assignment," Larson told Hartford CBS affiliate WFSB-TV.Bronin raised just over $3 million during the primary, ahead of Larson's $2.7 million.Bronin will now face Republican nominee Amy Chai, who ran for her party's nomination unopposed.
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