Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal (Image credit: Joan Monfort) Some stories are too unbelievable to be written. Yet, football has produced one. Nineteen years after Lionel Messi first met Lamine Yamal during a charity photoshoot in Barcelona, the two will stand on opposite sides in the FIFA World Cup final. Argentina and Spain will battle…
Referee Slavko Vincic of Slovenia (AP Photo) FIFA has appointed Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic to officiate Sunday’s FIFA World Cup 2026 final between defending champions Argentina and Spain, handing one of football’s most prestigious assignments to an official whose career once survived a bizarre off-field controversy after he was caught up in a police raid…
The FIFA World Cup 2026 final will be officiated by Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic, who has built a strong reputation on football’s biggest stages. However, years before earning one of the sport’s highest honors, Vincic was unexpectedly caught up in a police raid that briefly put him in the headlines for reasons unrelated to football.The…