World Cup Final Referee Slavko Vinčić retires after Spain-Argentina World Cup Final Slovenian referee Slavko Vinčić has officially ended his refereeing career, with the 2026 FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Argentina becoming the final match of a distinguished career spanning nearly two decades at the highest level of world football.The announcement comes a…
Slavko Vinčić will referee Messi’s Argentina vs Yamal’s Spain in the 2026 World Cup final / AI Image FIFA has handed Slovenian referee Slavko Vinčić the biggest appointment of his career, confirming he will officiate Sunday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup final between defending champions Argentina and Spain at the New York New Jersey Stadium.The 46-year-old…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup 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…
Referee Slavko Vincic of Slovenia (AP Photo) FIFA has appointed Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic to officiate Sunday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup final between defending champions Argentina and Spain, handing one of football’s most prestigious jobs to an official whose career once survived a strange off-field controversy after he was caught in a police raid on…
More than 10 million sign a petition to kick Argentina out of the FIFA World Cup More than ten million people have signed an online petition at argentinaout.org demanding that Argentina be kicked out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, accusing FIFA and match officials of favoring Lionel Messi and the defending champions. The petition,…
France coach Didier Deschamps gives an on-field interview at the end of the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Spain in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) France’s 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign ended in disappointment on Tuesday night as Spain secured a comprehensive 2-0 semi-final win, but…
Spain’s Fabian Ruiz, left, protests referee Ivan Barton of El Salvador during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between France and Spain in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) Spain’s 2-0 win over France in the semi-finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup booked Luis de la Fuente’s side a…
Rob Dieperink (Image credit: KNVB) NEW DELHI: Dutch football referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, just weeks after he was dropped from the FIFA officials list for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.Dieperink had been selected to work as a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) at the tournament, but was dropped in May…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi, left, speaks to referee Joao Pinheiro of Portugal (AP Photo) Lionel Messi found himself at the center of another viral World Cup moment after a heated exchange with Portuguese referee João Pinheiro during Argentina’s quarter-final win over Switzerland on Saturday. The incident unfolded in the first half of Argentina’s dramatic 3-1 extra-time…
Clement Turpin (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: England’s 2026 FIFA World Cup quarter-final against Norway will be officiated by French referee Clément Turpin. The game at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium will be Turpin’s fourth game in the tournament and the ninth World Cup game of his career. The winner of the quarter-finals will face either…
Achraf Hakimi greets the all-Argentine refereeing crew ahead of the France-Morocco World Cup quarter-finals. (AP Photo) France has added another remarkable chapter to an unlikely one FIFA World Cup statistics by defeating Morocco 2-0 in the quarter-finals on Thursday, extending a record that has become increasingly ironic given the controversy surrounding the refereeing of the…
Referee Facundo Tello (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) Argentina’s Facundo Tello will referee the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals between France and Morocco, attracting attention due to his strict officiating style and a controversial match in 2022 where he showed 10 red cards. FIFA’s decision also sparked debate as the entire officiating team for the match…
Portugal coach Roberto Martinez Portugal coach Roberto Martinez has defended the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) decisions that shaped his side’s dramatic 2-1 win over Croatia FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32, while Croatia manager Zlatko Dalic criticized the official, but refused to blame entirely for his team’s exit.Portugal booked their place in the Round…