Argentina-Mexico is Most-Watched World Cup Group Stage Match in Spanish-Language TV History

Argentina defeated France in a heated World Cup final on Sunday that topped Thanksgiving weekend’s U.S. vs. England match to become the most-watched men’s World Cup telecast in English-language television history.

Superstar Lionel Messi freed his Argentina team-mates of burden en route to World Cup immortality – according to close friend Pablo Zabaleta.

French football supporters may be a little down in the dumps today, but France’s leading broadcaster TF1 certainly has something to celebrate. The World Cup final that saw Argentina defeat Les Bleus on Sunday afternoon has set a new all-time record for viewership in France with an average of 24.1 million watching from the 4pm local hour. 

Yesterday’s thrilling World Cup final was watched by a peak of almost 20M viewers across the BBC and ITV as the game drew to an incredible close.

Celebrating with the ones who matter most. When Lionel Messi won the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar on Sunday, December 18, he was thrilled to commemorate the historic win with his family.

Lionel Messi’s Argentina beat France to clinch the World Cup title in a lively game at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar Sunday evening.

France and Argentina are advancing to the World Cup finals after two semi-final matches that have now become the most-watched Men’s World Cup semi-finals on English-language television.

Celtic wing-back Josip Juranovic will not play any further part in the World Cup by being ruled out of the third-place playoff against Morocco - after it emerged that he played 70 minutes injured against Argentina.

The semi-final World Cup match between France and Morocco on Wednesday night was watched by an average 20.7 million viewers on TF1 from 8pm French time. This is the network’s biggest audience since 2016, and is also the best for any program on any French channel in those six years.

Paris' iconic Champs Elysee could be closed on Wednesday as police fear clashes between French and Moroccan fans.

Harry Souttar has revealed his mum banned him from swapping shirts with Lionel Messi following his World Cup heroics with Australia.

A journalist covering the FIFA World Cup died “suddenly” in recent days, a Qatar newspaper has reported, with the announcement on Saturday following by a day reports of the death of U.S. journalist Grant Wahl.

England’s heartbreaking defeat to France on Saturday became the most-viewed UK TV broadcast of the year so far, peaking with 21.3M viewers on ITV1.

Longtime soccer journalist Grant Wahl died today while covering the World Cup in Qatar. Details surrounding Wahl’s death are unclear.

With another winning performance at the World Cup, this time defeating Poland in the round of 16, the French national football team also led broadcaster TF1 to yet another ratings record for the year. An average 14.3 million viewers tuned in to see Les Bleus notch a 3-1 victory on Sunday, from the 4pm hour local time. This is the best score for all channels across 2022 and since July 2021. The audience share was 68.9%.

An inspired Lionel Messi performance ended Keanu Baccus’ incredible World Cup journey as the battling Aussies were narrowly beaten by Argentina.

Lionel Messi will go home with a Gorgie memento from Qatar as Hearts star Cammy Devlin swapped shirts with him at full-time.

The United States fell behind early in their second-round clash with the Netherlands on Saturday at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and was unable to work its way back despite having its share of chances, losing 3-1 to end its run at the tournament.