A man claims that Coral are refusing to pay out his £15k winnings from a £10 bet that he placed on the World Cup. Liam Manifold, 30, says he planned to buy his disabled dad a mobility scooter with the money.
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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.
About 16.8M people tuned in for the historic match in which Lionel Messi took home his first World Cup win (Argentina’s first since 1986), which is significantly more than the audience of 15.4M for the Group Stage match between the U.S. and England that ended in a 0-0 draw.
The audience is also much higher than that of 2018’s France vs. Croatia World Cup final in Russia, which was watched by about 12.51M people in the U.S. That was the lowest U.S. audience for a World Cup final since 2002.
Telemundo Deportes’ Spanish-language coverage of the Argentina vs. France match also broke records, averaging about 9M viewers across Telemundo, Peacock and digital platforms. That makes it the most-watched and most-streamed match of the tournament and was up 65% compared to viewership for 2018’s World Cup final (about 5.5M).
The game was also the most-streamed match in U.S media history regardless of language with about 3M people tuning in across Peacock and digital platforms.
A man claims that Coral are refusing to pay out his £15k winnings from a £10 bet that he placed on the World Cup. Liam Manifold, 30, says he planned to buy his disabled dad a mobility scooter with the money.
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.
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.
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England’s comfortable second round victory over Senegal last night was watched by a peak of nearly 20M viewers on ITV, becoming the most-viewed of the Qatar World Cup 2022 tournament so far in the UK.
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%.