While the entire nation of Argentina continues to celebrate their World Cup win, a disturbing soccer trend has re-emerged and is impacting runners-up France: racist abuse directed at Black players.

The legendary Lionel Messi and No. 3 Argentina are your 2022 FIFA men’s World Cup champions after taking down Golden Boot winner Kylian Mbappé and No. 4 France yesterday in perhaps the greatest sporting event ever.

Messi's elusive World Cup title dream is still alive after No. 3 Argentina took down No. 12 Croatia 3–0 in yesterday’s semifinal.

Upsets, penalty kicks (PKs) and a historic win — the men’s World Cup quarter-finals more than lived up to the hype.

The World Cup quarter-finals kick off in just a few short hours, and with all eight remaining teams in the top 25 of FIFA’s rankings, the Cup is anyone’s for the taking.

The final four Round of 16 games were full of fireworks on and off the pitch, as favorites fell flat and former superstars sat on the bench.

The World Cup chaos briefly subsided over the weekend as expected favorites took care of business to punch their tickets to the quarter-finals.

The bracket is set, meaning chaos is on the way for the 16 surviving teams.

The World Cup certainly saved the best group play drama for last, with a wild day of results behind us and the stage set for another thrilling set of matches today, before the knockout round takes the pitch (and our special edition preview hits your inbox) tomorrow.

Due to myriad defensive missteps and a lack of offensive spark, the No. 41 CanMNT crumbled in a 2–1 loss to Group F winners No. 22 Morocco yesterday, ending the red and white’s historic men’s FIFA World Cup appearance.

The last few months have seen an unprecedented surge in trading card collecting, and with one of the biggest sporting events — the men’s FIFA World Cup — underway, there’s no better time to get in on the fun.

The 16-team knockout-round picture is beginning to take shape as group play heads into its final few days, but not without some more off-field headlines to accompany the in-game dramatics.