Argentina and France will face off in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final, pitting the young French superstar Kylian Mbappé against Argentinian living legend Lionel Messi in the tournament finale.
The big picture: France has the chance to repeat as World Cup champions after winning in 2018 (the last team to repeat was Brazil in 1962). This may also be Messi's final World Cup and last chance to secure the trophy.
Grant Wahl, a highly revered soccer journalist, suddenly died last week while covering the FIFA World Cup in Qatar from a rupture in his aorta, the main blood vessel leading from the heart, his family said in a statement Wednesday.
The big picture: The family said Wahl's cause of death was determined through an autopsy performed by the New York City Medical Examiner's Office after his body was returned to the U.S. on Monday.
Being an NHL goalie has become an increasingly punishing task in a league where shot volume and scoring are on the rise. The solution? Tandems.
By the numbers: Primary goaltenders were in vogue earlier this century. Now, every goalie with 20-plus starts has a teammate who has started at least six games, too.
