England 1–0 Argentina and the road to a third final ends

Argentina are out of the World Cup at the semi-final. England 1–0 Argentina, and Gordon's goal was enough to send your team home (4). Messi, starting alongside Nico Gonzalez, Leandro Paredes, Molina, and Tagliafico, could not find a way past Stones, Guehi, and Pickford (4). The 17-goal run ends in Atlanta. England, with Kane, Bellingham, and Reece James all in the XI, move on to the final (4).

FIFA may punish Argentina after Falklands celebration

Argentina players could face sanctions after a Falklands Islands celebration following the England defeat (1). FIFA is reviewing the incident. The match was already the highest-risk of the tournament, with Falklands-related flags banned and a massive security operation in place.

Spain and Argentina now face wildfire smoke in New York

The World Cup final between Spain and Argentina is Sunday at 21:00, and air quality in New York is a concern (3). Canadian wildfire smoke is drifting over the stadium area. Argentina's arrival in the city was already delayed by rain (6).

Yamal and Porro train separately before the final

Lamine Yamal and Pedro Porro worked apart from the Spain squad this week (7). Two starters potentially missing changes the shape of Sunday's final.

Vincic gets the final, and the record is mixed

Slavko Vincic will referee Spain vs Argentina (5). Spain are unbeaten with him. Argentina's only experience with Vincic was the defeat to Saudi Arabia (9). Six years ago Vincic was detained at a party with drugs and prostitutes in Bosnia. He was released and later explained he had been there by accident for a business meeting (10).

Trump will be in the stands

Donald Trump will attend the World Cup final, the White House confirmed (8).

Cuti Romero: "We don't realise what we're achieving"

Cuti Romero spoke ahead of the final: "No somos conscientes de lo que estamos logrando", we are not aware of what we are achieving (2).

Fan reactions

Scaloni's pre-final press conference has fans talking. He told Spanish media he hopes they are happy Argentina made the final, adding that Messi has brought Spain so much happiness over the years. "Not all of them," he said. "I live in Spain, I have Spanish family, but on Sunday, sorry, we'll do everything we can to beat them." The line has split opinion. Read the thread here.

A separate thread is buzzing about FIFA's announcement that the winner of Sunday's final will receive championship rings for the first time in World Cup history. Full discussion here.