Shawk the Hawk had predicted Spain’s World Cup semi-final win over France

It’ll be 40 years since the Hand of God and, somehow, the first meeting between the two teams since an incredibly rare event: a memorable friendly, with Michael Owen’s late headers setting up a 3-2 victory in Geneva 21 years ago.

France has been dominant at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, going a perfect 6W-0D-0L through six matches and sitting one win away from becoming just the second team ever to record seven outright wins at the tournament, joining Brazil's 2002 side (France went 7W-0D-0L itself in 1998, when it also advanced to the semifinals on penalties over Italy).

La Liga has pushed back Barcelona’s and Real Madrid’s opening matches for the coming season due to the number of players from both clubs involved in the FIFA World Cup semifinals.

The match, which pits the tournament's top-ranked team, Spain, against third-ranked France, will decide which nation advances to face the winner of Wednesday's England-Argentina semifinal in Sunday's World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey..