On the afternoon of July 19, the second matchday of Groups B and C at the U17 National Championship – Red Dragon Cup 2026 took place with several notable results. Hanoi became the first team to secure a spot in the quarterfinals after two consecutive wins, while PVF-CAND's victory over HCMC Football Club made the competition in Group B increasingly unpredictable.

TP.HCM I has just secured a crucial victory over Phong Phu Ha Nam in round 7 of the National Women's Football Championship – Thai Son Bac Cup 2026.

Recently, the Rockets' GM revealed in an interview that Jabari Smith Jr. has grown about 5 centimeters this summer, now standing at 2.16 meters tall with a wingspan of 2.21 meters. Born on May 13, 2003, he is now 23 years old and still managed to gain 5 centimeters in height over one summer—truly an epic evolution.

The French men's basketball team has announced its 15-man roster for the World Cup qualifiers, as follows: Ayayi, Bouteil, Fournier, Francisco, Gobert, Hifi, Hoard, Kabaro, Noah, Okobo, Pons, Renault, Strazel, Tape, and Wembanyama. The schedule shows that the French team will play Serbia twice on August 20 and 23 this summer, face Slovenia on August 27, and take on Sweden on August 30.

French sports newspaper L'Équipe reports that 1998 World Cup champion Zinedine Zidane will replace Didier Deschamps as head coach of the French national team.

As the 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina approaches, numerous former players and football experts have shared their forecasts on which team will lift the golden trophy.

The highly anticipated World Cup final is about to kick off, and on July 19 Beijing time, multiple authoritative Argentine media outlets have leaked the defending champions' starting lineup for the final. According to Argentine team reporter Edu, in this much-watched final, Argentina's forward line will keep the same combination as before, with Messi partnering "Spider" Alvarez, while Lautaro, who scored a decisive header against England in the semifinal, will continue to wait on the bench.

Former national team player Nguyen Viet Phong once again demonstrated the class of a player who spent many years competing professionally, leading his team, the Vietnam Bank Trade Union, to the championship of the 2026 Vietnam Workers and Employees Football Championship.

Although England defeated France 6-4 in the third-place match, securing their first World Cup third-place finish in nearly 60 years, the heartbreaking semifinal loss to Argentina still lingers for many players. According to The Daily Telegraph on July 19, multiple players wept in the locker room after the semifinal defeat.

In the World Cup third-place match that ended on July 19th Beijing time, France lost 4-6 to England, finishing in fourth place. After the game, multiple French media outlets revealed conflicts within the French team, particularly involving Cherki, the 90 million euro player, whose confrontation with the coach and negative attitude sparked strong dissatisfaction among several teammates.