Super Bowl 2026: Live coverage of NFL’s showpiece game as New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks do battle
It’s the most-watched US sporting event of the year - and all eyes are on whether it’ll be the Patriots or the Seahawks who are crowned NFL champs.
In a rematch of the league’s decider from 2015, New England - led by quarterback Drake Maye - and Seattle - helmed by Sam Darnold - will go at it after both made unlikely surges this season to the title game.
And when the action pauses at half-time, Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny will take to the stage to put on a show, fresh off his Grammy win for Album of the Year.
Follow all the developments from the day below, with the game set to start at 10.30am EDT (7.30am WA time).
Key Events
GAME OVER: SEAHAWKS WIN 29-13!
The Seahawks have done it - and the celebrations begin!
Aussie Michael Dickson is a Super Bowl champion, and well and truly deserves it after producing a series of pinpoint kicks today.
The defence was outstanding and set up this win, while Kenneth Walker may be Super Bowl MVP for his superb rushing efforts. It’s been a team effort!
Two minutes left...
It remains 29-13, Seattle safely possessing the ball, and ticking the clock down.
It’ll be a Seahawks celebration in the next few minutes!
TOUCHDOWN PATRIOTS! 29-13
It’s likely to be only be consolation, but the Pats have another touchdown here!
Maye scoops a pass to Rhamondre Stevenson, and it’s back to a 16-point split with 2.21 remaining.
70,823 the confirmed crowd in San Francisco.
SEATTLE TOUCHDOWN! AND THAT WILL DO IT!
It’s a strip and score for the Seahawks, and they will be the champs!
Maye tries to throw long while under all kinds of pressure from a blitz, but is stuffed by a Seattle defence that has been oh-so good today.
The throw attempt ricochets directly into the arms of Uchenna Nwosu, who cruises into the end zone and ends this thing as a contest.
29-7 (where has all this scoring come from?!) with 4.27 remaining.
Six Seattle Seahawks sacks
Try saying that six times quickly.
Maye gets pinned AGAIN... but recovers a couple of plays later to extend the drive into Seattle territory...
FIELD GOAL: Seattle 22, New England 7
The Seahawks take the safety of a close-range field goal, and the buffer is out to 15.
5.38 left in the game. The Patriots need two touchdowns (with one of them a two-point conversion). It’d take a miracle, but we’ve seen it from them on this stage before...
INTERCEPTION! IS THAT THE GAME?!
That may be it!
Drake Maye was finding his groove, including a fine rush to pick up a first down, but a long throw goes nowhere near a teammate and into the arms of Julian Love of the Seahawks.
They’ll take over inside the 50 with less than 9 minutes left as they look to ice this thing!
Seattle 19, New England 7
And the Patriots DO get the quick stop!
Darnold marginally misses a sprinting Rashid Shaheed on what was a huge throw, and New England get the ball back.
But it’s ANOTHER fantastic punt from Michael Dickson to pin the Pats right back against their end zone! The Aussie is having a brilliant game.
Just under 11 minutes left...
TOUCHDOWN NEW ENGLAND!
Hold on... is there still a hint of life left in this game?!
Maye reverses three-and-a-bit quarters of horrendous offence to throw long to Mack Hollins, who completes a brilliant catch in the end zone under all kinds of pressure!
It’s back to 19-7. 12.27 remaining. Can the Patriots force a quick stop and make this thing real interesting, all of a sudden?
TOUCHDOWN! FINALLY!!
We’ve got a touchdown at last - and that might well be the end of that!
Darnold goes long to the back-right corner of the endzone where AJ Barner has sneaked loose, and connects for the game’s first six-point score. At long last.
The extra point makes it 19-0 Seahawks, and with 13.24 left, the engravers are just about safe to start getting to work on the trophy.
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