8 June 2018

Russia have badly under-performed since reaching the Euro 2008 semi-finals and, with a squad lacking in quality and experience plus poor recent results, there is a real danger of an embarrassing early exit as World Cup hosts.

15 July 2018

French fans dared to dream of a World Cup victory on Sunday as they prepared to watch the game on a sunny summer weekend after a tournament that has lifted spirits and led to a rare sense of national unity.

29 June 2018

If you like late goals that turn soccer matches on their head, this is the World Cup for you. As the first stage of the World Cup closed on Thursday, figures show how consequential much of the late action has been.

23 July 2018

A Russian court on Monday threw out appeals by Pussy Riot punk group members after they were sentenced to brief jail terms for invading the pitch at the World Cup final.

18 July 2018

What started as a World Cup with all the confederations represented has ended of looking more Euro than World. It ended like a European Cup with only two South Americans teams, Brazil and Uruguay, in the Round of 8 and an exclusive club of Euro members, Belgium, Croatia, England and France, in the Round of 4.

15 July 2018

Croatia will hope that their fierce desperation to accomplish the greatest sporting achievement in the nation’s short life will enable them to lift their battered bodies for one, last assault on France in Sunday’s World Cup final.

15 July 2018

France won the World Cup for the second time by ending battling Croatia’s dream of a first title with a 4-2 victory on Sunday in one of the most entertaining and action-packed finals for decades.

29 June 2018

If you like late goals that turn soccer matches on their head, this is the World Cup for you. As the first stage of the World Cup closed on Thursday, figures show how consequential much of the late action has been.

9 June 2018

Luzhniki Stadium, initially called Central Lenin Stadium, was built between 1955 and 1956.

13 June 2018

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will kick off on Thursday, (14 June), with a match between host, Russia and Saudi Arabia.