England not a top five team yet says Southgate
England could finish third in the World Cup with a victory over Belgium in Saturday’s playoff but manager Gareth Southgate believes they are not yet amongst the elite teams in international football.
Will to trump skill in World Cup’s ultimate character test
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.
List of previous World Cup finals
FIFA World Cup finals since the competition began in 1930.
Southgate to make ‘as few changes as possible’ for Belgium
England manager Gareth Southgate says he hopes to make “as few changes as possible” for Saturday’s World Cup third-place playoff against Belgium.
Infantino says 2018 World Cup is the best-ever
FIFA president Gianni Infantino described the 2018 World Cup as the best-ever on Friday and said it had changed perceptions of the host nation Russia.
France-Croatia final confirms Europe’s World Cup dominance
A European nation is set to win the World Cup for the fourth time in a row this Sunday and in doing so confirm an unprecedented dominance for the Old World over their once mighty rivals in South America.
Soccer World Cup de-toxifies Russia’s global brand
When the last fan files out of Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium on Sunday after the soccer World Cup final, Vladimir Putin can bask in the knowledge that his objective for the tournament has been met: Russia has, for now at least, been re-branded.
Griezmann paints picture of relaxed atmosphere in French camp
If Antoine Griezmann’s jocular demeanor is anything to go by, France are far from overawed by the prospect of playing in the World Cup final and in buoyant spirits ahead of Sunday’s clash with Croatia.
Infantino says VAR means the end of offside goals
Goals scored from offside positions will be a thing of the past, at least in competitions where video assistant referees (VARs) are used, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Friday as he hailed the success of the technology at the World Cup in Russ…
