Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic, who plays for Real Madrid has said that his team are a better collective outfit than Argentina who are heavily dependent on one man.

Senegal make it a day of upsets at the Fifa World Cup by beating the more-fancied Poland 2-1 in their Group H match at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow.

The World Cup has seen quite a few underdog performances but Mexico’s 1-0 victory over defending champions Germany was the most impressive given the manner in which they won.

Psychic cat Achilles, who correctly predicted a Russia victory over Saudi Arabia in the host nation’s opening match has once again chosen Russia as the winners.

In a stirring match that saw the first red card of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Japan ride on goals from Shinji Kagawa and Yuya Osako to beat Colombia 2-1 in their Group H game at the Mordovia Arena in Saransk.

Egypt manager Hector Cuper is optimistic as he says his star man Mohamed Salah is fit for the match against Russia but also insists that it still depends on a late physical test ahead of the clash.

During an afternoon at a Moscow park, Argentina fan Augustin Otelo is counting not the number of goals his team has scored in the World Cup but the number of phone numbers he has collected from Russian girls as foreigners in Russia try to find love.

Patrice Evra, former Manchester United team mate of Cristiano Ronaldo says that the Portuguese is an ‘angry man’ as he never gives up until he wins and reminisces old memories during their Manchester United stint, according to reports by FFT.

Neymar misses Brazil’s outdoor training session on Monday after taking a knock during their opening game against Switzerland which ended in a 1-1 draw, according to reports by Sky Sports.

The Brazilian Football Confederation is questioning FIFA about some decisions made using VAR during Brazil’s opening match against Switzerland where the five times World Champions were held to a 1-1 draw, according to reports by ESPN.

The hosts Russia face Egypt in their second match of the group. Russia will be looking to book their place in the second round of the tournament while Egypt will be desperate to get their first win in a World Cup match and keep their World Cup hopes alive. The match is scheduled to start at 12:00 am in Bangladesh time. Here we look at some of the statistics ahead of the encounter.

England captain Harry Kane accused the Tunisian defence of using cynical tactics to try and halt England in their opening World Cup game, as he suggested his last gasp goal in a 2-1 win ensured justice was served in Volgograd.

Saudi Arabia's official team plane caught fire in mid air as they travelled to their World Cup match on Wednesday.

A stoppage-time header from two-goal Harry Kane gives England a 2-1 win over Tunisia in their opening World Cup Group G match on Monday.

Despite sacking their coach just 71 days before the World Cup, Japan will attempt to prove their doubters wrong on Tuesday against a Colombia side sweating on the fitness of star midfielder James Rodriguez.

Colombia will decide as late as possible whether to start James Rodriguez in their opening World Cup clash against Japan on Tuesday as the 2014 top-scorer labours with a calf strain.

Robert Lewandowski and Sadio Mane face off in a mouthwatering World Cup match between two of European football's most lethal

A visit to the FIFA football museum in Moscow was a refreshing one. It took us a fifteen-minute walk from Arbatskaya metro station to the Hunyadi Motor Studio, where you have to go through a scanner, a security protocol in every important place you visit in Moscow.

Romelu Lukaku netted a brace as a much-improved second-half performance gave Belgium an ultimately comfortable 3-0 victory over tournament debutants Panama in their World Cup opener in Sochi on Monday.

Mohamed Salah has been declared fit ahead of Egypt's crunch game against Russia on Tuesday and coach Hector Cuper is optimistic his star striker will play. But Russia boss Stanislav Cherchesov believes the World Cup hosts have figured out a way to rein Salah in when the two sides meet in Saint Petersburg.