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World Cup 2018: How top five favorites are gearing up for the final battle

The phoney war is over and most of the big guns have arrived in Russia ahead of the start of the World Cup

FIFA World Cup 2018: State funding weighs on Russian soccer

Russian Premier League runners-up five times since Fedun took over, Spartak finally became champions last year after a 16-year drought

Fifa World Cup 2018 schedule: You won't have to lose sleep to catch action

Viewership is expected to boost due to kick-off timings more suited to India, and live streaming on mobile being offered by broadcasters

Fifa World Cup: Putin welcomes fans to Russia, promises thrilling tourney

He promised "a real celebration - filled with sporting passion and strong emotions."

World Cup: It's Moscow 1, London 0, as sanctions leave tournament unscathed

When Russia won its bid to host the planet's most watched sporting event eight years ago, Vladimir Putin made clear he intended the tournament to showcase his country at its best

Fifa World Cup 2018: Gloomy Germans lean heavily on rocket-man Marco Reus

Reus is Loew's secret weapon when it comes to doing the unexpected

Fifa World Cup 2018: Can England's young lions avenge 2014 shame?

England will open their World Cup campaign against Tunisia in Volgograd on June 18

World Cup: Neymar's Brazil looks strong as Germany, Argentina face problems

The Paris Saint-Germain superstar's swashbuckling display in a 45-minute appearance against Croatia last weekend largely dismissed lingering concerns

After Octopus Paul, now Achilles the cat is Fifa World Cup's oracle

For the World Cup, Achilles will move out of his lifelong home of the basements of the Hermitage

Argentina World Cup Squad 2018: Messi leads Sampaoli's strategy, Icardi out

Argentina has in its squad only three players who are under 25 years of age, including Paulo Dybala

Fifa World Cup: Google Search rolls out highlights, tables in real time

Google has also created a World Cup Tracker on Google News app on Android

What FIFA World Cup 2018 means for the future of international football

Football's showpiece event, the World Cup, kicks off on June 14

Fifa World Cup 2018: Ganguly loves Messi, but sets heart on another team

Ganguly further picked Brazil, Argentina and Germany as the teams to watch out for in Russia 2018

Fifa World Cup 2018: Investors top up beer mugs for fans before kick-off

One certain bet is that beer will be drunk in large quantities to celebrate victories or drown sorrows

Now, Indian viewers can watch Fifa World Cup in Hindi and Tamil language

Sunil Chhetri, who just completed 100 matches for the national team, will be part of both the English and Hindi panels

FIFA World Cup 2018: Some cool stuff that you can lay your hands on

From stylish Nigerian home kit to Adidas Nemeziz boots, there is a lot you can buy

World Cup balance sheet: How much Fifa earns, and spends on prize money

For the Russia event, Fifa will spend 40% more than what it spent in 2014 in Brazil

Fifa World Cup 2018: Football fever begins to grip cricket-crazy India

Many of the balls have been themed in the national colors of teams hoping to excel in Russia, including Spain, England and Argentina

World Cup 2018 is last opportunity to witness this rare breed of strikers

Big teams have all deviated from the traditional approach of forwarding playing in the global stage

Sony Pictures eyes Rs 2 billion payoff from Fifa World Cup 2018 fever

SPN is the official broadcaster of the FIFA World Cup 2018, which will be telecast from June 14