Russia and Uruguay will face one of the top two from Group B in the last 16 -- either Portugal, Spain or Iran, AFP reports

The session is closed to the media, but the CBF also posted a short video on their Twitter account showing Neymar in action at the team's Sochi base

The Real Madrid star strikes in the 4th minute in Moscow to surpass Hungarian legend Ferenc Puskas as Europe's all-time leading scorer with 85

Crespo, Argentina's third-highest scorer with 35 goals, says Messi's chances of success with the national team has been undermined by factors away

The host nation defied critics and confounded expectations by easing past Egypt 3-1 on Tuesday

Russia will be guaranteed a place in the last 16 and Egypt eliminated unless Saudi Arabia beat Uruguay on Wednesday

Messi made an unhappy start to the WC on Saturday, missing what would have been a winning penalty as Argentina were held to a 1-1 draw by Iceland

Cristiano Ronaldo will hone in on Morocco on Wednesday after his stunning hat-trick in Portugal’s World Cup opener

Portugal have a fully-fit squad to choose from although Bruno Alves could be preferred to Jose Fonte in defence

After a goalless first half, Ahmed Fathi scored an own goal before Denis Cheryshev struck and Artem Dzyuba added a third

The Brazilian soccer confederation said the injury was not serious, adding Neymar left as a precaution and would be back in training on Wednesday

The African side took a 37th-minute lead when Idrissa Gueye's shot took a massive deflection off defender Thiago Cionek to wrong foot the keeper

In an explosive start to the Group H clash, Colombia defender Sanchez earned the first red card of Russia 2018 with a handball after just four minutes

Ties between Japan and Russia have been strained for decades over four islands occupied by the Soviet Union in the closing days of World War II

Colombia's Carlos Sanchez on Tuesday became the first player to be sent off at the World Cup in…

Di María, meanwhile, looks like he will be sacrificed for Cristian Pavon, who impressed Sampaoli in just 20 minutes as a substitute against Iceland

Cristiano Ronaldo will attempt to follow up his World Cup opening game heroics for Portugal against a Morocco side

The confederation says it wants to know whether the plays were reviewed in any way, saying "transparency is of essence"

Liverpool wizard Salah missed his team's defeat to Uruguay on Friday as he struggles to recover from the shoulder injury

Players and officials of Saudi Arabia have arrived safely in Rostov-on-Don for their match with Uruguay

Harry Maguire wins a header from a corner and Kane is on hand at the far post to nod in the winner before being mobbed by his ecstatic teammates

Croatia lead the group after a 2-0 victory over Nigeria and would seal their place in the knockout stages with a win against Argentina

The reason, it has been widely reported, is that El-Shenawy is Muslim, and the “prize” handed out for being the best performer in each World Cup game

With Panama forced to throw more bodies forward, they were punished on the break a quarter of an hour from the end

Sweden, who join Mexico at the top of Group F on three points, created the better chances in Nizhny Novgorod

England, winners on football’s biggest stage more than half a century ago, crashed out without a win four years ago in Brazil

Cristiano Ronaldo has tipped the 22-year-old Silva, who moved to Milan from Porto last year, as his long-term successor in the Portugal team

Lionel Messi missed a penalty as his side were surprisingly held by debutants Iceland in their opening Group D game on Saturday

Sweden will be hoping to kick-start their Group F campaign with a victory

The 27-year-old attacking midfielder is fresh from winning the FA Cup with Chelsea, scoring the only goal in the final against Manchester United

Coutinho opened the scoring with a magical curling long range shot on 20 minutes, but Zuber headed the Swiss back level five minutes after the restart

"I don't blame the players. I could blame the lack of work rate. But I can't blame the players, much less Messi, who gave it all he had," Diego says

The highly-rated PSV Eindhoven forward strikes the winner on 35 minutes after a blistering counter-attack at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Messi had 11 shots without scoring - setting a new Argentina record for the World Cup - and was dejected at the final whistle

Serbia captain Kolarov - the former Manchester City defender - scored from 25 yards when he curled the ball over the Costa Rica wall

Neymar is the focal point of one of the most menacing attacks in the tournament, and could line up in a front four that includes Gabriel Jesus

The win extends Denmark's unbeaten run to 16 games without defeat and end Peru's 15-match unbeaten streak

Germany defeated Mexico 4-1 on the way to hoisting the Confederations Cup trophy in Russia last year

Halldorsson was the hero when he palmed away Messi's spot kick in the 63rd minute, correctly gambling that the Barca talisman would shoot to his right