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Your support makes all the difference.The 2018 World Cup is in full flow in Russia.
Today is the first day of the tournament with no fixtures scheduled: but that doesn't mean the news stops.
England are currently preparing for their huge last 16 clash with Colombia after losing 1-0 to Belgium last night. We will bring you all the reaction from Gareth Southgate and the rest of the camp.
And we will also bring you the very latest from every other nation as we finally enter the business end of the tournament. It's beginning to get (even more) exciting!
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Ahead of England's first round of 16 match Michael Cox looks at some weak points in the Colombian side that England should look to exploit.
A drug-free competition
Fifa have claimed that all 2,700 drug tests made throughout the 2018 World Cup so far have come back negative. The governing body in charge of the competition has claimed that all 736 players at the tournament have been tested at least once.
All of the samples taken during the competition have been sent to a World Ant-Doping Association laboratory in Switzerland.
Salah's home swarmed by fans after leak.
Mohammed Salah's home address was recently leaked on Facebook causing fans to swarm the Liverpool star's Egyptian residence. This comes after Eygpt's humiliating exit from the 2018 World Cup where Salah scored the nations only goals.
The 26-year-old spent the night meeting and greeting fans and signing autographs for them outside his house. The much-loved sportsman remains a popular figure in Egypt despite their World Cup results.
Alexander-Arnold left disappointed after Belgium defeat.
The 19-year-old Liverpool up and comer received his first national cap against Belgium yesterday but he has been left feeling flat following the 1-0 defeat.
“Everyone is disappointed now,” Trent said speaking to ITV. “You don’t want to see smiles in the changing rooms. You want to win every game."
“I’m very disappointed [because] we came into the game wanting to win it, obviously we never won it, but we are still in the round of 16 and something to look forward to."
Cahill claims Belgium defeat will be a reminder.
Gary Cahill thinks that the Belgium defeat will help England in the long run by reminding the team of what's ahead of them. Cahill made a goal-line stop that stopped the Belgians from going ahead in the first half.
"The Belgium game was a reminder to us of the standard of teams we are coming up against from now on," Cahill told the London Evening Standard.
De Gea to stay in goal for Spain against hosts.
Due to uncharacteristic mistakes the Spain coach Fernando Hierro was supposedly considering benching the Manchester United goalkeeper for tomorrow's game. De Gea's mistakes left him visibly disappointed during Spain's World Cup campaign so far.
There was speculative talks of him being benched for Athletic Bilbao shot stopper Kepa Arrizabalaga. However, in an interview with Radio Nacional de Espana, when asked about De Gea, Heirro said: "Yes, he will play."
Will Marcelo be fit for Brazil vs Mexico?
According to Sambafoot, Brazilian support staff are confident in Marcelo's return ahead of their match against Mexico.
Brazil’s team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar is quietly confident that left-back Marcelo can recover in time for Monday’s World Cup last 16 tie against Mexico. Marcelo went off after 8 minutes of the Seleção’s 2-0 win voer Serbia on Wednesday.
The player had a violent back spasm and went off in some discomfort, replaced by Filipe Luis. But Brazil have not ruled him out of the Mexico game, saying the player is already much better.
“Marcelo had a back spasm but is already better. Now we have to wait a little, 48 hours or so, to see how he responds. It is possible [he can play against Mexico], there is not much time but we are optimistic.
Lovren and Corluka training again.
The Croatian national side announced on Wednesday that Lovren was given a break as a precaution and Corluka was working out on a spinning bike instead of attending normal training.
After missing one day they are now back training with the team ahead of their match against Denmark on Sunday.
John Stones fit for Colombia game.
England coach Gareth Southgate has confirmed that defender John Stones will be fit for the round of 16 match against Colombia.
The Manchester City defender was one of three players to keep their place for the last group stage match against Belgium but he was replaced at half-time and replaced by Harry Maguire.
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