Football’s showpiece event, the World Cup, came to a thrilling conclusion on Sunday in Moscow as France defeated Croatia 4-2 in the final to claim their second title and perhaps mark the start of a period of dominance for ‘Les Bleus’.

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Croatia and England will battle for a place in the World Cup final when they meet at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Wednesday, July 11, kick-off at 20h00 CAT.

World Cup hosts Russia will look to continue their remarkable run in the 2018 tournament when they face Croatia in a quarterfinal at the Fisht Olympic Stadium on Saturday, July 7, kick-off at 20h00 CAT.

Five-time World Cup winners Brazil will aim to reach their second consecutive semi-final on Friday when they lock horns with Belgium as they hope to erase bitter memories of four years ago when they were trounced rather embarrassingly 7-1 in their own backyard by the eventual champions Germany.

Big bad Belgium, the inform team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, will look to destroy minnows Japan in a last 16 clash at Rostov Arena on Monday, July 2.
 

After scrapping through the group stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Argentina will be looking for redemption when they face France in a last 16 match at the Kazan Arena on Saturday, June 30.
 

Four more enthralling encounters will light up your screens on Wednesday with the final places in the group stage still to be decided. The Winners of groups E and F will play the runners-up of the corresponding groups in the round of 16.
 

France will fight against Denmark in search of their third win in the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday, June 26 when they meet Denmark in a Group C match at Luzhiniki stadium.
 
 

Spain will face off with Morocco in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B match at the Kaliningrad Stadium on Monday.