When Luka Modric appeared at the press conference at the Luzhniki Stadium yesterday, his slight figure hardly reflected a story he has

Croatia will have more than enough energy to take on France in the World Cup final on Sunday despite being taken to extra time in all three of their World Cup knockout matches, midfielder Ivan Rakitic said.

Croatia's march to the World Cup final is nothing short of a miracle and reflects the efforts of UEFA to develop the sport across the continent, president Aleksander Ceferin said Saturday.

France shuts out all the euphoria back home over their run to the World Cup final in order to play a perfect match against Croatia on Sunday, France captain Hugo Lloris says.

Belgium finishes third in the World Cup, their best-ever performance, when they beat England 2-0 with an early Thomas Meunier goal and a breakaway finished by Eden Hazard in Saturday's playoff between the losing semi-finalists.

Starting line-ups for the World Cup third place playoff between Belgium and England in Saint Petersburg.

"You don't have to be a giant to play football, I'm happy with where I am. I am happy with where I am and I never cared what anyone else said, it only further motivated me." says Modric.

Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic prepares to make changes for Sunday's World Cup final against France if some of his players have not recovered from their exertions in reaching football's biggest game.

Tennis player Jonas Bjorkman seemingly mocks the Brazil superstar Neymar for his theatrics as Jonas Bjorkman started to roll on the floor after being hit by a ball during a doubles tennis match at Wimbledon yesterday.

France play Croatia in the World Cup final at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday. Here is each team's path to the showpiece match.

England manager Gareth Southgate says he hopes to make ‘as few changes as possible’ for Saturday’s World Cup third-place playoff against Belgium.

England can finish third in the World Cup with a victory over Belgium in Saturday’s playoff but manager Gareth Southgate believes they are not yet amongst the elite teams in international football.

France forward Antoine Griezmann says winning the World Cup against Croatia on Sunday is more important than how his team do it.

The third place play-off between Belgium and England will be the second time they have played each other in this tournament. The match is scheduled to start at 8:00 pm in Bangladesh time. Here, we look at some of the statistics ahead of the contest.

Some of the players will be different but there will be no tactical surprises when Belgium face England for a second time at the World Cup on Saturday to decide third place, Belgium coach Roberto Martinez says

Here comes a game that no one wants to be involved in. What glory can two losers achieve from a third-place deciding game? For teams, nothing but the World Cup matters. It's just cruel to ask one of the losing semifinalists to lose again.

Can Croatia cross one final hurdle come Sunday night and become the ninth nation to win the World Cup? Standing in their way are France, whose sole ambition will be to claim that coveted piece of glory for the second time at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

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Nestor Pitana of Argentina will referee the World Cup final between France and Croatia, FIFA announced on Thursday.

At the first training session since their teammates went missing in a Thai cave, the remaining "Wild Boars" said they cannot wait to see their friends back on the pitch.