Russia news

This year's hosts have not made it past the group stage since 1986 but have a chance of arresting that streak after being handed a favourable draw

The African country are playing just their third ever finals tournament and will be hoping Liverpool's Mohamed Salah can keep up his outstanding form

Oscar Tabarez's men relied heavily on home advantage during qualifying but will expect to progress from an open looking Group A that includes Russia

Our Fantasy writer pours over the stats from qualifiers and picks out the best La Liga performers from Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Barcelona

dabblebet are offering live streaming of a whole host of World Cup warm-up matches as teams begin their final preparations for Russia 2018

As we near ever closer to the finals in Russia, Goal takes a look at the youngest players to have represented their countries at the tournament

With Cherchesov's men having held strong before collapsing in their last few matches, Al Hain-Cole expects the action to unfold after the break

The former Chelsea midfielder has been working to decrease discriminatory incidents in the country since taking up his post in 2017

The biggest sporting event in the world is set to get under way in June and so too will its fantasy football variants - we offer a helping hand

With the tournament getting closer, Goal takes a look at the stars who may miss out on a place in their respective national team squad

The former Arsenal and Russia star feels his playing days are coming to an end but he hopes to stay in the game once he hangs up his boots

A bear in Russia was used to help kick-off a match in the Russian league, and the animal rights' group has criticised the decision

Goal takes a look at what we know about all the latest kits for all the teams taking part in the World Cup in Russia