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Croatia’s Vida free to face England after Fifa warning

Domagoj Vida says his pro-Ukraine comments in a social media video were not a political message, with the Croatia defender having avoided a World Cup ban.

Maguire the embodiment of a team aligned with its fans

England crowned another goal-scoring hero named Harry on Saturday, but it was Maguire, not Kane, who helped the Three Lions into the last four of a World Cup for the first time in a generation.

Brazil elimination ‘saddest moment of my career’ – Neymar

Neymar has described Brazil’s World Cup exit at the quarter-final stage as ‘the saddest moment’ of his career.

Aulas expects Fekir to stay at Lyon

Jean-Michel Aulas believes club captain Nabil Fekir will stay at Lyon next season, despite the ongoing uncertainty surrounding his future.

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with the UCL trophy.

Calderon warns Real Madrid against Ronaldo sale

Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says it would not be strange to see Cristiano Ronaldo join Juventus, but warned Real Madrid against selling their star man.

Ibrahimovic: Every Sweden player should get a Golden Ball

Zlatan Ibrahimovic thinks Sweden’s players all deserve to be given a Golden Ball award for their efforts at the World Cup.

Coutinho ready for backlash after Brazil exit

Brazil star Philippe Coutinho said he was ready for the backlash after a shock World Cup quarter-final loss to Belgium.

Ranked! Every England player based on their World Cup displays

Aside from Jack Butland and Nick Pope, the entire England squad has seen game time in Russia – but they aren’t all of equal importance. FourFourTwo rates the players on their displays so far.

Messi and Ronaldo still inspiring Kane

Harry Kane still holds up Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as standard-bearers despite the superstar duo’s disappointing World Cup.

One of the breakout stars from the World Cup, Ante Rebic of Croatia.

The 10 breakout stars of the 2018 World Cup

The World Cup is undoubtedly football’s biggest stage and thus offers relatively unknown players the chance to make their mark. FourFourTwo selects the 10 players who have seriously enhanced their reputation in Russia.