France have reached the finals 3 times in the last 6 major competitions while Croatia are in their first ever World Cup final after reaching the semifinal of France 98. France went through their group stage in an unconvincing manner, but they turned on the style when they reached the knockout stage. After beating Argentina 4-3 in the round of ...

Belgium and England suffered heartbreaks in their semifinal matches to setup this third place playoff in Russia, but these teams can hold their heads high and be proud of how far they have come. The Belgians were one of the dark horses of the competition but we all felt that they lacked a little bit of experience in these situations ...

With no hype and not many egos to manage, England have stormed to the semifinal of this World Cup and there is a real sense that this group is destined to write their names into the book of history. The English men started their campaign by beating Tunisia and Panama in their opening two group games. They scored 8 times ...

France are the only team who were deemed favourites to win this World Cup who are still in the competition, and Les Blues will be hoping to show the world that they are not over-hyped as they bid to beat Belgium to reach the final. The French team started their campaign with a 2-1 win over Australia and they managed ...

Russia has surprised everyone with their resilient performances in this competition so far. The Russians have made it this far despite being the lowest ranked team when the competition began. They started their campaign with a solid 5-0 win over Saudi Arabia and followed that up with a 3-1 win over Egypt which guaranteed their qualification to the next round. ...