View Playing fair, on and off the pitch | View As the World Cup kicks off in Moscow, Amnesty International's Stefan Simanowitz reflects on the similarities between the beautiful game and international human rights. 14/06/2018
Sport As it happened: Russia crush Saudi Arabia 5-0 in World Cup opener Here's a roundup of the World Cup opener. 14/06/2018
gravity How much World Cup trivia do you know? Who scored the first ever hat trick? Which player was shot following an own goal? If you think you know all this and more, our 20 question World Cup trivia quiz is for you. Test your knowledge here. 12/06/2018
no comment Thai elephants kicked off an anti-gambling campaign in Thailand Nine elephants, painted with flags of countries competing in the 2018 event in Russia, played a 15-minute football match to raise awareness against illegal gambling 12/06/2018
Sport World Cup 2018: how to follow England Want the insider's guide on how to follow England? Here we help you with the players to watch out for and the songs to sing. 08/06/2018
Russia Russia's spectacular stadiums await World Cup kick-off The Saint-Petersburg Stadium is thought to be one of the most expensive sporting arenas ever assembled, the 67,000-seater costing almost €1 billion. 07/06/2018
Sport Argentina pull out of Jerusalem match against Israel After pressure from Palestinians, Argentina won't play in Jerusalem. 06/06/2018
Belgium Did this mattress company accidentally reveal Belgium’s World Cup rost Did this mattress company accidentally reveal Belgium’s World Cup roster? 02/06/2018
United Kingdom England v Nigeria: what we learned England played a friendly against Nigeria before jetting off to the World Cup in Russia. 02/06/2018
Russia Moscow university students protest World Cup noise World Cup fever is mounting in much of the world but these students at Moscow State University are not going football crazy. 23/05/2018
Sport Spain names its World Cup squad Spains 23-man World Cup squad has been announced with some surprises. 21/05/2018
Germany Premier League stars criticised for helping Erdogan's 'propaganda' There have been calls for Arsenal's Mesut Ozil and Manchester City's İlkay Gündoğan to be excluded from Germany's World Cup squad after posing for photos with Turkey's controversial President. 15/05/2018
Mexico The Afghan football coach training Mexican street kids for their own 'World Cup' Khalida Popal was the first captain of the woman's football team in Afghanistan until she was forced to flee after receiving death threats from the Taliban. 12/04/2018
Football for friendship 6th Edition of Gazprom's Football for Friendship programme The programme aims to encourage youngsters around the world to play football 05/04/2018
Russia FIFA confirms video assistants will be used in World Cup Finals President Gianni Infantino says VAR will bring more transparent and fairer football. 17/03/2018
Sport VAR: video assistant referees set to be used at World Cup in Russia Video replays set to be used at World Cup after IFAB approval. 03/03/2018
Sport Neymar's recovery from foot surgery may take three months The world's most expensive player may take three months to recuperate. 01/03/2018
Football for friendship Football for friendship sets stage for 2018 World Cup Young persons' sporting and cultural programme opens in Moscow. 16/02/2018
Sport Giggs to manage Wales Wales have appointed former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs as their manager on a four-year contract 15/01/2018
Sport FIFA bans Peru captain Peru captain Paolo Guerrero will miss next year's football World Cup finals after being handed a one-year ban for taking cocaine 08/12/2017
world news World Cup joy in Peru Country's first qualification since '82 sees crowds on streets, public holiday declared. 16/11/2017
Sport Australia qualify for 2018 World Cup Australia beat Honduras 3-1 on aggregate to book place in Russia for fourth World Cup in a row. 15/11/2017
Sport World Cup qualifiers: Italy under pressure The heat is on for Italy ahead of tonights's second-leg playoff against Sweden. 13/11/2017
world news First blood to Croatia and Swiss in World Cup qualifying playoffs Switzerland's 1-0 win over Northern Ireland was marked by controversy 10/11/2017
Sport Final places for Russia 2018 up for grabs in the play-offs Moving on from the group stages, the play-offs will now decide who will take the final spots in the World Cup 2018 08/11/2017
Sport PSG boss questioned over bribery claims by Swiss prosecutors Paris Saint Germain chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi was interrogated for hours by Swiss prosectors investigating the sale of World Cup media rights 25/10/2017
