Croatia defender Domagoj Vida faces possible disciplinary sanctions from FIFA after posting a clip dedicating his country's victory over Russia in the World Cup quarter-final to Ukraine.

Spanish FA (RFEF) has announces that Spain boss Fernando Hierro will not continue as the coach of the national team after following their loss to Russia in the Round of 16 on penalties.

England right-back Kyle Walker could not help but poke fun at teammate Harry Maguire after his goal helped England get to the semi-final of the World Cup.

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand thinks that Belgium star forward Romelu Lukaku is making World Cup football look like playground football due to his outstanding pace and power.

The father of Mesut Ozil says that his son should quit Germany’s national squad after he was “made the scapegoat” for Die Mannschaft’s shock first-round defeat at the World Cup.

Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic says that there are no favourites in this World Cup as all the teams remaining are equally capable of lifting the trophy as Croatia prepares for a feisty semi-final against England after edging past Russia in penalties, and according to him the teams that came with the ‘favourites’ tag are already home now and the ones that worked hard remain.

Russia’s most-capped player Sergei Ignashevich announces his retirement from football on Sunday after the hosts were eliminated by Croatia on penalties in the World Cup quarter-final hours earlier.

Ivan Rakitic is hoping this Croatia team can go a step further after matching the country’s heroes of 1998 by making it to the semi-finals of the World Cup.

David Beckham wins a friendly England versus Sweden bet against Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with the terms of the bet stating that if England beat Sweden in the quarter-final to book a place in the World Cup 2018 semi-final, Zlatan would be buying dinner for Beckham where ever he wants in the world.

Croatia captain Luka Modric says his side showed character on Saturday to get through “another drama” after edging to a second straight shootout win to knock out Russia and set up a World Cup semi-final with England.

Russia's unexpected World Cup run ended on penalties after a thrilling quarter-final against Croatia on Saturday, and the hosts left the stage having earned the admiration of fans both home and abroad for their indomitable spirit.

Croatia captain Luka Modric puts in a man of the match performance to lead his side to a penalty shootout victory over hosts Russia.

Croatia beat Russia 4-3 on penalties on Saturday to set up a World Cup semi-final against England after a dramatic match full of twists and turns.

Fans back home erupted in celebration and the beer went flying as England reached the World Cup semifinals for the first time in 28 years on Saturday.

Sweden made very few mistakes but came up against a better team on the day and a superb goalkeeper in England's Jordan Pickford to miss out on their first World Cup semifinal since 1994, coach Janne Andersson said on Saturday.

Sweden were lauded for their collective spirit heading into their World Cup quarterfinal on Saturday, however after his side secured a 2-0 win it was England manager Gareth Southgate purring about the togetherness of his young squad.

No horror, no overreaction, just a wistful sigh: this was, by and large, the tone of Brazilian press reaction to the Selecao's quarterfinal defeat to Belgium.

Ivan Rakitic scored the winning penalty as Croatia beat Russia 4-3 in a shoot-out after a dramatic 2-2 draw on Saturday to end the World Cup hopes of the host nation and advance to a semi-final against England.

While we were crammed into a narrow corridor awaiting the elevator, one gentleman approached with a very important guest in tow.

When Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were sent packing from the World Cup a week ago, the stage was set for Brazil's Neymar to take over the role of the tournament's true star.