Belgium beat England in the World Cup third-place playoff on Saturday to ensure their best-ever finish as tournament top scorer Harry Kane admitted his side need to improve if they are to end their long trophy drought.

Warriors! That is the word that describes Croatia the best.

A month ago, if someone had predicted that France and Croatia would play the World Cup final in Russia, most of us would have dumped it as an impossible option. But here we are with that spectacularly different reality -- the Les Bleus and the Blazers lining up for today's final at the Luzhniki Stadium.

France shuts out all the euphoria back home over their run to the World Cup final in order to play a perfect match against Croatia on Sunday, France captain Hugo Lloris says.

Belgium finishes third in the World Cup, their best-ever performance, when they beat England 2-0 with an early Thomas Meunier goal and a breakaway finished by Eden Hazard in Saturday's playoff between the losing semi-finalists.

Starting line-ups for the World Cup third place playoff between Belgium and England in Saint Petersburg.

"You don't have to be a giant to play football, I'm happy with where I am. I am happy with where I am and I never cared what anyone else said, it only further motivated me." says Modric.

Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic prepares to make changes for Sunday's World Cup final against France if some of his players have not recovered from their exertions in reaching football's biggest game.

Tennis player Jonas Bjorkman seemingly mocks the Brazil superstar Neymar for his theatrics as Jonas Bjorkman started to roll on the floor after being hit by a ball during a doubles tennis match at Wimbledon yesterday.

France play Croatia in the World Cup final at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday. Here is each team's path to the showpiece match.

England manager Gareth Southgate says he hopes to make ‘as few changes as possible’ for Saturday’s World Cup third-place playoff against Belgium.

England can finish third in the World Cup with a victory over Belgium in Saturday’s playoff but manager Gareth Southgate believes they are not yet amongst the elite teams in international football.

France forward Antoine Griezmann says winning the World Cup against Croatia on Sunday is more important than how his team do it.

The third place play-off between Belgium and England will be the second time they have played each other in this tournament. The match is scheduled to start at 8:00 pm in Bangladesh time. Here, we look at some of the statistics ahead of the contest.

Some of the players will be different but there will be no tactical surprises when Belgium face England for a second time at the World Cup on Saturday to decide third place, Belgium coach Roberto Martinez says

FIFA president Gianni Infantino thanked the Russian people and government on Friday for what he described as the "best World Cup" ever.

It is easy to ignore diminutive N'Golo Kante amid all of France's star-studded World Cup squad that includes $100 million-plus players such as Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann.

Leonidas, who was inexplicably left out of the semifinal loss to Italy as Brazil 'wanted to keep him fresh for the final' returned to the line-up against Sweden for their third-place match in the second World Cup.

England manager Gareth Southgate hopes his team can ride the momentum generated by their run to the World Cup semi-finals and follow the path Germany took to the top of international football.

Belgium and England have already met during the World Cup in a match both teams seemed reluctant to win and on Saturday they will face each other again in a game they both seem reluctant to play.