Neymar, who hasn't played since injury in February, is named as the star of a Brazilian team that coach Tite said has a good chance of winning the World Cup in Russia.

With the 2018 World Cup in Russia starting in a month, we take a look at how the biggest names -- who between them have won 13 of the last 20 tournaments -- are shaping up.

The World Cup kicks off in Russia in a month's time with the hosts at loggerheads with the West and intent on using the football showpiece to trumpet their superpower status.

Spain players are doing their homework on Video Assistant Referees (VAR) and will know the system inside-out at the World Cup, according to the national team coach Julen Lopetegui.

Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup From Jun 14 to Jul 15, 2018 The 2018. FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA

164,136 tickets have been allocated to fans around the world via FIFA.com/tickets in the first 24 hours of the last-minute sales phase, which started on 18 April at 12:00 Moscow time.

The 2018 World Cup draw took place Friday at the Kremlin, which seemed as good a place as any to unveil valuable information of vital global interest. Here’s our live coverage and analysis from Moscow.

The 32 teams that qualified for the biggest event in the sporting world now know who they will be facing in next year's tournament that takes place in Russia from June 14.

The biggest event of the year — the football World Cup — is barely six months away. Here’s a primer on how much you may spend if you want to catch the action live in Russia.

Designers have released more kits for Russia 2018 and there's a heavy old-school feel. Whether the tournament turns out to be a classic remains to be seen, but we do know some of the outfits at Russia 2018 have vintage written all over them.

Meet Zabivaka™, the Official Mascot for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. Zabivaka™ means “the one who scores” in Russian, a very suitable name for this wolf who radiates fun, charm and confidence.

​EA SPORTS FIFA 18 to get free 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia update on 29 May Players to get the chance to lead their nation to glory FIFA Mobile update coming on 6 June Is 15 July just too long to wait before seeing the best on the planet lift the FIFA World Cup™? If so, EA SPORTS may be your knight in shining armour.

​Joseph Yobo has urged Nigeria against dreaming of the Final The former enforcer has defended the Super Eagles’ backline He believes Nigeria can give Argentina a real fight

"Lionel Messi doesn't have the energy he had when he was 20 years old, nor does he have a magic wand to ensure his team qualifies. He has lost spontaneity and strength in his dribbling.”

Six games being played at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi during the 2018 FIFA World Cup The venue, which also hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics, is named after a nearby mountain peak Check out the best photos of the stadium in our gallery

The 32 Teams for the 2018 Russia World Cup will name their 23-man squad for the World Cup by the deadline date of May 14. With one month to go for the start of the World Cup since that deadline date, teams are likely to select provisional squads for the tournament and Australia became the first team to select a provisional squad of 32 members.

The main stadium for Russia 2018 was originally built to host the first nationwide summer Spartakiad in 1956. Since then, Luzhniki Stadium has hosted a multitude of major sporting and cultural events, including the 1980 Summer Olympics, world championships in ice hockey, athletics and rugby and concerts featuring some of the world's greatest musicians. Throughout this period, however, football has played a special role, with the stadium having hosted more than 3,000 matches.

The World Cup is not immune from the threat of match-fixing, experts warn, with sophisticated monitoring systems in place to identify suspicious activity during the tournament in Russia.

Lionel Messi unveils Argentina's new black kit while Cristiano Ronaldo shows off Portugal's dazzling new first kit for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia.

FIFA releases special video, set to Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, featuring legends of the game juggling and doing tricks.