England have won opening games before. They have won major-tournament matches before. What they have rarely done is leave supporters wanting to watch them again immediately.

Harry Kane’s feat of equalling of Gary Lineker’s England World Cup scoring record with two goals in Wednesday’s 4-2 win over Croatia shows the captain is going into the tournament with all guns firing.

Bukayo Saka says England have the "talent, passion and confidence" to finally win the World Cup after a series of agonising near-misses in major tournaments.

England's opening World Cup match against Croatia on Wednesday will be refereed by Frenchman Clement Turpin, who was once labelled "Grade E" by Thomas Tuchel who is now England coach.

Sorry, England! It's not the World Cup, but the footballers who are coming home.

Sorry, England! It's not the World Cup, but the footballers who are coming home.

England reaches a semi-final in the tournament since 1990. Croatia, meanwhile makes the World Cup knockout rounds for the first time since 1998.