2018 soccer world cup
[ANALYSIS] Predicting the World Cup winner: An engineer’s working guide
Can we trust expert football predictions? Perhaps, but it's variable.
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Southgate's job safe even if England disappoint in Russia – Glenn
FA chief executive Martin Glenn also said England should not underestimate their group opponents, Belgium, Tunisia and Panama, at the World Cup.
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Jedinak hat-trick sends Australia to World Cup
Captain Mile Jedinak settled his compatriots’ nerves with a deflected free kick and two penalties to give Australia a comfortable aggregate victory after the 0-0 draw in the first leg last week.
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Teams that have qualified for 2018 World Cup so far
The map of teams that have qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, with the number of teams in each region taking part in the qualifying rounds.
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Telstar 18 back as official World Cup match ball
The ball was first used in the 1970 World Cup and will make its first appearance since the 1974 tournament in Germany.
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Final 3 African World Cup slots to be settled
Egypt and Nigeria have already claimed two of the five African slots for the tournament in Russia.
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France join top seeds for World Cup draw
The seven top-ranked teams plus hosts Russia go into in pot one, the next eight ranked teams in pot two and so on.
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South Africans laugh away the pain after Bafana's loss
Twitter users have responded to Bafana Bafana’s 2-1 loss to Cape Verde.
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Australia face divided Japan in World Cup qualifier – Degenek
Local media have reported that the Japan Football Association will sack Bosnian coach Vahid Halilhodzic if the team loses to the Socceroos.
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Russia steps up security as Confederations Cup looms
Russia, now a record low 63rd in Fifa world rankings, have experienced upheaval with three managers in the last two years.
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Sampaoli takes charge of Argentina until 2022, seeks best of Messi
Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli said his greatest challenge was to get the best out of Lionel Messi and reach next year's World Cup finals in Russia.
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Bafana Bafana bounce back against Senegal
SA bounced back to form with a 2-1 win over Senegal in their 2018 World Cup Qualifier on Saturday.
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African giants go head-to-head in World Cup qualifiers
Reigning African Champions Ivory Coast will be looking to pick up their second win of the qualifiers.
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Lars Veldwijk eager to deliver the goods for Bafana
Veldwijk is born in the Netherlands and has played his club football in that country, as well as in England.
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Infantino: Russia says economic crisis won’t affect World Cup
Its World Cup budget has been repeatedly slashed and was limited to $9.38 billion February.
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Bafana ready to battle Angola in second leg qualifiers
Bafana carry a healthy two goal advantage from the first leg after a 3-1 victory on Friday.
