the atmosphere is building up the luzhniki stadium.the team that beat sweden. gareth southgate is placing his trust in the starting xi in the group game against tunisia. 0ne change to speak of four croatia, marcello trotta vickers coming back into the starting line—up, the suggestion being that perhaps that will free up lu ka suggestion being that perhaps that will free up luka modric a little in midfield to push forward, to have the playmaking skill used to such devastating extent so far in the tournament. we will see how it plays out on the pitch. that is the latest tea m out on the pitch. that is the latest team news. in the last few minutes we have heard from gareth southgate in the tunnel, in the bowels of the luzhniki stadium. he has spoken about the strength of the croatian tea m about the strength of the croatian team and his happiness and pride in bringing england to the stage of the competition. they have obviously got some outstanding individuals, very strong attacking crosses, great spirit and togetherness. we have too much

final preparations today at the luzhniki stadium. close shave against colombia, england will be hoping tonight's game is decided before penalties. but croatia mean business. a battle hardened squad are determined they will be the ones to progress, training last night for an hour at a high intensity, despite their recent tough games. their head coach, that zlatko dalic, saying in his press conference, it should be no surprise that his team is amongst the final four. and that the strength of his players has been underestimated. the trophy may have changed, the ambition remains the same. and england sense a chance to bring it home once more. and let's go to moscow. it seems a long time ago, and 290 those tears of joy long time ago, and 290 those tears ofjoy ring. 17 of the squad but even born when england were in their last world cup semifinal. croatia made their debut in 1998 when the lost to the eventual winners france and they are really going to be up for this as well. they have been training very intently and you can feel the atmos

good evening from moscow from the luzhniki stadium where england are about to take on croatia in the d cup semifinal. it's their biggest game for almost thirty years. the atmosphere here is incredible. thousands of england fans are in the stadium tonight — thousands more decided at the last minute to travel to russia just hoping to get tickets. if they win, gareth southgate‘s men will make history as england's first team in a world cup final since 1966. if they don't, it will be heartbreak for england, but what a tournament they've had. we'll be live inside the stadium in a moment, but first here's our sports editor dan roan. last month, she came to russia unheralded, but unlike these players arrived at the luzhniki stadium on the verge of sporting immortality. just one more win from becoming only the second england team ever to reach football's greatest ever stage. it is a privilege leading a country into a semifinal, not many people have had the opportunity to do it. but equally we do not want it to end here. 28 years have passed since england's last world cup semifinal appearance.

final preparations today at the luzhniki stadium.fter last week's close shave against colombia, england will be hoping tonight's game is decided before penalties. but croatia mean business. a battle hardened squad are determined they will be the ones to progress, training last night for an hour at a high intensity, despite their recent tough games. their head coach, that zlatko dalic, saying in his press conference, it should be no surprise that his team is amongst the final four. and that the strength of his players has been underestimated. the trophy may have changed, the ambition remains the same. and england sense a chance to bring it home once more. in a moment, we'll go live to richard who's at the luzhniki stadium where tonight's game is being played, but first let's speak to sarah rainsford who's with england fans in central moscow. the fans who have travelled there, what's the mood? the mood is extremely positive. there has been a great party atmosphere here. we know that throughout the tournament, they have not been that ma

celebrating and second trophy in twenty years after powering to afford to victory over croatia at the luzhniki stadium.

here thanks don it is now under two hours until kickoff at moscow's luzhniki stadium artie's alexy on a chef ski is their first soaking up the atmosphere alexy the sun is shining the funds are smiling the world cup final takes place in that stadium beside you is there anywhere else in the world you would rather be right nah. no you and i would never be anywhere else this is the pinnacle of world football the world cup final at luzhniki it's actually hard to believe that the four weeks have passed so quickly and i just remember like for weeks ago i was standing on the very same spot saying that you know the world cup is opening the moment the world the waiting for the last eight years now it's the final stage game sixty four against france the atmosphere here is building up nicely i would say maybe slight dominance on the gratian fans a lot of checkered yellow white and red shirts all over but obviously the fans of france are in full voice as well now before this final the president gratian who we are expected to be in the stands tonight issued a very heartfelt thank you to russia for

they werejoined at luzhniki stadium ahead of their game against croatia. the feeling in the count reminds him of euro 96, a tournament he played in and where england made the last four. the feel of this group of players is very similar to the players we had then. but that team was a lot more experienced, in terms of its age and experience of big matches. but we approached this tournament in the same way. you know, we were a group of guys having a lot of fun, enjoying our football, learning and improving all the time. and that's what these lads have done, and yeah, we're going into a semifinal, but itjust seems to us like it's the next step on the journey. the big story away from the world cup is cristiano ronaldo. he is on his way tojuventus after the italian champions agreed to pay real madrid a fee in the region of $140 million. ronaldo, who is now 33, won four champions league titles in his nine years at real. he said the time had come to open a new stage in his life. earlier we spoke to spanish football expert eduardo alvarez, in madrid, and asked him

an exhilarating match at luzhniki stadium. will champions for a second time france.takes five weeks to get inside football ‘s greatest prize. all the matches and heartache come down to one final. the france and croatia the opportunity of a generation. 20 yea rs opportunity of a generation. 20 years ago, france won it on home soil. that day they dominated from the start. croatia had the better of these opening but a deflection from mario mandzukic gay france the advantage. perisic was key but a then a closer look at the penalty is ruled. it was put away by griezmann and that felt like a pivotal moment. while croatia protester, france looked a profit. a 2—goal advantage and then kylian mbappe made it so. the first teenagers to score in a world cup final since pele. a final twist with hugo lloris getting into trouble. as the rain and curtain came down on moscow, a second—half storm was enough to take this will carp back to france. what a storm that was, when the heavens at simply open. a clap of thunder went off at the exact moment hugo lloris lifted the exact moment hu

the twenty eighteen world cup just a few hours ago taking place before kickoff there at the luzhniki stadium in moscow some eight hundred people involved just the sea of color going on for those funds before the much there you go will smith actor singer from the u.s. performing the anthem of the tournament live it up and finishing it all for russian a supermodel to tell you of a german world cup winner philip lombardi trophy onto the pitch yes about say moscow a lot of memories from the term and right across the country let's go to some of those world cup host cities venue's just to rejigger memory of some of the best moments in st petersburg and then in southern russia done in sort you in the black sea coast down you'll hole can see so let's start with you it's been quite the world cup when you look at some of the people saying. this is the best ever it's pretty incredible to. think that just a month ago it started now it's ending give us your thoughts on the entire experience. yes you know it's been such a fantastic experience a possible level i've been up here in some petersburg for almos

, 25,000 can packin the luzhniki stadium, 25,000 can pack in there but those scenes will be replicatedionwide, their first quarter—final since 1970 and the first time they've won a knockout match at a world cup since 1966. iniesta, who scored spain's first penalty, announced his international retirement after the game. that defeat his 131st match for spain, he's been a legend of the game, the double european and world champion. he started on the bench. les get some reaction from the spanish exit on cesc fabregas, who missed out on selection for this world cup. there's a lot of talent in this team. you look at the names, the best defence, two real madrid players, two barcelona players, you have busquets, the best holding midfielder in the world, you have iniesta, silva, you can't really find better names or better players than these positions. to lose your coach two days before has to have an affect? it has to, as a professional ifi affect? it has to, as a professional if i was in this situation, it must confuse you. up confuse you. up next for russia will beat croatia in sochi on thurs

i am sure they are but that is the world—class stage, the luzhniki stadium, where they will ta ke luzhnikiey will take on the french. the french will be heavy favourites remember, they are the team that knocked argentina out and they are looking stronger as they progress through this tournament, one more match for them. it's the third world cup final. they w011 it's the third world cup final. they won it on home soil in 98. they have some world—class players. whatjaffa mbappe. but croatia will feel this is finally their year, their squad has been together for years and they know each other well with the likes of modric and rakotic in the squad. they are world—class and we hope it should be a wonderful world cup final. for england, that third—place play—off, the match that nobody wa nts to play—off, the match that nobody wants to play as they face the belgians on saturday in petersburg but all lies, really, on that stadium behind me, croatia against violence for the right to be called world champions. —— against france. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. us president donald

it is a relatively quiet day at moscow's luzhniki stadium, but it is early morning. hours it is going to be absolutely packed with england and croatia fans as the second of the semifinals gets under way. of course, let's not forget we already know which team the winner of the night's match will face, and that will be france. france beat belgium inafairly will be france. france beat belgium in a fairly gripping match. he definitely didn't produce lots of goals, though. france one i—o definitely didn't produce lots of goals, though. france one 1—0 to belgium, as tim allman reports. in paris, pandemonium. it felt like an entire nation had come out to celebrate. a huge party. imagine what it would be like if france were to actually win the world cup. translation: we feel a lot of joy. we're really happy. we knew they were going to win. it was perfect. translation: i experienced this 20 years ago. i told my kids about it. now they're grown—ups. it's going to be my second final, and i hope my second victory. perhaps unsurprisingly, this was what they would call a cagey gam

the 80,000 people there at the luzhniki stadium were richly entertained, they got value for money.final was always going to be gripping in its own way, just astonishing from croatia who have now played three lots of extra time in more than a knockout matches. they knocked out the danish on penalties and then the hosts on penalties. this one didn't go to a shootout but croatia had to dig deeper because england made a wonderful start, ciaran trippier with a lovely kick over the croatian wall, and croatia were absolutely stunned. harry kane thought he should have kicked a couple but this is where croatia's experience began to tell because when they pulled one back with 20 minutes to go, england lost their way a little, lost their shape. croatia so experienced, they have on average 30 more per man than england. and then extra time in the second period of extra time, just when we thought we were going to penalties, english hearts were broken and absolutely jubilant scenes with all those croatian fans with their distinctive red and white chequered tops. wonderful achievement for croatia

france power to a four two victory over croatia at the luzhniki stadium and the russian capital france manager. has become the third person and football history to win the tournament as both a player and a coach his side down for a post match news conference which didn't go exactly as planned. in english please . shyly. nobody. believes that somebody yes g.t.d. that is somebody that was a bit of a d.v.d. that is obviously all the game side top flight back from croatia who were in their first avatar world cup final here at the key moments and the breakdown of the match from manchester united boss jones and morning. was of the i the. the life. of the through the of the of the if of the the of. my of the. the the of the of the. when you three croatian players players the coaching staff will be very very disappointed because. at the time the best team was losing and was losing because of. in my opinion and mistake of the concept of the v a i'm not saying he's not the penalty because there can be different opinions around i'm saying that the concept of the v a is a bald important mistakes o

on the pitch of the luzhniki stadium ambitions will be realised.ls like the dreams of fans are shared by the team. our country has been through some difficult moments recently, in terms of its unity and i think sport has the power to do that. and football in particular has that power to do that. so, for us, we can feel the energy and we can feel the support from home and that's a very special feeling. it's a privilege for us. already this morning, some fans have been arriving without tickets, hoping to buy them at the collection offices but, instead, finding smiling volunteers with little information. have you any tickets for the england game? no. no tickets, sorry. england's first world cup semifinal in 28 years is a hot ticket but, as of this morning, fifa's website wasn't even showing the game. so it's left england fans having to get in the dreaded queue. booked the flights, went to the website, just kept crashing. all it does is open up the black market. with as many of the people as this. they released about a hundred tickets in the last 20 mi

let's show you the scene at the fans' park on just across the river from the luzhniki stadium.the moscow state university. the scenes there when those penalties were saved, a fantastic night yet again for russia. it's the first time they have won a knockout tie at the world cup in1966, the have won a knockout tie at the world cup in 1966, the first time they have been into a quarterfinal since 1970. my work, they have waited a long time to do this well they world cup and this is their own world cup, which makes it feel so very special. so they are now heading to sochi for their next game in six days' time next saturday, for that quarterfinal. we don't know who it is going to be because the match in nizhny novgorod between croatia and denmark is still going on. that one has gone to extra time as well. it was 1—1 very early on, denmark taking a surprise lead through mathias jorgensen after a taking a surprise lead through mathiasjorgensen after a goalmouth scramble. he managed to top that one away after a defensive mix—up from a long throw. but mario mandzukic soon equalised for

the match kicks off at seven o'clock tonight at the luzhniki stadium, and that's where we find out sportsndent richard conway, too. richard, it is the big one. it is, welcome to the luzhniki stadium, there will be 80,000 fans packed in here via kick—off time, seven o'clock in the uk, nine o'clock here, final operation is under way, they have been painting the lines and getting the nets on. we are expecting between 3000 and 5000 england fans to make it in here tonight, maybe more, could be estimates of up to 10,000 in moscow in total, some without tickets. we should have team news very soon within the next few hours as well, not expecting many changes from gareth southgate, i think he will stick with the team he knows. history awaits the winner of this game, against france in the world cup final back here at the luzhniki on sunday. england and gareth southgate knows what lies ahead. history could be raid, thank much, richard conway. so what of england's opponents tonight — croatia? they have a squad with so much experience — their players have nine champions league titles between them — fo

it is a beautiful day here in central moscow with just a stone's throw away from the luzhniki stadium that in just under fifty minutes time will be hosting the biggest sporting spectacle there is in the world of football front gate france of what it was before can they get their hands on the trophy croatia trying to lift it for the first time ever more than eighty thousand fans are going to be packed in to the stadium this is how they've been preparing for all excited that hadn't begun. i i. was. and whoever wins this match you can guarantee that in their country it will be the biggest party on the planet let's bring you live pictures from paris the fans of course so many people gathering to watch this game on big screens a lot of people basically played ok let's this is first now the creation found a lot of people skipping work today we don't have the paris pictures but i can guarantee you it will be similar scenes people have taken the day off because they've waited decades a lifetime for many for an opportunity to see their side of a chance of lifting football's most coveted trophy

kicks off in less than two hours a surprise contender of croatia taking on friends and moscow's luzhniki stadium the french are big favorites but will be wary going into the game after a series of upsets throughout the tournament. so watching the daily news i have a quote awesome thanks for watching us. do you think is going to win the two thousand and eighteen world cup. everything on the world cup final. to do on t w moves. into the conflict zone with tim sebastian. i'll be challenging those in call asking tough questions demanding. as conflicts intensify i'll be meeting with key players on the ground in the sons of. coaching through the rhetoric holding the conference to account facts the comfort zone. conflict zone with tim sebastian on t.w. . stuff hi and welcome back to sarah's music to make a great t.v. program you need a great team and i'm so lucky here at sirius music. we have a fantastic team and we've been through so much together i thought for today's program i would awesome which is their favorite episode and why we're beginning today like every program in hair and makeup with jon j

not get the tickets so really anguish and gratian fans the vosges ball gold those are at the luzhniki stadium of your hundred meters away. from me i hear it's an international crowd people from brazil argentina sweden mexico you know all those who had their a shot at the world cup but world due to various reasons missed but it doesn't mean they're not captivated by the game by the every single second of it one game when england scored its first goal the the fans on rude really and it did seem for a while that there were more. you know sympathizers to the team led by a hurricane but one croatia equalised well those are wearing checkered jerseys they made their voices heard too so just to sum up the atmosphere here is there are people here who came here out of love of football and then stayed out of love for the country. and i did notice as well the people are keeping their drink in their hands or not through think it over with players as we have seen in other places but that's how we do it in different nations celebrations going to where there we've been talking to one misha set in london and

dan roan, bbc news, at the luzhniki stadium.er such high hopes, such expectation for this team, tonight's results has left england fans crushed. they really had dared to believe it could be the year when england finally won the world cup again. jon kay has been living the ecstasy which turned into agony and finally despair for england with fans in bristol. they dared to hope, to dream, but tonight heartbreak for these england fans. it is over. it had started so well. cheering monsoon after weeks of rain. you wait 52 years to reach a final, and you get a goal injust you wait 52 years to reach a final, and you get a goal in just five minutes. add bristol city ‘s and they suddenly thought it was going to be easy. # football's coming home! not necessarily expecting that. we are going all the way, hundred, hundred, hundred percent. i believe! a nation explodes. from hyde park in london... to harry maguire's home village. and in manchester, a yea r‘s maguire's home village. and in manchester, a year's worth of beer fell in a few secon

if we go underneath the cloud in moscow and the liz muskie stadium. —— luzhniki stadium.f one or two light showers. temperatures overnight getting down to 11 celsius, 7 degrees in cardiff. thursday might start off again quite cloudy, that the cloud will break and again there will be some sunny spells. quite warm in that sunshine, it will start to kick off a few heavy showers, slow—moving, perhaps thundery showers, south—west scotland, cumbria, through wales, the south—west of england. look at those quite bright colours, indicative of those intense downpours, and they will be slow—moving as well. for some of us, not all, there could be some of us, not all, there could be some significant rain. elsewhere, it is dry and there will be some sunshine and it will feel quite warm. high pressure is centred way out towards the atlantic. we have a ridge of high pressure but you notice more showers cropping up on the chart. some of those showers again on friday could be heavy and thundery and slow—moving. some of us could see some significant rain, but for many another dry day and tr

victory over england were absolutely ecstatic so i'm expecting a great atmosphere here at the luzhniki stadium to fit the occasion of the world cup final. sports reporter all the movie in moscow thank you very much courage as coach has been speaking to the needy ahead of sunday's world cup final he says he thinks history counts for nothing as his side go for their first title against one thousand nine hundred friends. yun implosion i don't set much store in statistics tradition or head to head on it was the tradition is that they demolished. there tomorrow is the world cup final and we don't care who is on the other side of the pitch we're here to enjoy the moment to enjoy the final and give everything we've got the dumbest remarks in our mind of the top story we're following for you. prime minister. has been arrested on corruption charges shortly after returning to lahore from london this comes ahead of elections later this month which his party says. hundreds of people turned out for anti trump protests in scotland as the u.s. president arrived to spend the weekend at his private golf resort

imposition, england on their way in the next 2a hours for that wednesdays semi—final at the luzhniki stadiumlater. following spain's poor performance at the world cup, they've already started to rebuild, that's one way to put it! they've named former barcelona head coach luis enrique as the national team manager. it's been quite a chaotic few weeks. enrico letta replaces hero, who led the tea m letta replaces hero, who led the team in russia after stepping in at the last minute. belgium's greg van avermaet has taken the lead at the tour de france after day three, dmc got the best time on the 35.5 kilometre team time trial in the west of the country —— bmc. he took the yellow jersey from peter west of the country —— bmc. he took the yellowjersey from peter sagan. chris froome's team sky got second, four seconds behind bmc. that left the reigning champion a minute behind the leader. before we go, let me show you... what does the premier league start m, what does the premier league start in, around a month? perhaps these arejose mourinho's new in, around a month? perhaps these are jose mourinho

victory over england were absolutely ecstatic so i'm expecting a great atmosphere here at the luzhniki stadium to fit the occasion of the world cup final. sports reporter all the movie in moscow thank you very much and croatia coach lot has just been speaking to the needy ahead of sunday's world cup final he said he thinks history counts for nothing as his side go for their first title against nine hundred ninety eight winners france. yeah in the blood and pool no i don't set much store in statistics tradition or head to head on it was for the so this is tradition is that survey demolished. mean there's a lot always the world cup final and we don't care who is on the other side of the pitch where here to enjoy the moment to enjoy the fun and give everything we've got but not much when you're watching the news more coming up at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website dot com i have a call about that in berlin thanks for joining us. sorry no i just couldn't get this song out of his head. ecologist began searching for th

victory over england were absolutely ecstatic so i'm expecting a great atmosphere here at the luzhniki stadium to fit the occasion of the world cup final. sports reporter all the movie in moscow thank you very much. and reminder of the top story we're following for you u.s. president donald trump has insisted that bilateral relations between the u.s. and the u.k. have never been stronger that's despite scathing criticism of may's bribes and strategy in an interview he gave to a british tabloid newspaper. and we're back at the top of the hour thanks for joining us to. go just couldn't get this song out of his head. the music ologist began searching for the source of these captivating south. and central africa. to find their culture stayed close.

fine with the semifinal as well a few days ago they really did bring it to life in style inside luzhniki stadium behind me tonight so we have to give them a lot of credit for that however you also have to give the french team a lot of credit for coping with this fear coping with the kind of hostile nature of the crowd inside the stadium and playing their game and being cool and calm and collected and being clinical with their chances as well and you could see with the celebrations at the end just how much it meant to their not just right at the end of the game but the goals from above as well with all of the subs coming out and celebrating with the players on the pitch you can see just how emotional force and a really fitting end to the tournament has given to so much emotion so much passion and so much entertainment as well well speaking of entertainment and there was a forest an incident that actually brought the match to a brief halt when a few protesters stormed the picture tell us what happened there. yeah it was a real shock actually that particular moment seeing people running out onto th

eight and there is also teenage sensation killian the croatia side is also on the way to the luzhniki stadium for the world cup final kick off in under one hour's time. mark meadows from the values for is here in studio with me and we're also joined by correspondent barbara moore in the russian capital barbara it's good to see you what's the mood like in moscow with the game fast approaching. while excitement is very high of course there right before kickoff it looks very promising from what i've seen already in the meter on the way here and also around the stadium so many fans who came i would say red and white is definitely the dominant picture in the dominant colors here but you might also spot some let in american fans still in from mexico from brazil and of course friends fans all along i think a craze or made a very interesting move that trying to get all these new true fans behind their side and this is interesting because we have we still have so many new fans here all the eleven americans who were hoping to have their own team here and the final is now created saying come on join the

welcome along to sportsday, might just be able to see the luzhniki stadium there, shrouded in smoke,ighty firework display, we had everything here in the russian capital this afternoon, a lightning storm swirling around the final match of what has been a wonderful tournament over the past 31 days, which ended with france winning the title yet again, 20 years after they first won it. croatia have knocked out england, they put up a fight, they will probably be slightly aggrieved in theirfirst they will probably be slightly aggrieved in their first world cup final appearance that some of the decisions did not go their way, would have made it a much tighter contest, france winning 4—2. it's a sporting occasion like no other, a fixture with a global appeal which transcends the game, and in keeping with a world cup of surprises, a final which few had predicted. russia's put on quite a show this month, the tournament scene as a public relations coup for its leader, would this provide a fitting conclusion? france were favourites, three—time finalists took the lead, albeit fortuitously... com

victory over england were absolutely ecstatic so i'm expecting a great atmosphere here at the luzhniki stadium to fit the occasion of the world cup final. sports reporter all the movie in moscow thank you very much just ten months after a complicated childbirth serino williams will seek to win her eighth title at wimbledon later today standing in her way as eleven seed germany's angela there in the men's draw it took the longest match in tennis history for kevin anderson to advance to sunday's final he defeated john isner in a truly epic battle that lasted six hours and thirty six minutes but it's not yet clear who anderson will face novak djokovic how the advantage over rafael nadal in the other semi but that match with suspended due to wimbledon is curfew last night play will resume today with djokovic just one set away from victory. and there was an exciting finish to the tour de france on friday as dutchman dylan kuhn of vague and soft the favorites to burst to the front of the peloton and win stage seven let's have a look at how we did it. the two was seven the stage was also its longest

victory over england were absolutely ecstatic so i'm expecting a great atmosphere here at the luzhniki stadium to fit the occasion of the world cup final. sports reporter all the movie in moscow thank you very much. croatia's coach of go dollars has been speaking to the media ahead of sunday's world cup final and he says he thinks history counts for nothing as his side go for their first title against nine hundred ninety eight winners friends. yun implosion pool no i don't set much store in statistics tradition or head to head on it was the tradition is that they demolished. munich so morrow is the world cup final and we don't care who is on the other side of the kids we're here to enjoy the moment to enjoy the final and give everything we've got the numbers with. a big day of tennis lies ahead with the women's wimbledon final seeing serina williams up against germany's angelica bare williams is looking to win her eighth title at the all england club and first grand slam title since the birth of her daughter ten months ago but before the women take to center court great rivals novak djokovic a

here very early in the morning as we build up coverage to that second semifinal here in moscow luzhniki stadium you join us for that or to join us. thank. you but thanks guys from football we now move to other world news a man exposed to a toxic substance in the u.k. town of ames bre has regained consciousness but remains in a critical condition artes and is there checking every pause from london. forty five year old charlie rally's condition has been improving now that he's regained consciousness at salisbury district hospital and he was taken to the hospital back on saturday june thirtieth along with his partner forty four year old don sturgis who has died last sunday night now this is the second novacek related poisoning the way that officials here in the u.k. have been putting it basically now forced to answer questions about how is it possible that the second couple somehow came in contact with this nerve agent that was said to have been originally used back on march fourth on sergei and yulia screw paul there's lots of questions yet to be addressed about how they could have really common

well i'm here outside of luzhniki stadium abbey and you might be able to see that droves and droves of fans are arriving behind me the mood is really great the presidents of both croatia and france have already arrived for the game as well and you might be able to see that the croatian side is kind of showing its colors a little bit more i'd say the croatian president. barchi tower of it as well has come arrived in jersey the croatian team jersey and she also addressed russian fans in russian in a facebook video today calling for them to support the croatian team now i say from the people that i've spoken to here in russia the russian fans are pretty divided when it comes to their support many of them are still kind of proudly sporting the russian flag painted their faces with russian flags as well it's a new war people are supporting the russian team after all as one woman told me if the croatian team wins today then russia will have been kicked out of the world cup by the world cup champion the fans are surely ready and mark the players must be to what can we expect on the pitch foot

robbed across france after a thrilling four two victory over croatia in the final at moscow's at luzhniki stadium. and our other had line story donald trump that arrives in helsinki but his first summit was blatter put.

quarterfinal victory against sweden in samara and england will return to moscow, this time in the luzhniki stadiumlay later in sochi. that could be gareth southgate's dress rehearsal for a world cup final. that is how close they are. england reaching the last four of the world cup for the first time in 28 years. i am just looking at gareth southgate going to each of his players, embracing dele alli. he has grown into this tournament. another headed goalfor has grown into this tournament. another headed goal for england, has grown into this tournament. another headed goalfor england, the swedes had no answer. gareth southgate giving that double fisted pump towards england fans, screaming, come on! you will see all of those images going viral on social media and gareth southgate has been at the heart of that. we can hearfrom has been at the heart of that. we can hear from the has been at the heart of that. we can hearfrom the captain, harry kane. in any other environment, you have to deal with people the correct way... difficult game, sweden made it tough with long balls and different to what we hav

celebrating its second and twenty years after powering to a four to victory over croatia at moscow's luzhniki stadium. heard her. who were the who were who were who the us gov't that who about her about the over the but the but who the above the us the the the and. the the and who were the were of the twenty three croatian players players the coaching staff little be very very disappointed because. at the time the best team was losing and was losing because of. in my opinion and mistake of the concept of the view yeah i'm not saying he's not the penalty because that can be the. and opinions are wrong i'm saying that the concept of the v.a. he's a bald important mistakes of the referee and this was not one of these of these cases so really really does a point to be that in the second off upon what we were expecting and then fronts a score of the sort of all in the fourth and just. a mistake of that i don't even call a mistake i call extra confidence because of the four one in the game more of a. crew is used to playing until the end than great pride they were fantastic and they deserve all all the cre

so russia and spain are going to play later today moscow's luzhniki stadium is profound in the russian capital about their expectations for this they've come in much. i hope will win the match but they wish lakhdar point and says well you will lose that's ok but it will this said i hope we will support our team this time of the bloodiest day so i hope spain will build russia spain did not start at one hundred percent this world cup but i think that now will start playing spain's games on a ticket dark passes goals and most of all to improve our defense let's go spain. quick recap spain was top of its group with two draws and one win against iran russia meantime was second in group a after it was made by you required the match will start at five pm moscow time as mentioned meantime with a football hero worship. next what impact the russian team's success has had on its loyal fans. this world cup is why it's so much in the way of cholera the camaraderie is so huge between different supporters of different countries and it's also inspired some fantastic such as this one in same pages but

iam i am life in moscow overlooking the luzhniki stadium.hey have kicked off, millions worldwide will be watching and also france who are waiting for the winners. also on the programme. pictures are released of the thai football team recovering in hospital, as more details emerge of the delicate operation to rescue them from the flooded caves. and by royal assent, football is coming home according to prince harry. is football coming home? most definitely! hello, i'm katty kay in washington — christian fraser is in london. in the dark days after 9/11 nato countries came to america's side and attacked afghanistan. 17 years later thousands are still fighting there. today president trump called that alliance delinquent and asked members to double their defence spending. it was a bruising start to a summit that's trying to project unity in the face of russian aggression. in the hours since, mr trump has played a little nicer. after slamming germany as "totally controlled by russia", the president said he and angela merkel hav good relationship."

goals to clear of who now football's biggest event the world cup final kicking off in moscow's luzhniki stadium sunday france fighting with croatia for the trophy throughout the competition artie's correspondents have been travelling around the host cities for the world cup best job with the summer i say they've also been testing their ball skills as well with various levels of success. peter all of us been going the rounds doing to keep you up chatting with the football fans from different countries. me and holkins are on there are said that i could be some of those fans best efforts while today i'm going to try it out and i'm going to challenge my fellow correspondents to see how good they are with the ball. thank you for the shot and she said so i'm going to try to at least get into double digits i'm not totally our sponsor. oh i put the pressure now considering how every. everybody. yeah you see you get the office coffees for that's my bit done and dusted for the day thanks for your company is over it's coming up to twenty five minutes past one of the afternoon call and save for the afterno

england a creation to fight it out later what a battle that will be they're going to meet at the luzhniki stadium here in moscow to see who will go through to face the french team croatia fans already getting into the party spirit.

football's biggest event the world cup final kicks off in moscow's luzhniki stadium sunday france will fight it with croatia for that trophy the french squads preparing for the big game outside the russian capital meantime the croatia team manager has commented on the strength of their rival defining both teams as quote the best. you sort of women know france knows very well how to attack and defend they conduct a very dangerous country they move very quickly across the pitch for this reason we have to play very carefully it will be a very challenging task to defend from their country. can also exert pressure on rivals we can recover a ball after was taken from us we're thinking about how we can crush france is the final in which the best two teams who play in the present myself agree they will see each other in moscow on sunday so i'll be cheering for the teen you know will see what makes the history books meantime the mascot for world cup two the eighteen is. the wolf like characters been uniting fans around the globe. the world cup is almost done and dusted and sadly it will soon be

hope we can make in each country if you don't have the tickets why you would be meals at the stadium luzhniki to make trouble if you don't the have to think it's please go to watch in front go to drop like there's some games to vote you know with my friends or the pizza and not be on you know i would like but so far as far as i know there haven't been any major incidents even though i'm sure you know you don't like you don't like talking about politics but i'm sure you're right that number of politicians in the west made the request to. prevent russia from hostage while we talked about the game but i also want to ask you about the quality of our going is a show and i specifically ask you not to be polite that's another excellent world cup excellent organization. russia well done russian federation of the russian people and the so every day i so i be in the in bit but i'll stop near me some papers bored luzhniki spite of their stadium i so do grated the case and i'm glad to be here if i say that i feel same at home and talk with my mommy every day you know how is food how do you know money is

won the trophy for the second time in twenty is courtesy of a full to victory of a moscow's luzhniki stadium lots of emotions on display. it's been a quite epic month of football so many terrific games just one nil nil on the last game game six before the world cup final between france on creation. lived up to expectations i think it's safe to say me hardly a little bit of everything in there had a dramatic vala decision we had an own goal we had a penalty six strikes in total boating the net quite a face the football enjoy the her . thank. you her thank you who. the oh what the who . who who who who. who who was. twenty three croatian players as the coaching staff little be very very disappointed because. at the time the best team was losing and was losing because of. in my opinion and least. the concept of the not seeing is not the penalty because there can be different opinions are wrong i'm saying that the concept of the view is a bald important mistakes of the referee and this was not one of these cases so really really does a point to do that in the second off upon what we would expect

so football's biggest much just a day away from croatia for the ultimate title of the luzhniki stadium here in moscow on sunday and one very talented full legged pundit say no which team will lift the trophy. we'll know what obvious way well we won't know until loads more even i suppose that's it for now though kevin owen here the r.t. using fans watching wolf will have a huge weekend of world cup football coming up massive we've got it covered have a great weekend. f.o.c. . goal. was a change agent writes about as a nice way to say he's crazy in any way he's going to go into any situation and just over turn the table and say let's start from scratch with exactly what is needed for the united states because the united states was very poorly positioned to head into the twenty first century so we need a guy like trump to come in there and just you know knock over all the pieces on the chess board and start playing checkers i mean and start all over again. the new global economic war is unfolding in the realm of education the right to education being supplanted by the right to access educ

long and the russian team has since returned from sochi and been on stage at the fan zone near luzhniki stadium where they thanked fans for their support. thank you i heard. the hour oh. thank you who. was the hour thank you sir just all who put the last few hours thank us. thank us. but i'm here has plus shows welcomes buck their heroes they may have gone out on penalties to croatia but the. key to most no one has to save the day for one it will just. be the head coach on the subject so when he spoke this whole crowd to fail at least silent he's a monster he's still here in russia has gone through the roof because this wasn't a team that was expected to do anything this was a team that was expected to go out at the opening rounds but what he produced and what they created was a team that has really cool the hearts and minds of the russian people as we look at the i must say to you doing the chant you're so vain and so cool he is willing if we look at the big model talk i love the big model top but we look at it zuba he has really strong reason that pena driven out so much and driven russia for

then the luzhniki stadium in moscow will be the center of attention twenty four hours later france will be looking to lift the famous trophy for the second time while it's croatia's first appearance at a final throughout the championship one carrot has been particularly noticeable to football fans mascot called lobby vodka. the world cup is almost done and dusted and sadly it will soon be time to say good bye to this guy. caught. in the so i must of this month. well everyone misses the note look at that no doubt. but who would have thought this charming furry creature or his name could poke the hornet's nest the first says. the haka means the one who scores in russia very suitable name for the radiates fun charm and confidence but for some a simple explanation like that is just not good enough. i was fairly late to the party in terms of making the connection between zombie vaca and other russian players i have to deal with among other things believe violence and the recreational use of marijuana to be fair the author was inspired by games that had been born here or not. however as we al