Croatia beat Denmark in a dramatic penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw to set up a World Cup quarter-finals tie against hosts Russia.

Russia Captain Igor Akinfeev saved two penalties in a dramatic shootout as the World Cup hosts dumped title contenders Spain out in the last 16 following a 1-1 draw yesterday.

Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani scored a stunning brace to lead the South Americans to a 2-1 win over European champions Portugal in the World Cup round of 16 on Saturday and set up a quarter-final against France. 

Teenager Kylian Mbappe scored two goals in four minutes to send a youthful France charging into the World Cup quarter-finals with a thrilling 4-3 win over Argentina on Saturday that sent Lionel Messi's team home.

A superb second half strike from Adnan Januzaj gave Belgium a 1-0 win over England yesterday to see them top World Cup Group ‘G’ with a perfect record and consign England to second place, with both sides already assured of going through t

Tunisia's Wahbi Khazri set up the first goal and scored the second to give the North African side their first World Cup win in 40 years with a 2-1 victory over debutants Panama in their final Group ‘G’ match yestersday.

Colombia's Yerry Mina thumped home a second half header to secure a dramatic 1-0 victory over Senegal yesterday that catapulted the South Americans into the World Cup last 16 and dumped their African opponents out of the tournament.

Japan became the only Asian side to progress to the World Cup's last 16 yesterday, slipping through despite losing 0-1 against already-eliminated Poland thanks to their lower tally of yellow cards, which meant Senegal went out.

Switzerland kept politics off the field and Costa Rica broke their World Cup duck in a thrilling 2-2 draw yesterday that saw the Europeans through to the next round of the World Cup where they will face Sweden.

Goals by Paulinho and Thiago Silva steered a much-improved Brazil to a 2-0 victory over a battling but ultimately outclassed Serbia yesterday and into a World Cup second-round meeting with Mexico.

Sweden thumped Mexico 3-0 yestersday, overcoming their opponents after a scoreless first half in a result that means both teams advance to the World Cup last 16 at the expense of defending champions Germany.

Defending champions Germany were eliminated from the 2018 World Cup after losing to South Korea in Kazan yesterday.

Russia were handed a World Cup reality check on Monday, losing 3-0 to Uruguay as Saudi Arabia edged Egypt to third place of Group A. 

Portugal advanced to the World Cup round of 16 behind Spain from Group B after Ricardo Quaresma’s stunning strike on the stroke of halftime was cancelled out by a dramatic stoppage-time penalty by Iran’s Karim Ansarifard on Monday.

St. Peter’s College experienced some anxious moments before they prevailed 23-13 in their Milo Schools President’s Trophy Knock-Out Rugby Tournament second semi-final encounter played at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday.

Goals from Yerry Mina, Radamel Falcao and Juan Cuadrado gave Colombia a convincing 3-0 win yesterday against Poland, who were eliminated from contention at the World Cup before their last Group ‘H’ match.

Substitute Keisuke Honda equalised with 12 minutes left as Japan twice pegged back Senegal in a thrilling 2-2 draw yesterday that leaves World Cup Group ‘H’ wide open.

England's young and free-flowing team banished the ghost of past national failures with a record 6-1 thrashing of a feeble Panama yesterday that included a hat-trick by Harry Kane and eased them into the last 16.

St. Joseph’s College, Kingswood College, St. Peter’s College and Wesley College will battle it out for a place in the Milo Schools President’s Trophy Knock-Out Rugby Tournament with the two semi-finals scheduled to be worked off thi

Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0 yesterday to revive their hopes of advancing into the knock-out stages of the World Cup in Russia, as striker Ahmed Musa dramatically marked his return to the team with two fine second half goals.

Late strikes by Philippe Coutinho and Neymar gave Brazil their first win of the World Cup in thrilling fashion against Costa Rica yesterday and broke Central American hearts in St. Petersburg by sending them out of the tournament.

Lionel Messi and Argentina are facing the very real prospect of an early World Cup exit after a dreadful error from goal-keeper Willy Caballero set Croatia on their way to a 3-0 victory and a place in the last 16.

Teenager Kylian Mbappe became France's youngest World Cup goal scorer as they beat Peru 1-0 yesterday to reach the last 16 and condemn the South Americans to an early exit.

Captain Mile Jedinak rode to Australia's World Cup rescue with a penalty to cancel out Christian Eriksen's superb opener for Denmark, securing a 1-1 draw yesterday that ensured Group ‘C’ would go down to the wire.

Spain squeezed 1-0 past dogged Iran in their World Cup Group ‘B’ encounter yesterday thanks to a fortuitous goal from Diego Costa, but the Europeans suffered a string of second-half scares.

Luis Suarez marked his 100th international cap by sending Uruguay into the last 16 of the World Cup as the striker benefited from some poor goal-keeping to eliminate Saudi Arabia with a 1-0 win on yesterday.

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his sensational start to the World Cup with the winner as Portugal knocked Morocco out of the tournament yesterday.

World Cup hosts Russia kept up their free-scoring ways to move to the brink of a second-round place with a 3-1 win over Egypt in their Group ‘A’ match at the Saint Petersburg Stadium yesterday.

Senegal recorded the first African win at the 2018 World Cup when they beat Poland 2-1 yesterday thanks to a deflected Thiago Cionek own goal and a terrible error by Polish ‘keeper Wojciech Szczesny.

Yuya Osako exacted sweet revenge for Japan yesterday as the Blue Samurai beat Colombia 2-1, becoming the first Asian side ever to beat a South American team at the World Cup.