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England have played 30 minutes fewer than Croatia and while that may seem trivial, their quarter-final match with Sweden was incomparable to Croatia’s clash with Russia so they could have a physical advantage going into Wednesday’s semi-final, with several of Croatia’s players pulling up with cramp on Saturday. While the psychological boost of a shootout victory is significant, fatigue and…

Predicting a winner of the men’s singles at Wimbledon has been a relatively easy task over the past 15 years, with only four winners since 2002. Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray have both won two titles apiece, Novak Djokovic has emerged victorious on three occasions, but Roger Federer sits head and shoulders above the rest with eight wins. The 36-year-old is chasing a historic ninth title to draw…

  Order of play Day 1CENTRE COURT 1:00PM GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – FIRST ROUND R. Federer (SUI) 1 v D. Lajovic (SRB)   LADIES’ SINGLES – FIRST ROUND V. Lepchenko (USA) v C. Wozniacki (DEN) 2   GENTLEMEN’S SINGLES – FIRST ROUND S. Wawrinka (SUI) v G. Dimitrov (BUL) 6…

  Live coverage is on both BBC1 and BBC2, with highlights programme "Today at Wimbledon" on TV every evening and radio coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live and Sports Extra (switching depending on World Cup coverage).   Forget the 2018 World Cup — The Championships, Wimbledon are almost upon us as once again the British public prepares to go tennis crazy for precisely two weeks. It promises…

The battle to top Group G looks to be a close one with both England and Belgium have already qualified for the round of 16, with decisive victories over both Panama and Tunisia, which has resulted in debate about whether it would be better to finish first or second in the group. The winner of the match will go top while a draw will mean disciplinary points will decide the group winner. England…

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England will be hoping to build on their dramatic late victory against Tunisia and take a commanding stance, along with Belgium, in Group G. Gareth Southgate’s side played some of the best football any team has produced in the tournament in the opening 30 minutes, but hit a wall after Tunisia equalised from a penalty.England’s team could have been leaked after a photographer snapped the…

1950 England 2 Chile 0Goals from Wilf Mannion and Stan Mortensen helped England secure a comfortable victory over Chile in Rio, only for them to lose their next two matches against Spain and the USA before heading home early. 1954 England 4 Belgium 4The match against Belgium in Basel ended in a thrilling draw after extra time. Two goals each for Nat Lofthouse and Ivor Broadis set the tone but…

Will they need a visa?Ordinarily, visitors to Russia from the UK would but football fans who have official tickets for the match won't need one as they will beissued with a fan ID which takes 72 hours to process and should be carried at all times. The Fan ID will expire on 25 July. Visitors will not be able to leave Russia if their Fan ID has expired and they could be made to pay a fine, attend…

The Russia World Cup 2018 is now two weeks away and with the excitement building, you can start planning your summer months of football viewing. Last December's draw put England in Group G with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama and all three of the games have been scheduled at times which will please office workers country-wide. England fans are so underwhelmed with any chance of making it to the…