World Cup 2018: Colombia v England, Sweden v Switzerland buildup – live!

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World Cup 2018: Colombia v England, Sweden v Switzerland buildup – live!

Latest news and updates from Russia 2018Mikel told his father had been kidnapped hours before gameAny thoughts? Email John Brewin or tweet @johnbrewin_

12.21pm BST

As I am reminded on Twitter...and the transfer window closes on July 9.

I believe most premier league clubs returned to pre season training yesterday @johnbrewin_ it never goes away.....

12.17pm BST

Back to real football, and the thrilling news for all Arsenal fans around the world that Calum Chambers has signed an extended contract.

Oh...but what’s this...looks like Riyad Mahrez is off to Manchester City.

(There’s only ten games of the World Cup left before football news becomes like this for the next two years.)

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Hirving Lozano: Why Liverpool, Man City should pursue the Mexico star

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Hirving Lozano: Why Liverpool, Man City should pursue the Mexico star

Every World Cup has surprise stars. In 2014, James Rodriguez became a global star thanks to his performances for Colombia. In 2018, Mexico's Hirving Lozano has enjoyed a similar emergence. The 22-year-old has been a star in his home country for several years and played a key role in PSV Eindhoven's Eredivisie title win last season, having a direct hand in almost 30 per cent of his club's league goals. But this summer's World Cup is the first time he has gained appreciation from a worldwide audience.

In his three outings so far, Lozano has scored one goal and assisted one other. He started every single one of Mexico's Group F games, helping his country through to the knockout stages with wins over Germany and South Korea. Next up is Brazil, and an opportunity for the pacey young winger to knock out yet another of the pre-tournament favourites.

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World Cup 2018: James Rodriguez could play for Colombia against England

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World Cup 2018: James Rodriguez could play for Colombia against England

Colombia midfielder James Rodriguez is not as badly injured as first thought and could play against England in Tuesday's World Cup last-16 tie.

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World Cup 2018: Ronaldo shows off his skills in Portugal training before Uruguay game

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World Cup 2018: Ronaldo shows off his skills in Portugal training before Uruguay game

Cristiano Ronaldo shows off his skills in training by bending a ball into the net from behind the corner flag, as Portugal prepare for their last-16 tie with Uruguay.

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World Cup 2018: looking ahead to the last 16 plus England reaction – live!

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World Cup 2018: looking ahead to the last 16 plus England reaction – live!

Live updates as the World Cup enters the knockout stageTen things we learned from the final round of group games
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12.58pm BST

Something to do at lunch

As suggested to me by my close personal friend Jihong Lee, Professor of Economics at Seoul National University, here is my team of the group stage. What is yours? Post in the comments or email me

12.40pm BST

I see that the England ‘debate’ is still going strong – in the comments, my inbox and on Twitter.

My tuppence worth: England didn’t play to lose that game last night, but they made the result an order of second importance to resting players. Most coaches having one their first two group games would opt to do the same. Our opponents did the same. The reason for doing it was in order to give us the best chance of winning our first knockout game. I don’t think anyone in the England camp has said anything about this tie other than that it would be a real challenge, whoever we played. England, as Gareth Southgate keeps saying, have not won a knockout round game in 12 years. There is no doubt that Colombia will post a real challenge for England, and that we are not favourites to win. Creating a narrative that, if we do lose, it would be because we chucked away momentum is great because it could never be disproved. It’s also pretty arrogant. And yet it seems like the argument against resting is that it was arrogant!

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Carvajal: Nobody is saying that the Morocco game was good

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Carvajal: Nobody is saying that the Morocco game was good

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England vs. Belgium: Top spot on the line, but do Southgate, Martinez want it?

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England vs. Belgium: Top spot on the line, but do Southgate, Martinez want it?

Paul Mariner reveals his grades for England's starting XI vs. Panama and explains why they can't let up despite having already advanced. Free-Kick: Race for Golden Boot heats up as Kane overtakes Ronaldo and Lukaku Group G's winners will be decided on Thursday, but considering the benefits of finishing second, it promises to be an intriguing clash in Kaliningrad. A potentially smoother draw as well as a longer rest could be on offer for the runners-up, but you can't put a price on momentum ahead of the knockout rounds.  Liam Twomey (England) and Sven Claes (Belgium) take a look at the match as the final games in the group stage come to a close. (function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https://embed.playbuzz.com/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk')); What's at stake?  Liam Twomey: Top spot...

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