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Robbie Williams stuns fans by giving WorldCup TV viewers the finger during live coverage of his opening ceremony performance

Pashinyan of Armenia: After the game, Putin organized a small meeting of the CIS, attended by Aliyev.

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri selfies in Moscow at #WorldCup

In new video, Navalny says winners of #WorldCup already known: the main contractors are Putin's friends

Lukashenko of Belarus has arrived in Russia for #WorldCup

Russian Black Sea Fleet is on Combat alert until the end of #WorldCup

Banner in support of Oleg Sentsov near Luzhniki stadium today

Robbie Williams and Aida Garifullina open WorldCup in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

Peter Tatchell has been released from Moscow police, he has been bailed

Photo: @PeterTatchell holds banner "Putin fails to act against Chechnya torture of gay people" just before he was detained

LGBT activist Peter Tatchell @PeterTatchell detained near Red Square

The activist Kiril Kotov was arrested for 15 days for picketing against World Cup 2018

Kremlin: backing for Syrian de-escalation unrelated to World Cup

Cossacks patrolling the streets and fan zones at the World Cup in Russia have fought in eastern Ukraine, Syria

Smoke from forest fires covers a village in Irkutsk. Some of the firefighting helicopters have been taken away from Siberia for the World Cup.

Letter signed by 36 MEPs to the president of @FIFAcom Infantino expressing shock that Grozny in Chechnya was authorized as one of the training bases for the WorldCup and ask him to use his influence to get Oyub Titiev released.

President of Bolivia Evo Morales visits Putin

Map of 16 host cities of World Cup 2026

Reports of electrical blackout in central Simferopol'

Spain name Fernando Hierro as coach for World Cup

Egypt says will "oblige" FIFA to let it broadcast World Cup games

The head of the Russian parliament's family committee Tamara Pletneva warns Russian women against sleeping with foreign men at the World Cup. Leads to broken families, especially if the father is "of a different race".

The 2026 World Cup will be held in the U.S.A, Mexico and Canada. Of the 80 matches, 10 will be held in Canada, 10 in Mexico and 60 in the U.S including the final, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey The North American bid defeated its only challenger, Morocco, by a vote of 134-65.

US, Canada and Mexico will together host the 2026 World Cup

United States, Mexico and Canada wins the hosting of the 2026 World Cup

Putin to meet with N. Korean supreme people's assembly presidium president Kim Yong Nam, who will attend FIFA world cup opening ceremony - Peskov

Putin today holds talks with Pashinyan and Aliyev

Spanish football federation has announced that Julen Lopetegui has been sacked as Spain coach

Spain sacks manager Lopetegui two days before first World Cup match against Portugal.

Moldovan President Igor Dodon has arrived in Moscow for World Cup