World Cup 2018 - LIVE: Latest news, highlights, reaction from Brazil vs Costa Rica plus updates from Nigeria vs Iceland

The 2018 World Cup is well underway in Russia.

It's nearly all over for Lionel Messi and Argentina after a stunning collapse against Croatia left them on the brink of tumbling out of the tournament. Where this leaves the world's greatest player remains to be seen but the natives are certainly restless. Today it's the turn of Brazil to try and arrest their own drop in form - they face Costa Rica before Nigeria take on Iceland and Serbia play Switzerland.

We'll also have all the latest from Repino where Gareth Southgate's England are putting in their final preparations ahead of the second game of Group G against Panama in Nizhny Novgorod on Sunday.

We will have all the latest news, views, pictures and video direct from Russia throughout the day as we pick up the pace at the biggest football tournament in the world.

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