Who Will Win the 2018 World Cup? SI's Expert Predictions and Knockout Brackets / The World Cup kicks off June 14 in Moscow with a meeting between the two lowest-ranked teams in the field ...

World Cup's Knockout Bracket Sets Up One-Sided Gauntlet for Many Favorites / MOSCOW — There were 900 qualifiers played over the course of two and a half years. All 211 eligible nations entered.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Roger Bennet, who is host of the podcast and TV show Men In Blazers, about the latest from the World Cup. And we're going to get you all caught up now on the ...

The 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage is finally behind us, which means only 16 nations in the world of soccer remain in Russia with one common goal: Hoisting that beautiful golden trophy depicting ...

Unfortunately, the World Cup 2018 can’t last forever – and the 32 starting countries must be cut in half before the knockout rounds. Only the winner and runner-up from each group will progress ...