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.

Brazil and Belgium will face each other in the last eight of the 2018 FIFA World Cup after ... Haraguchi's goal was Japan's first ever in the World Cup knockout rounds. Composed.

Sweden and Mexico qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup round of 16 on Wednesday ... although Vladimir Petkovic's men could still have the simpler knockout opponent in Sweden.

Compared to the 2014 World Cup, only six UEFA teams made it to the knockout stage. CONMEBOL had five, CONCACAF featured three and CAF featured two African teams. The players to look out for in ...

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 kicks off this week in Russia ... South Africa is the only host nation to not advance to the knockout stage; Russia hopes to avoid that fate. On Friday there will be ...