France have earned a hard-fought 2-1 win against Australia in their opening Group C game after the Video Assistant Referee system was used for the first time in World Cup history.

Coach of the Iran national football team Carlos Queiroz held a press conference in St. Petersburg following the team's 1-0 win over Morocco in their first match of the World Cup earlier in the day.

Mohamed Salah was greeted by a birthday cake in colours of Egyptian national flag as he and his team arrived at Grozny team hotel in Russia's Chechnya after 1-0 World Cup loss to Uruguay.

Iranian soccer fans in the Moscow fan zone erupted on Friday after an overtime goal put their side ahead 1-0 against Morocco on the second day of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Spain and the European Champions Portugal have battled out a 3-all draw to sit behind group B-table toppers Iran.

Iran’s football team has beaten African side Morocco 1-0 in the Group B opener of world cup 218 in St. Petersburg, thanks to an own goal in added time.

New coach Fernando Hierro oversaw Spain's final training session on Wednesday, before their crucial Group B match against Portugal.

Morocco's national football team held their final training session on Thursday, before their first World Cup match against Iran.

Iran's national football team held their final training session in St. Petersburg on Thursday, a day ahead of their World Cup opening game against Morocco.

Finally, the festival of football is here and hosts Russia have comprehensively thrashed Saudi Arabia with 5 unanswered goals, including 2 world-class finishers in injury-time.