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Molly Hudson

World Cup 2018 - LIVE: England vs Sweden build-up, quarter-final schedule, preview, latest team news and more

It's coming home. Well, maybe.

England are still revelling in their last-gasp World Cup penalty shootout win over Colombia on Tuesday evening. Eric Dier and Jordan Pickford were the heroes on a famous night in Moscow.

But now on to the next one. Sweden await in Samara and we'll be bringing you all the latest build-up for you throughout the day from our men on the ground in Russia.

And don't forget the other six of the last eight either. We'll be knee deep in the France, Uruguay, Brazil, Belgium, Croatia and Russia camps too so you won't miss a thing.

Live Updates

15:52
With Belgium vs Brazil tomorrow evening, Tite has an important choice - Felipe Luis or Marcelo? Could the hotel mattress that injured Marcelo give Belgium a crucial advantage?
15:32
Colombia may be on a plane home, but England are still unhappy with some of their tactics. John Stones has his say on 'the dirtiest side' he has ever played against
15:03
ICYMI England's game with Sweden will be referee'd by Bjorn Kuipers. Piers Morgan thinks it sounds a tad Swedish...
14:58
One more passage of play, and Japan could have taken Belgium to penalties. But now, their coach Akira Nishino will not continue his role when his contract expires at the end of the month. How football can change in a moment.
 
14:42
Need some motivation to get through this LONG day without football? 
14:32
Desperate for a ticket to England's quarter final with Sweden? Here's the pitfalls of using the Fake ID hack, currently being advertised on social media.

England fans with dodgy IDs risk being turned away from Russian border

Exclusive: ‘I will give you a ticket reference number and you paypal me a pound or two as thanks,’ says an England supporter with a business plan
14:14
The aftermath of Argentina's chaotic and at times laughable campaign at this World Cup continues. The inquest into Jorge Sampaoli not going particularly well for him:
13:51
Lawrence Ostlere investigates the question on the lips of most England football fans at the moment: 
Sweden carry no world-class talent, no obvious threat, no strong side. How do you mark a collective spirit? How do you tackle teamwork? How do you dribble through iron will?
13:28
Panini recreate that penalty shootout. Brilliant. 
13:05
You may be wondering when the next game of World Cup football is, with the two days we have had off feeling like a lifetime. But it's not long to go now as tomorrow at 3pm France take on Uruguay in the first of our quarter finals.
 
Here's a piece from Tim Rich on the disconnect between fans and French manager Didier Deschamps​:
 
 
12:48
Some less light-hearted news now. Colombian players Mateus Uribe and Carlos Bacca have received death threats after failing to convert their penalties in the shootout against England.
 
This comes after yesterday's 24th anniversary of the death of Andres Escobar who was shot dead after his own goal knocked Colombia out of the 1994 World Cup. ​Some things are bigger than football...
 
12:27
Penalties, we love them now right? But not every country has been quite so lucky this tournament. Spain crashed out against hosts Russia, amidst their own coaching controversy. Here's the bizarre scenes as Diego Costa seemingly tells manager Fernando Hierro that Koke will miss, and then says I told you so as his penalty is saved.
12:11
One of the more interesting news stories of today...
11:49
Think it's been a great World Cup so far? Upsets, a good atmosphere, and of course for once, a promising England team? Miguel Delaney takes a look at what's happened so far, and the earth-shatteringly important moments of this World Cup that will be remembered in years to come are just around the corner. Excited? Same.

Why this is when the 2018 World Cup will define its legacy

"This is when you really have do it, when the pressure escalates, and when higher quality tells."

11:25
In the good books of both Jose Mourinho and Roberto Martinez...can Marouane Fellaini be Belgium's secret weapon against the Brazilian flair tomorrow? 
11:04
Fancy some pessimism to go with the heavy dose of 'it's coming home' blaring out of cars, houses and radio stations? Here's some from Switzerland, a team who know just how difficult facing Sweden can be, written by Gerry Cox.
10:44
England fever is spreading! Shame about that World Cup final clash Wimbledon? 
10:25
Only two of England's nine goals have come from open play so far, so that got us thinking, can we really be looking to win the tournament? Our man in Russia, Jack Pitt-Brooke investigates how and why set pieces have become key for England.
09:59
Need another reason for England to win the World Cup
09:42
You can find out which players impressed enough to make their way into the team of the World Cup round of 16. The performances of two of the defenders here, Harry Maguire and Andreas Granqvist, may go a long way to determining the outcome of Saturday's quarter final...

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