2018 WORLD CUP: Match fever grips soccer fraternity

Fever has gripped Yanga and Azam FC, as the two sides prepare for what is expected to be the clash of Titans at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday.

Stars in Russia’s Premier League warn racism could make the 2018 World Cup “really gross and really ugly”.

Zimbabwe are expelled from 2018 World Cup qualifying for failing to pay national team coach Jose Claudinei Georgini.

Following Thursday's announcement that Russia, not England, will host the 2018 World Cup, we take a glance at the 16 stadiums which will host the matches. 


Stadium in Krasnodar. Set to accommodate 50,015 fans - making it the third biggest stadium of the tournament



Yekaterinburg stadium in Yekaterinburg. On the fringes of Kazakhstan and with a population of 1.3 million people this city will be home to a 44,130 all-seater stadium


Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Built in 1956 and host to the 2008...

A giant crane towers over the Moscow stadium where Russia will stage the 2018 World Cup final and mounds of earth, pipes and cables are piled up where the football pitch should be.

Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o helps with the draw in Russia, as African sides learn who they will face in World Cup qualifying.

Several African underdogs ignored the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking and held their own against more-fancied opposition as the African qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia entered the second round. Such lesser-known sides as Madagascar, Comoros, Swaziland and Chad achieved the biggest shocks.

Cameroon football authorities are to investigate claims that seven players helped to fix games at the World Cup.

Moshi. Preparations are being finalised for ‘battle of honours’ during this year’s edition of Kilimanjaro Marathon to be held here on Sunday.