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

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.

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...

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

There is an air of expectation as Tanzania braces for an anxiously-awaited 2018 World Cup qualifier against Algeria tomorrow.

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.

The Confederation of African Football believes its decision to move the timing of the Cup of Nations is paying immediate dividends in Brazil.

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