Costa Rica

Elena Udrea and Alina Bica are said to have been arrested in Costa Rica after the local police enforced a request of Interpol, the website sitiooij.poder-judicial.go.cr informs.

Serbia finished third in the group with three points, while Brazil tops it with 7.

In the second game on Wednesday, Costa Rica and Switzerland drew 2-2 - Switzerland now has 5 points, while Costa Rica has one.

In the knock-out phase, Switzerland will play against Sweden, while Brazil will play against Mexico.

Lichtsteiner joined teammates Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri, of ethnic Albanian origin, who celebrated during Switzerland's game against Serbia on Friday by making a hand gesture meant to represent the double-headed eagle found on Albania's flag.

Brazil's Philippe Coutinho, left, celebrates scoring his side's opening goal with Neymar, top, and teammates during the group E match between Brazil and Costa Rica at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the St. Petersburg Stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 22, 2018. AP Photo/Petr David Josek

Football's global governing body fined Serbia's Football Federation around 8,500 euros because Serbian fans behaved offensively during Sunday's match with Costa Rica, which Serbia won 1-0.

FIFA announced its decision on Wednesday evening. Serbia's Football Federation did not comment on the penalty by the time of publication.

A battered and bruised Neymar will aim to get Brazil's World Cup campaign back on track on June 22 as the pre-tournament favorite seeks to re-assert its title credentials with victory over Costa Rica.

The only goal of the match was scored in the second half by Serbia Captain Aleksandar Kolarov. The Roma defender executed a perfect free kick from 25 meters, past a helpless Costa Rica and Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas.

Later on Sunday in Serbia's Group E, Brazil will face Switzerland. Serbia's next game is against Switzerland on June 22.

23 players will make it to the team that will travel to Russia on June 11, and this final list will be known on June 4.

Serbia will on that day play the first of the two friendly matches as part of the team's preparations for the tournament in Russia.

The friendlies against Chile (June 4) and Bolivia (June 9) will both be played in Graz, Austria.

And the slogan is: "One Team, One Dream - Serbia!"

The Serbian team - nicknamed Orlovi ( "the Eagles") - is among 32 that will compete for the world's top football prize - see each squad's official slogan published at FIFA's website.

Countries such as Botswana, Costa Rica or Georgia represent an anti-corruption model by which Romania could be inspired, political scientist Alina Mungiu-Pippidi said at the presentation of her recently published book, called "In search of a good governing", in which she analyzed 200 contemporary countries, a large number of historical case studies and seven countries that have evolved towards