FIFA World Cup

Serbs who work in Russia have already marked the main sporting event in the world this year - the football World Cup 2018.

In fact, they already covered it - literally, the daily Vecernje Novosti writes.

The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) has decided that Mladen Krstajic will stay on as head coach of Serbia's national football team.

FSS Sports Director and Deputy Chair of the Expert Board Goran Bunjevcevic announced this on Friday.

Krstajic will remain at the helm "in the coming period, and through" the upcoming FIFA World Cup in the Russian Federation.

A rejuvenated Brazil looking to heal the wounds of home soil humiliation four years ago will lead the South American charge for the World Cup in 2018, but a slew of European powerhouses stand in the way of redemption in Russia.

MOSCOW - The Serbia men's national football team was on Friday drawn to play Brazil, Switzerland and Costa Rica at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Serbia will begin their World Cup campaign against Costa Rica in Samara on June 17 and then face Switzerland in Kaliningrad on June 22 and Brazil in Moscow on June 27.

Today is the day that England and 31 other nations learn their fate as the 2018 World Cup draw takes place in Moscow.

The draw in Moscow is due to start at 5pm BG time.

All 32 teams are divided into 4 groups, according to the odds in the FIFA rankings. The Russian hosted by law takes place in the first urn.

How is in which pots?

FIFA will approve a potential tournament involving national teams that have not qualified for World Cup 2018 in Russia. The idea of ​​such a championship came from the US Football Federation. According to the BBC, FIFA will not interfere with the tournament, which will be presented as an alternative world championship.

A tearful Gianluigi Buffon quit international football as four-time champion Italy sensationally missed out on its first World Cup finals in 60 years after a playoff defeat to Sweden on Nov. 13.

Italy National Football Team will miss the World Championship for the first time since 1958, bTV reports.

Croatia and Switzerland book their places in the 2018 World Cup on Nov. 12 by edging their opponents in the playoffs of the qualification stage in Europe.

The last burst of qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup allows some nations a chance to dream, but for football aristocrat Italy, the next few days are a potential nightmare.