Новости за 12.06.2018

Manchester United is again ranked by Forbes as world's most valuable soccer team

Some of the World Cup's top teams in upset danger in the group stage include Brazil, Germany and England.

With United States missing World Cup for first time since 1986, many Americans will adopt another team. But here are reasons against them all.

Iceland is one of the teams to follow at this year's World Cup in Russia, but the underdogs arguably face the longest odds among these five sleeper teams.

Brazil is loose in Russia.

Real Madrid says Spain coach Julen Lopetegui will be the team's manager after the World Cup

The European border agency Frontex says it will deploy 20 border control officers from across Europe to Poland to assist in the smooth and safe passage of thousands of fans going to World Cup matches in Russia's Kaliningrad region

The World Cup will leave a divisive legacy for Russian environmentalists

Christian Pulisic will watch the World Cup but says missing out on the tournament will always haunt him.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have dominated soccer over the past decade, and each has amassed an impressive resume of career individual and team accomplishments. Yet, one prize -- the grandest of them all -- has been elusive.

Hopefully, the 2018 edition of the World Cup will provide a moment -- like Landon Donovan's late winner or Diego Maradona's "Goal of the Century" -- that will be recalled for years to come.

Fox broadcasters Alexi Lalas and John Strong help break down the biggest stories to watch when the World Cup starts June 14.

If the results of the previous 20 FIFA World Cups are any indication, a world soccer power will emerge as the team hoisting the trophy after the 2018 World Cup final on July 15 in Moscow.

Here is every 2018 FIFA World Cup game with times and TV information, from the group stage starting on June 14 through the final at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on July 15.

SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Martin Rogers discusses Russia's first time as a World Cup host, the underdogs of the tournament and if a South American country can their its World Cup in Europe since 1958.

Four more of Sporting Lisbon's players have rescinded their contracts with the troubled Portuguese club