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Preview followed by live coverage of Wednesday's World Cup game between Portugal and Morocco.

For the first time ever graduates from Patrick Vieira's Diambars academy will play at a World Cup, as Senegal begin their 2018 campaign in Russia.

The World Cup is a showcase for a footballer's skills, but it is also a chance to show off new hairstyles.

For Alice Jim, $100 is almost as much as she earns in a month as a housemaid in Zimbabwe.

Liverpool's Sadio Mane is described as one of the world's best players by his Senegal coach Aliou Cisse on the eve of their first World Cup since 2002.

Your player ratings out of 10 for Tunisia v England in the World Cup group match.

Kwesi Nyantakyi says footage of him apparently accepting $65,000 in cash from an undercover reporter was doctored.

Preview followed by live coverage of Tuesday's World Cup game between Russia and Egypt.

Preview followed by live coverage of Tuesday's World Cup game between Poland and Senegal.

The jailed Rwandan politician's family says the auction and charges against her are political.

World and Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya is to challenge "unfair" rules affecting some female athletes.

Retired South African footballer MacBeth Sibaya played club football in Russia.

Dion Dublin takes a look at what England can expect from Tunisia, their first opponents at the World Cup, during a 1-0 friendly win over Costa Rica.

Tunisians are enjoying greater freedom since the 2011 revolution, and now gay rights activists hope they will also benefit.

School girls and boys in Kenyan schools are being taught self defence and how to report sexual and physical attacks.

England's last World Cup meeting with Tunisia was overshadowed by rioting and violence. What happened in Marseille in 1998?

Senegal defender Saliou Ciss is ruled out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia with an ankle injury and is replaced in the squad by Adama Mbengue.

The twin blasts and rocket fire in Borno state come as the army chief says the north-east is now safe.

Nine people are hurt and eight arrested at an Eritrean event in Greater Manchester.

Preview followed by live coverage of Monday's World Cup game between Tunisia and England.