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Your support makes all the difference.The 2018 World Cup is in full as day 10 of the game’s biggest competition gets under way in Russia.
Switzerland brought yesterday’s action to a close, beating Serbia 2-1 after initially falling behind. Today sees Belgium kick off proceedings against Tunisia before attention turns to South Korea vs Mexico. Current champions Germany close the curtain at 7pm when they take on Sweden.
We’ll also have all the latest from Repino where Gareth Southgate’s England are putting in their final preparations ahead of their Group G opener against Tunisia in Volgograd on Monday.
Follow all latest news, views, pictures and video direct from Russia throughout the day as we pick up the pace at the biggest football tournament in the world:
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Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of another busy day of World Cup action.
Stick with us for all the latest news as well as coverage of all three of today's matches.
Here are the biggest stories and best reads of the day so far:
- England in World Cup boost as Dele Alli returns to training ahead of Panama clash
- Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka spark political controversy over goal celebrations
- Neymar's tears sum up the emotional and mental fragility of this Brazilian side
- Nigeria confident they can tame Lionel Messi and put Argentina to the sword
- Five World Cups but Mexico’s Rafael Marquez is far from a national hero
We're now into Day 10 of the 2018 World Cup and it's a big one.
We'll bring you all the live coverage of all today's games here at the Independent including whether current World Champions Germany will be staring elimination in the face when they take on Sweden.
But, the first game of the day is actually from England's Group G where Belgium and Tunisia will do battle in Moscow at 13:00.
Will the Red Devils build on their opening match victory against Panama?
They certainly seem excited on their twitter feed.
How well do you think they'll perform against this stubborn Tunisia team who took England all the way, forcing a last minute winner from Harry Kane?
Some horrible news earlier this morning as we learnt about Jose Enrique and the rare brain tumour that was found.
He posted this on instagram today:
Romelu Lukaku starts upfront for Belgium once again after scoring twice against Panama in the first game.
If you didn't read it a few days ago, take a look at his story growing up:
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