Russia
Click on the button for the comprehensive IBO coverage of the 2018 World Cup. A team of eight reporters covered all of the matches, culminating in the World Cup Final in Moscow on the 15th July.
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Brazil
Thirty-two teams spread across twelve venues in this vast country. A hugely enjoyable and successful tournament, with Germany winning the final 1-0 after a titanic struggle with the host nation, Brazil.
As for England, we failed at the group stage, drawing one and losing two matches, finishing dead last in the group. Abject.