A Cork soccer club is poised to have one of the most advanced all-weather pitches in the country — thanks to an Irish company which built pitches for the World Cup in Russia.

A day after being put under investigation by Fifa for complaining about the refereeing of their 2-1 World Cup loss to Switzerland and misbehaviour by fans, Serbia’s football association has filed an official complaint with the sport’s governing body alleging “biased officiating” by referee Feliz Brych.

Russia’s impressive running statistics at the World Cup are based on hard work and motivation, not doping, national team coach Stanislav Cherchesov has insisted.

England 6 Panama 1

Another three of the Super 8 teams were confirmed yesterday with the remaining four to be revealed the weekend after next.

Here’s your round-up of what’s on today and tomorrow at the World Cup.

Amid a lack of a unified EU response, states have taken approaches, based on geography, ideology and finances, as outlined by Caroline O’Doherty.

They’ll need to score if they want to win. That would have been a goal if it had gone in the net. To win a game, you can’t lose. They’ll want their best players on. At the end of the day. Make no mistake, mistakes will be made.

“Wouldn’t it be great if it was like this all the time?”

If Ireland were not quite so driven to succeed, every member of the camp from Joe Schmidt down might take a moment’s pause to appreciate all they have achieved this season.

Germany 2 Sweden 1

After the painful 3-0 defeat by Croatia on Thursday night, the Argentina inquest has been long and loud.

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez has apologised to journalists for making their lives harder by putting an end to the dramas and in-fighting that have characterised Belgian squads in the past.

If Donald Trump is said to fear walking down steps, my phobia was ‘going upstairs’.

Why is it always about him?

England defender Kyle Walker believes the pain of defeat to Iceland at Euro 2016 has helped the class of 2018 develop a tough mental edge.

Olympic champion Michael Carruth believes that three-time European champion Joe Ward has Julio La Cruz’s number on the road to Tokyo 2020.