The world has a two-day break from the tournament before it resumes again on Friday, July 6 with four mouth-watering ties to look forward to.

Uruguay's powerful defence will be hoping to cancel out the threat of France's

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The other two quarter-finals see host nation Russia attempt to defy the odds and beat a Luka Modric led Croatia while England will be hoping to take another step toward bringing football home against Sweden.

Here are the dates and kick-off times for the quarter-finals:

July 6

Uruguay v France, 3pm

Brazil v Belgium, 7pm

July 7:

Sweden v England, 3pm

Russia v Croatia, 7pm

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