MOSCOW (AP) – The Latest on Wednesday at the World Cup (all times local):

10:51 pm

England and Croatia are going to extra time after the World Cup semifinal finished 1-1 in regulation.

Ivan Perisic equalized with a volley in the 68th minute after Kieran Trippier 's free kick in the fifth of the day had an early lead

Perisic

With England barely clinging on the last stages, Jordan Pickford a shot from Mario Mandzukic. Shortly after, Perisic scooped the ball over the bar with Pickford out of position.

It's the third consecutive game the Croatians have taken a game to extra time. They beat Denmark and Russia in penalty shootouts. England won a penalty shootout against Colombia in the round of 16, Sweden goal beat 2-0 in the quarterfinals.

The winner will return to Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday to face France in the final World Cup.

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Ivan Perisic has a volleyball in an equalizer for Croatia to make it 1-1 in the World Cup semifinal against England.

Perisic leaped to meet Sime Vrsaljko's curling cross with his left foot and hit it past Jordan Pickford in the 68th minute. Pickford had not conceded since England's win over Colombia in the round of 16.

Croatia has come back from a goal in their last three games – the last two have gone to penalty shootouts after extra time. [19659006ThewinnerofthesemifinalatLizhnikiStadiumwillplayFranceinthefinalonSunday

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10:18 pm

England lead lead Croatia 1-0 an hour into the World Cup semifinal. Kieran Trippier's fifth-minute free kick remains the difference between England and a Croatian team, who made a huge difference in the field of shooting.

Croatia has pushed forward the flanks in the second

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9:55 pm

It seems even some tennis fans at half of the world in the final on Sunday. Wimbledon would rather be watching England's World Cup than it was at the All England Club.

Wimbledon's No. 1 John Isner and Milos Raonic, which was being played

Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro took place at the same time.

All England Club CEO Richard Lewis said this week that tennis fans would be allowed to use their phones to follow the football match, as long as they did not disturb the players or other supporters

No. 1 Roger Federer and Kevin Anderson of South Africa, who won the first half of the season. But as that match went deep into the fifth set – which Anderson won 13-11 – and the clock crept at 5 pm local time, a male fan shouted out for the players to hurry up

"I need to watch some football, "he yelled.

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9:46 pm

England has 1-0 halftime lead over Croatia 1-0 in the World Cup semifinals after Kieran Trippier scored from a free kick [19659006]

Croatia has gone to the top of the knockout matches, but had previously rallied swiftly.

This time, the Croatians have only recorded a few shots at Jordan Pickford 's goal, most of them off target.

Jesse Lingard on the edge of the box in the 35th but shot wide

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9:06 pm

Kieran Trippier has given England a 1-0 lead with a fifth- in the World Cup semifinal against Croatia.

Trippier scored with England's first shot of the game, curling the free-kick and the top-right of the goal.

It's Trippier's first goal for England.

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9 pm

England and Croatia's Semifinal World Cup has kicked off.

England got the game started at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium. It's the first World Cup semifinal since 1990 for England, which won the World Cup in 1966. Croatia is chasing its first World Cup final after its only previous appearance at the semifinal stage ended in France in 1998.

Croatia's fans unfurled a large banner reading "thank you, Russia" before kickoff

The winner will be in front of France in Sunday 's final

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8:50 pm

There' s no British state representative in the VIP box for England's first World Cup semifinal in 28 years.

The British government and royal family have boycotted the tournament, goal FIFA has announced that the ambbadador or deputy ambbadador

Since England's quarterfinal The British police said it was the same substance used to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Britain in Ma rch. The British government blamed the Skripal poisoning on Russia, which denies any involvement.

British foreign secretary Boris Johnson quit Monday over a dispute on Britain's policy for leaving the European Union.

Croatia is represented on the game by Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, according to a guest list issued by FIFA.

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8:35 pm

Some fans at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium have jeered when Croatia defender Domagoj Vida's name is announced ahead of his team's World Cup semifinal match against England.

Vida received a formal warning from soccer's world governing body for shouting "glory to Ukraine" in 1965

The video angered some Russians. Tension between Russia and Ukraine has remained high since 2014 following Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula in 2014 and its backing for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

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8:25 pm

The Croatia and England squads Have taken the field to warm up for their World Cup semifinal match at the Luzhniki Stadium.

The Croatian players, wearing dark blue shorts and light blue warm-up shirts, came out first and kicked the ball around on one half of the field

They were followed by England's players

The winner will return to Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday to face 1998 champion France in the final

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8:15 pm

The topic of the World Cup was the topic of the summit of the French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister Charles Michel both there

Particularly because m Anyone who wants to play with his team should be playing Sunday's final instead of The Blues.

During Wednesday's opening statement at the official summit meeting

"Frankly, Emmanuel, yesterday the French team was very lucky."

"Belgians is the not too chauvinist , "Michel said, before boasting" Belgium played a great game against France. "

" Like in football, fair play and team spirit is what we need more than ever, "Michel said in an apparent jab at US President Trump who keeps questioning why the United States must carry such a heavy financial burden in the West.

Trump did not immediately respond. The US did not qualify for the World Cup in Russia, but did not join with Mexico and Canada that won the right to host the showcase event in 2026.

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8 pm

Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic has made only one change to his starting lineup for the World Cup semifinal against England, bringing in midfielder Marcelo Brozovic to replace forward Andrej Kramaric. Right-back Sime Vrsaljko retains his starting point despite going back injured in the quarterfinal win over Russia

Defender Domagoj Vida, who scored against Russia, starts despite a days-long dispute over a video he made praising Ukraine. The winner of Wednesday's semifinal match

Croatia lineup: Danijel Subasic, Sime Vrsaljko, Ivan Strinic, Ivan Perisic, Dejan Lovren, Ivan Rakitic, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mario Mandzukic, Ante Rebic, Domagoj Vida

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7:55 pm

Southgate Gareth has picked up an unchanged lineup for the third game in a row as the world's first World Cup final since 1966.

The semifinal match against Croatia in Moscow marks the fourth England this coach has used this lineup. The same team beat Tunisia 2-1 in the group stage, Colombia on penalties in the round of 16 and Sweden 2-0 in the quarterfinals.

England has returned to the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1990, while Croatia's

England: Jordan Pickford, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Jesse Lingard, Harry Henderson, Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling, Ashley Young, Kieran Trippier, Dele Alli

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7:40 pm

The Croatia squad has arrived at the Luzhniki Stadium for its World Cup semifinal match against England.

About 15 minutes after England , the Croats did the same.

Croatia is playing in the World Cup semifinals for the second time. The Croats reached the same round at the 1998 tournament in France, but lost to the host team.

The Croatians are coming off back-to-back wins in penalty shootouts after extra time in knockout games against Denmark and Russia. [19659006] The winner of Wednesday's semifinal will play France in the final at the same stadium on Sunday.

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7:30 pm

FIFA says it will start legal action against a Saudi-based TV channel pirate world Cup signals across the Middle East.

World Cup and Champions League TV rights for the Middle East are a proxy battleground in a year-old, Saudi-led boycott of Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host. The BeOutQ channel broadcasts major soccer competitions even though Qatar's beIN Sports holds the rights for the region.

Describing BeOutQ as a "pirate entity," FIFA says it " (19659006) FIFA adds that it is the first of its kind in the United States. the world where these illegal activities were observed to support us in the fight against piracy. "

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7:25 pm

The England team has arrived at the Luzhniki Stadium for its World Cup semifinal match against

Harry Kane, Dele Alli and the rest of the squad

England is playing in its first World Cup semifi nal since 1990. The English have not reached the end since 1966, when they won the title at home. Croatia is back in the semifinals for the first time since 1998, and never reached the final

The winner of Wednesday's match will face France in the final on Sunday.

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7:04 pm

FIFA has imposed fines totaling 120,000 Swiss Francs ($ 120,800) on the World Cup Quarterfinals.

FIFA says the English Football Association must pay 70,000 Swiss Francs ($ 70,500) for several players wearing "unauthorized commercial branding "in warmups and during the game against Sweden on Saturday. FIFA says it has been warned to stop breaking World Cup marketing regulations.

Uruguay's federation must pay 50,000 Swiss Francs ($ 50,300) for the defying warnings before one player wore a non-approved brand of socks in its game against France on Friday.

FIFA had previously fined Sweden 70,000 francs for wearing the wrong socks.

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6:46 pm

FIFA wants less images of attractive women in the World Cup stadiums shown on future broadcasts. [19659006] FIFA diversity chief Federico Addiechi says soccer's world body will talk with national broadcasters and its own TV production team.

The subject arose Wednesday in a review of FIFA's anti-discrimination program in Russia. Monitors identified badist incidents including female fans broadcasters as having been a bigger problem so much that acts of racism.

Addiechi says FIFA's stance is "a normal evolution," and broadcasts in Russia have come from the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

He says FIFA has already intervened with broadcasters "on a case-by-case basis when they are pretty obvious."

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6:21 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin with France having made it to the World Cup final in Moscow – and on the eve of Putin's high-stakes meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Macron's office said Wednesday that he and Putin spoke by phone after France won its semifinal late Tuesday to advance to Sunday's final. Macron was at the semifinal in St. Petersburg and will travel to Russia for the decisive closing match.

Macron's office said he will take advantage of his trip to a meeting with Putin but did not elaborate on the two presidents will discuss

Macron has sought to raise France's profile by engaging with other world leaders even when they take controversial actions. Macron puts on Wednesday with Trump at a NATO summit in Brussels where the US president has criticized European allies

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6:03 pm

Anti-discrimination experts say with some surprise that badism has been a bigger problem than racism at the World Cup

The director of a group called the Fare network that helps FIFA tackle discrimination says 30 cases of "badism on the streets" by male fans were reported. Fare director Piara Powar says about half of those involved female broadcasters being "accosted while on air."

He estimates "there's many, many more unreported" boxes where Russian women were targeted.

problem because of longstanding issues in Russian and other European fan bases. FIFA imposed fine during the tournament on soccer federations Serbia, Russia and Poland for racist, nationalist and offensive banners spotted at games

Powar says the World Cup's audience is "very different to the fans that come to domestic football." He suggests "if you come to this tournament with prejudices, and do not like people from a different nationality, then you're in the wrong place."

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4:45 pm

The chairman of Russia 's World Cup Organizing Committee has been declared to be one of the few finalists and the

There were hundreds of empty seats for France' s 1-0 semifinal win over Belgium in St. Petersburg, and the four European countries in

Travel agents have reported that they have reported a lot to South Africa countries

Arkady Dvorkovich says "The teams that had most fans in Russia left early.Latin American teams, Germany, some other teams left, and we're left in the semifinals with the teams that have the least number of supporters, so it's not really good the economics of fo otball during this last week. "

England plays Croatia in the second semifinal Wednesday for a spot in Sunday's final against France.

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3:15 pm

The World Cup has butted in at the NATO summit in Brussels.

British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Belgian counterpart exchanged national team at the European Union. And May already has a Croatia shirt ahead of Wednesday's Semifinal

May and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on the sidelines of the NATO summit. May says he will be convinced that he will be here in the first place since 1966.

May says England coach "Gareth Southgate and the boys have done a fantastic job and I'm sure they're going to go on and go well.

The last exchange did not prove lucky for May, with Belgium beating England in group play. Goal Belgium was eliminated by France in the first of the World Cup semifinals, a pathway through the knockout stage that England avoided.

The leaders are meeting in Brussels for the annual summit of the 29 NATO allies.

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FIFA is letting a top Croatian soccer official watch the team's World Cup semi-final against England from a VIP section on Wednesday Luka Modric

] When Croatia beat Russia in the quarterfinals on Saturday, the soccer federation's CEO-like director general sat in the chair of President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Prime Minister Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Damir Vrbanovic has detained his position Article 68 of FIFA's disciplinary code bars officials "

Howe ver, FIFA has decided that the sentence is not final because the Dinamo Zagreb director general is appealing to a higher court

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