The World Cup group stages have been and gone in the blink of an eye, and the line-up for last-16 is now complete.

Friday June 29th is the first football-free day of the tournament - a chilling glimpse into the grim reality which awaits us from July 16th onwards.

But we still have the knockouts to look forward to - starting with two stellar fixtures on Saturday June 30th.

Here is a look at the last-16 fixtures, all of which you can follow live with the Irish Times:

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Saturday June 30th

France v Argentina, 3.0pm, Kazan
Uruguay v Portugal, 7.0pm, Sochi

Sunday July 1st

Spain v Russia, 3.0pm, Luzhniki Staduium
Croatia v Denmark, 7.0pm, Nizhny Novgorod

Monday July 2nd

Brazil v Mexico, 3.0pm, Samara
Belgium v Japan, 7.0pm, Rostov

Tuesday July 3rd

Sweden v Switzerland, 3.0pm, St Petersburg
Colombia v England, 7.0pm, Spartak Stadium