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England climb to sixth in Fifa world rankings after reaching 2018 World Cup semi-finals

England beat Colombia and Sweden in the knockout stages in Russia before losing to Croatia in the semi-finals

Thursday 16 August 2018 11:47 BST
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England's World Cup success has seen them climb to sixth place in FIFA's world rankings.

Gareth Southgate's side have jumped six places after reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup last month.

England beat Colombia and Sweden in the knockout stages in Russia before losing to Croatia in the semi-finals.

France have taken over top spot from Germany, who have crashed 14 places after flopping in Russia when they failed to make the knockout stages.

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Belgium have climbed to second spot after reaching the World Cup semi-finals as Brazil dropped to third.

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