- World Cup fever has gripped the Wimbledon Championships and the England team, in particular, is the talk of the locker room.
- French player Gaël Monfils went to a local pub to watch England's successful penalty shootout against Colombia earlier this week, and said there was beer everywhere.
- Injured Briton Laura Robson sung the "Three Lions (Football's Coming Home)" for two and a half hours, until her tennis friend Madison Keys, an American, became an England fan.
- The England soccer team plays Sweden in a crucial World Cup quarterfinal clash on Saturday.
- Read all of Business Insider's World Cup coverage here.
World Cup fever has gripped the Wimbledon Championships and the progression of the England national soccer team has been the talk of the locker room.
Wimbledon, the third tennis major of the calendar year, began on Monday, July 2 and has coincided with the knockout rounds of the World Cup — the biggest prize in international soccer.
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