England’s surprise run to the Under-21 Euros final – and how to watch it in UK July 7, 2023 So bad were England’s men at the last European Under-21 Championship that no UK broadcaster took up the rights to show this summer’s edition of the tournament. Now it is here and the Young Lions have exceeded expectations, blazing a trail to the final against Spain on Saturday in Georgia. It’s enough to cause a [...]
It may not feel like it but the greatest year of sport is almost upon us October 26, 2020 As we fast approach the end of the year we should all allow ourselves to look forward to crawling out of the dark cloud of Covid-19 and into 2021, the greatest year of sport ever. Euro 2020, the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Twenty20 cricket World Cups, the Women’s Euros, a Ryder Cup, a Rugby League World [...]
Kane: Past experience can take England to successive Euros finals July 9, 2024 England captain Harry Kane has insisted that past semi-final experience can help the Three Lions reach a second successive Euros final. England take on the Netherlands on Wednesday in Dortmund with a place in Sunday’s final on the line. But Kane, who has been a key cog throughout Gareth Southgate’s tenure, says their 2018 World [...]
Euro 2024: Thousands of Serbia v England tickets listed for resale at up to £21,000 June 12, 2024 Tickets have long since sold out through official channels for England’s first game in Group C on Sunday.
WATCH: England fans leave Euro 2024 match early, miss Three Lions win June 30, 2024 A number of fans missed England’s crucial goals in their comeback 2-1 victory over Slovakia yesterday, leaving early due to the Three Lions’ performance. Jude Bellingham netted a 95th minute equaliser before Harry Kane won the match in extra time but a number of travelling fans in Gelsenkirchen were out of the door when England [...]
‘Not our intention’: Adidas and German football chiefs respond to ‘Nazi kit’ row April 2, 2024 The design was called 'very questionable' by historians.
England Women set for sponsorship offers after Euros success turns Lionesses into stars August 1, 2022 The stars of England’s success at Women’s Euro 2022 could be in line for lucrative personal sponsorship deals as a result of the tournament making them household names. Lionesses including captain Leah Williamson and super-sub Alessia Russo have enjoyed greater prominence than ever as women’s football has made the front and back pages. But the [...]
Premiership final: Why I’d love to see resurgent Wasps spoil Exeter’s double dream October 23, 2020 If you had to put your mortgage on a team to win the Premiership final then, based on their entire 2019-20 campaign, it would have to be Exeter. The Chiefs proved that they are the best team in Europe by lifting the Champions Cup last weekend. Completing the double with victory over Wasps in Saturday’s [...]
UK and Ireland set to be confirmed as hosts of Euro 2028 today March 23, 2022 The UK and Ireland are today expected to be effectively confirmed as joint hosts of Euro 2028 after no other bidders came forward. Russia and Turkey had been in the running but the war in Ukraine caused the former to drop out and the latter lacked the support to rival the UK and Ireland. The [...]
Ed Warner: The European Super League isn’t dead yet – and it’s because of the Premier League February 16, 2023 “Laughable”, “all hot air”, “flimsy”, a “walking corpse”. So has English football, on a mostly unattributable basis, dismissed the attempt to breathe new life into the European Super League concept which unraveled so swiftly and spectacularly two years ago. But sat on this side of the English Channel, we would say that, wouldn’t we? Is [...]