Glasgow (AFP) – Scotland were dealt a massive blow ahead of their first major tournament match for 23 years with Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney ruled out of Monday's Euro 2020 clash with the Czech Republic. Tierney has been one of the most consistent performers during Scotland's improvement under Steve Clarke over the past two years, […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Scotland return to the international stage for the first time in over two decades at Euro 2020 on Monday as Covid-hit Spain prepare to launch their bid for a record fourth continental crown. The Scots, absent from a major tournament since the 1998 World Cup, take on the Czech Republic in front […]

London (AFP) – Harry Kane says England's new generation passed their first test with flying colours after Gareth Southgate's side kicked off their Euro 2020 campaign with a 1-0 win against Croatia. Southgate has infused England's squad with a vibrant crop of emerging stars and Kane was relieved to see them cope with the pressure […]

Helsingør (Denmark) (AFP) – Denmark's goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and striker Martin Braithwaite on Monday lamented that they had to choose whether to restart the Denmark-Finland Euro 2020 match while they were reeling from Christian Eriksen's mid-game collapse. "We were put in a position, that I personally feel that we shouldn't have been put in," Schmeichel […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – France defender Lucas Hernandez says his Bayern Munich team-mate Thomas Mueller is the German player the world champions need to subdue in Tuesday's Euro 2020 clash against Germany. Hernandez has spent two seasons with Bundesliga champions Bayern since his 80 million euros ($97 million) transfer from Atletico Madrid in 2019. The […]

Rome (AFP) – The agent of Christian Eriksen says the Danish player is in "good spirits" but anxious to find out the cause of his cardiac arrest during his country's opening Euro 2020 game in Copenhagen. "We spoke this morning (Sunday). He was joking, and in good spirits, I found him well," Martin Schoots told […]

London (AFP) – England launched their bid for Euro 2020 glory with a 1-0 win over Croatia on Sunday, as Scotland were set to end their 23-year wait to play in a major tournament and Covid-hit Spain prepared to face Sweden. Raheem Sterling scored at a sun-baked Wembley as England won their opening game of […]

Brasília (AFP) – Star forward Neymar netted a penalty and created a second as hosts Brazil eased to a 3-0 victory over a coronavirus-depleted Venezuela on Sunday in the opening match of the 2021 Copa America. Centre-back Marquinhos opened the scored midway through the first half and Gabriel Barbosa sealed the Group B win a […]

London (AFP) – Gareth Southgate says "phenomenal" Raheem Sterling has set the tone for England's Euro 2020 campaign after the Manchester City forward silenced his doubters in Sunday's 1-0 victory against Croatia. Southgate's side made a positive start to their bid to win the European Championship thanks to Sterling's second-half strike at Wembley. With England […]

Munich (Germany) (AFP) – World champions France open their Euro 2020 campaign on Tuesday against an embattled Germany team eager to rediscover their best form in the first clash of two traditional European heavyweights in this year's tournament. Didier Deschamps' France head to Munich for the Group F game with a feud brewing between forwards […]

Budapest (AFP) – Euro 2020 outsiders Hungary's prospects in a daunting Group F may largely depend on RB Leipzig duo Peter Gulacsi and Willi Orban keeping stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe at bay. But a new defensive stalwart has come on board in Fenerbahce's Attila Szalai, 23, a regular fixture in the Hungary […]

Buenos Aires (AFP) – Diego Maradona's personal physician and six other caregivers accused of neglecting the football icon in his final days, will be questioned by Argentine prosecutors from Monday. The seven were placed under investigation for manslaughter after a board of experts looking into Maradona's death found he had received inadequate care and was […]

Brasília (AFP) – Star forward Neymar netted a penalty and created a second as hosts Brazil eased to a 3-0 victory over a coronavirus-depleted Venezuela on Sunday in the opening match of the 2021 Copa America. Center-back Marquinhos opened the scored midway through the first half and Gabriel sealed the win a minute from time. […]

Amsterdam (AFP) – Netherlands coach Frank de Boer admitted the eve of his side's Euro 2020 opener against Ukraine in Amsterdam had been "a roller-coaster night" after he watched his former player Christian Eriksen suffer a cardiac arrest playing for Denmark against Finland. "I had to leave the room," said De Boer, who coached Eriksen […]

Amsterdam (AFP) – Denzel Dumfries scored a dramatic late winner as the Netherlands marked their long-awaited return to a major tournament with a 3-2 victory over Ukraine in a remarkable Euro 2020 game in Amsterdam on Sunday. Dumfries, the PSV Eindhoven full-back, headed in a cross from substitute Nathan Ake to complete a madcap second […]