Euro 2016 champion Joao Mario earns Portugal recall
Lisbon (AFP) – Portugal’s Euro 2016 winner Joao Mario was included by coach Fernando Santos on Thursday in the squad for next month’s fixtures which include two World Cup …
Category: Euro 2016
English clubs top Euro 2016 compensation list
Nyon (Switzerland) (AFP) – Liverpool led English clubs in taking the lion’s share of the 150 million euros ($162 million) compensation handed out by UEFA for freeing players for …
Euro 2016 gave France €1.2 bn boost – study
Paris (AFP) – Hosting the Euro 2016 football tournament cost France less than 200 million euros ($211 million) but brought some 1.22 billion euros into the country, according to …
Russian fans jailed for Euro 2016 trouble to be deported
Aix-en-Provence (France) (AFP) – Three Russians jailed in France following clashes with England fans before their Euro 2016 match in June will be released from prison and deported next …
Podolski says Germany should have won Euro 2016
Berlin (AFP) – Lukas Podolski believes Germany wasted their chance to lift the Euro 2016 title and admits he was sad to see Portugal win the final of the …
A brief history of the World Cup, European Championship and Copa America on US TV
August 1, 2016 beIN SPORTS, Copa America, Copa Centenario, ESPN, Euro 2016, FOX Sports, Soccer On TV, TV Ratings 4 Comments
As Christopher Harris reported here at World Soccer Talk, the final ratings for Euro 2016 were, much like the quality of play, decent but not spectacular. Copa América Centenario, …
Rooney blames Hodgson for England Euro woe
London (AFP) – Wayne Rooney has blamed England’s Euro 2016 humiliation on Roy Hodgson’s unsuccessful selection gamble. Hodgson made six changes for England’s final group match against Slovakia and …
England’s Euro 2016 exit can be motivation for future – Allardyce
London (AFP) – New England manager Sam Allardyce told his players to use their shock Euro 2016 exit at the hands of Iceland as motivation for the future on …
Leicester or Iceland: Which is the best cinderella story of 2016?
The world of sport has been truly blessed in the year of 2016, I don’t think anyone can argue that. But more importantly the game of soccer, the Beautiful …
Didier Deschamps’ mismanagement led to France’s downfall at Euro 2016
Didier Deschamps could not have mismanaged his France team any worse than he did at the Euros. First, after late winners obscured two otherwise unconvincing performances that brought his team …