Nice (France) (AFP) – Sweden bid farewell to Zlatan Ibrahimovic with noisy tributes but no goals and exited the European Championship finals meekly after a 1-0 defeat by Belgium. The brash giant of football ended his 116-cap international career on Wednesday with 62 often spectacular goals yet not a shot on target during Sweden's three […]

Lyon (AFP) – Portugal's coach Fernando Santos says Cristiano Ronaldo's two-goal display against Hungary proves he has shaken off a poor start to return to his best at Euro 2016. Ronaldo scored a pair of brilliant goals in Lyon on Wednesday to go down in European Championship history as the first player to score at […]

Chicago (AFP) – Colombia's Copa America Centenario hopes suffered a blow here Wednesday after striker Carlos Bacca lost his battle to be fit for his team's semi-final against Chile at Soldier Field. The AC Milan striker was nursing a knock from his team's bruising quarter-final win over Peru but had been hopeful of making the […]

Argentina's win against the United States in the Copa America Centenario semi-final averaged 8,090,000 million viewers across FOX Sports 1, Univision and Univision Deportes. The match, which was shown live from 9-11pm ET, on Tuesday, June 21 drew 4.8 million viewers on Univision and Univision Deportes in addition to 3.29 million viewers on FOX Sports 1. […]

Nice (France) (AFP) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic said he was filled with pride as he bowed out of international football on Wednesday, saying he had emerged from "the ghetto" to become Sweden's record goal scorer. The 1-0 defeat to Belgium at Euro 2016 was not the way the brash striker would have wanted to depart the […]

Lille (France) (AFP) – Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill said the 1-0 win over Italy that took his team through to the last 16 of the European Championship was one of the best nights of his long career. "I've had some great nights but this was very special tonight," a beaming O'Neill said after […]

Lille (France) (AFP) – Italy coach Antonio Conte congratulated the Republic of Ireland after Robbie Brady's late goal saw them seal a 1-0 win in Lille to reach the knockout phase of Euro 2016. The Azzurri were already guaranteed top spot in Group E coming into the match at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, allowing Conte to […]

Lille (France) (AFP) – Robbie Brady admitted to being in dreamland after his late winner over Italy took the Republic of Ireland into the knockout stage of Euro 2016 on Wednesday. "It's what dreams are made of. We have done the job for everyone who came to see us and all the Irish fans around […]

Nice (France) (AFP) – A late goal by Premier League target Radja Nainggolan earned Belgium a last-16 berth with a 1-0 win over Sweden making superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic end his international career with a defeat. The Roma midfielder, reportedly wanted by Chelsea, controlled a cross from Eden Hazard outside the area and powered it into […]

Lille (France) (AFP) – Robbie Brady struck with just five minutes remaining as the Republic of Ireland claimed a dramatic 1-0 win over Italy in Lille on Wednesday to reach the knockout phase of Euro 2016. Brady's goal arrived just when it looked as if Ireland were heading out due to a combination of Italy […]

Paris (AFP) – Iceland co-coach Heimir Hallgrimsson jokingly suggested Wednesday's historic 2-1 win over Austria at Euro 2016 would force the Nordic island country to change its national holiday. Iceland, with a population of around 330,000, is the smallest nation to qualify for a major finals and its national team strode into the last 16 […]

Colombia plays Chile tonight in a must-see Copa America Centenario semi-final, and we have the details on how you can watch it for free with a 24-hour trial to fuboTV. Whether you're a cord cutter, going to be at work or away from home or if you prefer watching games on your computer, smartphone, tablet, […]

Lyon (AFP) – Man-of-the-match Cristiano Ronaldo hailed Portugal's 3-3 draw against Hungary as 'insane' as his side scrapped into the last 16 of Euro 2016, thanks to his two record-breaking second-half goals. Ronaldo opened his account in style with a deft backheel flick on 50 minutes, then a bullet header 12 minutes later to twice […]

Madrid (AFP) – Three-time world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo made new football history Wednesday by becoming the first player to score in four European Championship finals. Here are six of the Real Madrid star's numerous scoring records: – Goals in four European Championship finals Ronaldo is now bearing down on French legend Michel […]

Paris (AFP) – Austria coach Marcel Koller absolved Aleksandar Dragovic of any blame after the central defender missed a costly first-half penalty in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to Iceland at Euro 2016. Dragovic assumed spot-kick duties after David Alaba was fouled by Ari Skulason with Iceland leading 1-0, but the Dynamo Kiev centre-back struck his 37th-minute […]