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Euro 2024: Supreme Spain reach Euros last eight to shatter Georgia dreams

June 30, 2024 admin

Spain players including Spain’s defender Dani Carvajal and Spain’s midfielder Mikel Merino celebrate after the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Spain and Georgia. | Photo Credit: AFP Three-times champions Spain survived an early scare to beat a spirited Georgia 4-1 on Sunday and reach the last eight of Euro 2024, coming…

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Bellingham, Kane rescue England from shock Euro 2024 exit to Slovakia

June 30, 2024 admin

England’s Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice celebrate after the match. | Photo Credit: Reuters England escaped an embarrassing last-16 exit at Euro 2024 thanks to Jude Bellingham’s overhead kick before Harry Kane struck in extra-time to grab a 2-1 win over Slovakia on Sunday. The Three Lions have been hyped as one of the favourites…

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Germany beats Denmark 2-0 to advance to Euro 2024 quarterfinals after storm stops play

June 30, 2024 admin

German football players celebrate after their win over Denmark in the Euro 2024 prequarterfinal match in Dortmund on June 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Let that patriotic fervor soar. Host nation Germany is headed to the quarterfinals at the European Championship after a wet and wild win over Denmark on June 29. “We’re going…

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Switzerland knocks out defending champion Italy and advances to the Euro 2024 quarterfinals

June 30, 2024 admin

Switzerland football team members celebrate after knocking off the defending champion Italy in the UEFA Euro 2024 prequarterfinal match in Berlin on June 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Defending champion Italy crashed out of the European Championship after losing to Switzerland 2-0 in the last 16 on June 29. Goals in each half from…

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Euro 2024: Slow-starting defending champ Italy faces Switzerland in first knockout match

June 29, 2024 admin

Italy’s players attend a training session at the base camp in Iserlohn on June 28, 2024, on the eve of their UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16 football match against Switzerland. | Photo Credit: AFP Defending champion Italy aims to continue its dominance over Switzerland to reach the quarterfinals of the European Championship on June…

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Cristiano Ronaldo, soccer’s ultimate showstopper, still Portugal’s main man despite slow start to Euro 2024

June 29, 2024 admin

Cristiano Ronaldo has been a showstopper, as expected, at the European Championship. Just not necessarily in the way he’d like to be. The Portugal superstar with 632 million followers on Instagram and a never-ending stream of endorsement deals has had to deal with a raft of on-field selfie-seekers, during matches and in training. One presumed…

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Euro 2024 group stage review: Heartbreak, elation and high drama

June 27, 2024 admin

Curtains are down after the first act of European drama playing out in the German theatre and the audiences have witnessed every emotion playing out. From elation to heartbreak, from scare to survival, the group stage of Euro 2024 delivered more than what fans expected from a continental tournament. After a delayed tournament with reduced…

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Euro 2024: Turkiye edge into last 16 with tense win over Czech Republic

June 27, 2024 admin

Turkiye reached the knockout phase at a major tournament for the first time in 16 years after a bad-tempered 2-1 win over a battling 10-man Czech Republic at Euro 2024 on June 26. Vincenzo Montella’s Turkiye finished second in Group F behind Portugal to progress, as the Czechs were eliminated despite a brave performance on…

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Euro 2024: Newcomers Georgia shock Portugal in 2-0 win to advance to knockouts

June 27, 2024 admin

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia of Georgia breaks into the box whilst under pressure from Diogo Dalot of Portugal as Antonio Silva, Joao Neves and Francisco Conceicao of Portugal look on during the UEFA EURO 2024 group stage match between Georgia and Portugal at Arena AufSchalke on June 26, 2024 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. | Photo Credit: Getty Images…

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Euro 2024: Spain has to wait days to learn its next opponent, then rush to research them

June 25, 2024 admin

Spain’s players celebrate at the end of the UEFA Euro 2024 Group B football match against Albania at the Duesseldorf Arena in Duesseldorf on June 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Spain doesn’t know which team it plays next at Euro 2024. Croatia thinks it is out of contention but doesn’t know for sure. The…

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