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The Netherlands, the defending champion, held off a stirring comeback by Portugal to close in on a place in the Euro 2022 quarterfinals with a 3-2 win while Sweden struck late to beat Switzerland 2-1 on Wednesday. The Dutch were without star striker Vivianne Miedema due to a positive case for Covid-19, but got off […]

Germany booked its place in the Euro 2022 quarterfinals as Klara Buhl and Alexandra Popp sealed a 2-0 win against Spain on Tuesday. Martina Voss-Tecklenburg‘s team crushed Denmark 4-0 in its opening fixture, but had to show its more gritty side to see off Spain. Germany had only two shots on target and just 30 […]

French world champion Paul Pogba has returned to Juventus on a free transfer on Monday with the hope to revive a career at club level that stagnated at Manchester United. The 29-year-old enjoyed a highly successful first spell at Juventus (2012-16) before United swooped to sign him for a then record 105 million euros ($106 […]

Erling Haaland is determined to get Manchester City over the line in his “favorite tournament,” the Champions League this season as the Norwegian superstar was unveiled by the Premier League champions on Sunday. The 21-year-old was greeted by around 5,000 adoring City fans at the Etihad Stadium and did not hold back in his promise […]

England got off to a winning start in the opening game at Old Trafford, but it is France, Germany, Spain and Norway that have provided the thrills in the first round of matches at Euro 2022. Here are three talking points from the first week of the tournament. France getting along just fine. The last season […]

France brushed off suggestions of locker-room disquiet to smash Italy 5-1 and launch its Euro 2022 campaign in style on Sunday. Grace Geyoro hit a first-half hat trick as Les Bleues were 5-0 up by the break in Rotherham with Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Delphine Cascarino also on target. France boss Corinne Diacre controversially left out […]

Dutch star Vivianne Miedema said the defending champions had to be proud of their reaction to salvage a 1-1 draw against Sweden to start their Euro 2022 campaign on Saturday. Sweden was looking to exact revenge for its World Cup semifinal exit to the Dutch three years ago and took a deserved lead at halftime […]

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were cleared Friday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top. Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona acquitted the pair in a trial following a mammoth investigation that began in […]