England seeks its maiden Euro crown in 2024, with Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling absent from the squad. By Alexander Rosquez July 05, 2024 11:27AM EDT July 05, 2024 11:27AM EDT © Photo by Michael Regan/Getty ImagesRaheem Sterling of England celebrates after scoring his team’s fifth goal during the 2020 UEFA European Championships. England face Switzerland...
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England ‘have to improve’ ahead of Switzerland quarter-final – Stones
John Stones has admitted that England are working hard to get back to the “fluid football” they used to play earlier in Gareth Southgate’s tenure. England are in the quarter-finals of the European Championship but performances have been underwhelming and Stones said on Thursday afternoon that the team know that they have to improve. England...
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Kessler? Capela? Stewart? Which center could the Knicks target?
The New York Knicks need another center, and options are thinning. Mitchell Robinson will start, but who backs him up? With Isaiah Hartenstein departing for Oklahoma City, let’s run through the list of candidates. Free agents Moe Wagner, Goga Bitadze and Jonas Valančiūnas, and others are now off the board. Those three scaled out of...
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Euro 2024 quarter-finals preview: Ronaldo faces Mbappe as England meet Switzerland – Tips and Tricks
This article is part of our ‘Tips and Tricks’ series, where we use data and know-how to identify trends and insights for Euro 2024. You can find all the articles in the series here. England are hanging in there and head to Dusseldorf on Saturday to face Switzerland with a place in the last four...
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How to fix England: Who replaces Guehi? Does Trippier play? A different No 10?
England are three games away from winning their first ever European Championship — but it doesn’t feel like it. If a laboured group stage felt stodgy enough, the last-16 tie against Slovakia was, at times, painful to watch. Gareth Southgate’s men eventually squeaked through but it took a very late, and very fine, goal from...
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Euro 2024 teams hit with more than €1.2m in fines by UEFA
National football associations represented in this summer’s European Championship have been fined more than €1.2million by organisers UEFA during the tournament group stages. The fines, which total €1,293,645 (£1,097,328; $1,635,123), relate to the national side’s supporters during the matches, but host nation Germany were fined twice for their failure of “protection of the playing area”...
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One year to Women’s Euro 2025: After financial issues, how is Switzerland shaping up?
As the men’s European Championship is entering its latter stages in Germany, it is exactly one year until Women’s Euro 2025 begins in Switzerland. In 365 days’ time, the hosts will get things under way at St Jakob-Park in Basel and holders England will be hoping to defend their title. Switzerland beat Poland and France...
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NBA free agency live updates
A quick note here for the night owls regarding a potential sign-and-trade that would send DeMar DeRozan to the Kings. DeRozan would have to sign at least a three-year deal and presumably would want all of it guaranteed, and Sacramento is only $4.5 million from the tax line and about $10 million from the tax...
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Switzerland were superior to Italy in every facet – they will not fear England or Slovakia
Switzerland aren’t supposed to do things like this. The Swiss have developed a reputation for being to the European Championship what Mexico are to the World Cup — they always qualify from the group stage, but they never progress past the first knockout round — aside from when they squeezed past France after a penalty...
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The worst kick-off routine at Euro 2024 — and how Switzerland made Italy pay
Twenty-seven seconds into the second half, Switzerland went 2-0 up against Italy in their last-16 clash in Berlin. But, hang on, didn’t Italy take kick-off? Yes, they did — and they made a complete mess of it. Luciano Spalletti’s team started the second half with two players by the ball (the striker Gianluca Scamacca and...
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All hail the super Swiss
72′ Switzerland 2-0 Italy Swiss midfielder Fabian Rieder, who five days ago joined Bundesliga side Stuttgart on a season-long loan from French side Rennes, has been excellent today. His physicality has been really important in winning free-kicks, breaking up brief spells of Italy momentum and allowing Switzerland to dictate the tempo of the match. His...
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Spalletti’s Italy dilemmas: Calafiori out, Bastoni a doubt and he’s tempted to play Fagioli
Follow live coverage of Switzerland vs Italy and Germany vs Denmark at Euro 2024 today The SWR Television Tower in Stuttgart looms more than 700ft high. On a bright summer’s day, it is possible to see for miles around. Landmarks include Stuttgarter Kickers’ old ground, the Stadion auf der Waldau, where Switzerland are training. But...