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  • Gary Lineker.

    Euro 2024
    Gary Lineker: ‘Lamine Yamal blows my mind. I’ve not seen anything like this’

    The former striker on what he was doing at 16, his respect for Harry Kane and why England are a bit like Real Madrid
    • Alessia Russo goes round the keeper to score England’s opener against Republic of Ireland in the Euro 2025 qualifier.

      Euro 2025 qualifying
      England 2-1 Republic of Ireland: Stanway clinches crucial victory

    • Euro 2024
      Expectations and prices soar as fans gather in Berlin

    • Euro 2024
      Why England fans' chants are channelling Springsteen

    • Foden v Rodri
      England’s maestro and Spain’s metronome face off

    • Manchester United
      Sancho exile comes to an end after Ten Hag meeting

    • Transfer latest
      Manchester United sign Malard from Lyon until 2027

    • Ligue 1
      TV deal struggle leaves clubs fearing bankruptcy

    • Euro 2024 Daily
      The 11 things we will remember from Germany

Euro 2024

  • Ollie Watkins celebrates with teammates after sealing England’s place in the final with his last-gasp winner against the Netherlands.

    England
    Watkins senses team have same winning aura as Real Madrid

  • Álvaro Morata looks to hold off Germany's Antonio Rüdiger

    Spain
    The ballad of Morata: vilified and vulnerable but team’s true leader

  • Opta

    Final countdown
    Spain are favourites but have weaknesses England can exploit

  • trail Players Guide

    Interactive
    The complete guide to all 622 players in Germany

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News and features

  • Argentina v Ecuador - CONMEBOL Copa America USA 2024<br>HOUSTON, TEXAS - JULY 04: Lionel Messi of Argentina walks onto the pitch to take the first penalty in the penalty shoot out during the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 quarter-final match between Argentina and Ecuador at NRG Stadium on July 04, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

    Copa América
    Should other tournaments follow suit and scrap extra-time?

    Knockout rounds advance straight to penalties to help ease the burden on players
  • Matvey Safonov, Luis Guilherme and Rodrigo Gomes.

    Men’s transfer interactive
    Track the latest moves in Europe’s top five leagues

  • Barcelona's Ewa Pajor (left) and Ellie Roebuck (right), Wolfsburg's Lineth Beerensteyn.

    Women’s transfer interactive
    All the deals from around Europe’s leading leagues

  • Euro 2025 qualifying
    Norwich set to welcome Hemp home with England

  • Manchester United
    Reds agree Zirkzee deal and bring in Van Nistelrooy

  • Copa América
    Colombia into final as Uruguay team confront fans

  • Manchester United
    Ratcliffe’s Old Trafford buy-in costs rise to £39.9m

  • Republic of Ireland
    Hallgrímsson is shock choice as new manager

  • Wales
    ‘Shapes, not formations’: Bellamy plots his shake-up

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In depth

  • An England supporter with a cardboard cutout of Gareth Southgate in Dortmund – but the manager is no longer universally popular with fans.

    England fans can show Southgate the love he deserves

    Nick Ames
    Manager has come under heavy fire during Euro 2024 but has always been honest and reasonable and should be praised
  • Ollie Watkins celebrates scoring for Exeter against Carlisle in the League Two playoff semi-final in 2017.

    England
    Once upon a time in the West Country: the origin story of Watkins

    One former manager believes England’s latest hero would not be the player he is had he not started his career at Exeter
    • (Left to right): Slovakia's Ivan Schranz, Ruben Vargas of Switzerland, Spain's Nico Williams and Ferdi Kadioglu of Turkey.

      Transfer window
      Ten players who have increased their value at the tournament

    • Ollie Watkins celebrates England's victory over the Netherlands.

      Southgate, insulted and questioned, heads for another final

      Barney Ronay
    • Steve Cherundolo, Jurgen Klopp, Thierry Henry.

      USA
      Who could be next USMNT coach? Ten potential candidates

    • Yuki Nagasato plays for Japan against South Korea in an Olympic qualifier in 2016.

      Moving the Goalposts
      Nagasato backs Japan’s Olympics hopes with 'feelgood factor'

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Moving the Goalposts

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Video

  • Copa América
    Núñez confronts fans after Uruguay's defeat to Colombia

    Darwin Núñez was among several Uruguay players who went into the stands after violence broke out in the players' family section
  • England’s history-making hero Ollie Watkins described his disbelief after a 'special moment' that he had not dared to imagine earlier in his career

    2:31

    Euro 2024
    Watkins describes emotions after scoring semi-final winner

  • England came from behind to beat the Netherlands with a late strike from Ollie Watkins

    1:28

    Euro 2024
    Kane looks to final after England stun Netherlands

  • A strike in the 90th minute by substitute Ollie Watkins puts his team through to the final

    1:34

    Euro 2024
    England fans erupt as Dutch fans rue semi-final loss

  • Spain fans were ecstatic and France fans felt dejected as La Roja advanced to the Euro 2024 final

    1:07

    Euro 2024
    Spain fans go wild as France supporters commiserate semi-final loss

  • Ivan Toney scored with a no-look penalty as England beat Switzerland in a shootout to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2024 on Saturday

    0:27

    Euro 2024
    Toney on his no-look penalty: 'I was thinking of the celebration'

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Football Weekly

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World football

  • Canada's players celebrate their penalty shootout victory over Venezuela in the Copa América quarter-finals

    Copa América
    Canada pip Venezuela in shootout to reach semis

    Canada have reached the semi-finals for the first time
  • Ecuador finished second in Group B at Copa América.

    Copa América
    Ecuador sack coach Sánchez after defeat to Argentina

  • Georgios Karagounis (left) and Theodoros Zagorakis with the European Championship trophy after they beat Portugal in the 2004 final.

    From Greece to Argentina
    How tournaments have been won in past 20 years

  • India
    Stimac breakup drags on after World Cup failure

  • Copa América
    Berhalter hasn’t lost locker room. But he should lose his job

  • USA women's football team
    Morgan’s snub may not be Hayes’ most dubious decision

    Megan Swanick

  • Vitesse Arnhem
    Club at risk of bankruptcy after licence revoked

  • World Cup qualification
    Australia drawn against Japan and Saudi Arabia

  • MLS
    Academy players were racially abused. Former stars took action

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Opinion

  • Lamine Yamal soaks up the applause of the Spain fans during the semi-final win against France

    Spain
    Lamine Yamal passes footballing exams and earns Rodri’s respect

  • Kylian Mbappé applauds the crowd after France’s defeat by Spain

    Mbappé taking on far right lends pride to France campaign

    Philippe Auclair
    He missed chances on the pitch but Kylian Mbappé’s off-field eloquence has elevated team
  • Romania players on the pitch after their last-16 defeat by the Netherlands.

    Romania captured Euros magic: now we must follow their lead

    Philipp Lahm
    Major sporting events have a value and are more important in ever-changing world than ever before

    Regulars

    • COMBO-FBL-EURO-2024-MATCH51-ESP-ENG<br>(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 12, 2024 shows Spain's midfielder #17 Nico Williams (L) during the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Spain and Georgia at the Cologne Stadium in Cologne on June 30, 2024; and England's forward #07 Bukayo Saka during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group C football match between Denmark and England at the Frankfurt Arena in Frankfurt am Main on June 20, 2024. Spain faces England during the UEFA Euro 2024 final football match at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on July 14, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ and Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

      Football Daily podcast
      Spain v England: who wins? And the Southgate verdict

    • An England fan, we presume.

      Euro 2024 Daily
      Disparate England elements become harmonious whole

      • David Squires on …
        England’s performance art on run to semis

      • The Knowledge
        Most boring and exciting goalless draws at the Euros?

      • Football Weekly
        Spain into final and Lamine Yamal takes breath away

      • Moving the Goalposts
        Reading Women's sad demise

      • David Squires on …
        Scotland facing the music after another early exit

      • Football Daily podcast
        History for Georgia and heartbreak for Ukraine

    The top 100

    • trail football 100 mens 2023 day 4

      Men's edition
      Our picks for the best male players in the world 2023

    • Sam Kerr, Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo

      Women's edition
      The 100 best female players in the world 2023

    • Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Fulham.

      Haaland voted the world’s best – and he’s just getting started

      Niall McVeigh
    • Spain v England: Final - FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023<br>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 20: Aitana Bonmati and Spain players celebrate after the team's victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia &amp; New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney / Gadigal, Australia. (Photo by Alex Pantling - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

      Spain and Barcelona lead way after year of success

      Rich Laverty
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    Catch up

    • German fans wave their national flag as they march through the streets of Stuttgart towards the stadium to watch the Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain.

      Euro 2024 is a party – but fractures are there for all to see

      Jonathan Wilson
    • Portugal’s players react as João Félix misses from the spot

      Portugal v France: an epic battle lost in black hole of one man’s ego

      Jonathan Liew
    • From top left: Own goals from Italy's Riccardo Calafiori v Spain, Switzerland's Fabian Schaer v Scotland, Netherland's Donyell Malen v Austria, Turkey's Samet Akaydin v Portugal, Spain's Robin Le Normand v Georgia, Czech Republic's Robin Hranac v Portugal.

      Euro 2024
      Why have there been so many own goals at the tournament?

    • Mary Earps after Manchester United's defeat by Chelsea at the end of the WSL season

      Manchester United Women being hindered by indifference

      Suzanne Wrack

    The big picture

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    Next generation

    • Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football image

      2023 edition
      Picking 60 of the best young talents in world football

    • Next Generation 2023: 20 of the best talents at Premier League clubs image

      Premier League
      20 of the top talents at English top-flight clubs in 2023

    • Brommapojkarna’s Kevin Ackermann, Bukayo Saka of Arsenal and Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

      Class of 2018
      From Saka to Ackermann: what happened next

    • Joel Ndala of Manchester City, Ben Doak of Liverpool, Ishé Samuels-Smith of Everton, David Obou of Crystal Palace and Jimmy Jay Morgan of Southampton

      'Relative age effect’
      Why scouts select players based on this element of talent ID

    The top 100

    The Guardian’s annual guide to the world’s top players

    See who made the lists

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