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Manuel Locatelli of Italy celebrates with team mates after scoring their side’s second goal during the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Group A match between Italy and Switzerland at Olimpico Stadium on June 16, 2021 in Rome, Italy. (Claudio Villa/Getty Images)
CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN

Screen Grab: Watching the Euros is shockingly good

If you can look past the bad SuperSport suits and live-action heart attacks, the Euros offer a seductive glimpse of a post-pandemic world

  • Carlos Amato
4 min read
Croatia’s Ivan Perisic hits the post with a shot. (Christian Hartmann/Reuters)
2018 FIFA WORLD CUP

England turn to next generation to get creative against Croatia

Gareth Southgate has gone even younger in his search for the midfield maestro he believes England has lacked since the days of Paul Gascoigne

  • Kieran Canning
3 min read
Croatia fans poke fun at World Cup semifinals losers England following the Balkan country’s victory.
2018 FIFA WORLD CUP

Football takes a U-turn on its way ‘home’

How an earwormy, tongue-in-cheek song became an anthem of hope for Three Lions believers

  • Luke Feltham
4 min read
Croatia’s Dejan Lovren and Domagoj Vida celebrate after the match
2018 FIFA WORLD CUP

Croatia head for first World Cup final after foiling England

In London, an initial wave of elation turned to heartbreak as 30 000 beer-soaked fans in Hyde Park watched their team come up short

  • John Weaver
4 min read
“Corruption is thieving. It diverts money meant for service delivery. The commission must do its work to restore people’s confidence in the state,” says Zizi Kodwa
2018 FIFA WORLD CUP

England dreaming but Croatia set to provide biggest World Cup test

Can Gareth Southgate now become the first manager to win a World Cup semi-final with England on foreign soil?

  • Andy Scott
4 min read
Style on a plate: White fish in coconut milk with noodles.
2018 FIFA WORLD CUP

Gareth Southgate: England’s end to penalty jinx deserved

It was just the second time in eight occasions England have won a shootout at a major tournament, and the first time ever in the World Cup

  • Agency
3 min read
AFONSO ALVES

Boro scrape into last eight of FA Cup

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate admitted his side had enjoyed a huge slice of luck after a freakish extra-time winner sent them into the last eight of the FA Cup with a 1-0…

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
ANTHONY STOKES

Adebayor sends Arsenal five points clear

Emmanuel Adebayor sent Arsenal five points clear at the top of the Premier League as Arsene Wenger’s side won 2-1 against Aston Villa on Saturday. Adebayor headed the winner to…

  • Steve Griffiths
4 min read
ALEX FERGUSON

United fly high as Chelsea hit City for six

Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez fired Manchester United back to the top of the Premier League on Saturday, as Chelsea served warning that their own title challenge is still alive…

  • Angus MacKinnon
3 min read