September 15 – UEFA experts labelled Euro 2020 “food for the soul of football” after a tournament bursting with goals, marauding wing-backs, dynamic number 10s and a distinct preference of coaches to field a back three.
September 2 – UEFA has reported a cumulative global audience of 5.2 billion for EURO 2020 and a series of individual match ratings that rank among the most viewed moments of all time. The tournament also broke live streaming social media records.
August 5 – UK Police have arrested eleven people over online racial abuse of England players after the Three Lions’ defeat in the Euro 2020 final on penalties.
July 20 – The English FA has commissioned an independent review as it seeks to avoid a repeat of the “disgraceful scenes” at Wembley Stadium that marred England’s appearance in the final of Euro 2020.
July 14 – With its reputation already shattered, England face being handed a stadium ban after an investigation was opened by UEFA into the disgraceful scenes at Wembley ahead of the Euro 2020 final, and the English Football Association charged over fans booing “during the (Italian) national anthem” and “lighting of a firework”.
July 14 – The Euro 2020 tournament will become a moment in history, not just because it took place against the backdrop of a global pandemic, but because it set a number of records both on and off the pitch.
July 14 – UEFA’s team of the Euros, selected by the confederation’s technical observers, features eight players from the two finalists: five players from Italy and three from England.
July 12 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says he will never again support the idea of a pan-continental European Championship as it is unfair to the teams as well as fans to fly thousands of kilometres between matches.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 11 –
England’s failure to secure their first ever European crown was accompanied by the sadly familiar scene of so-called England fans heaping disgrace and ignominy on their country, before the match at Wembley Stadium and on social media after it.
By Samindra Kunti at Wembley
July 10 – In the end football didn’t come home. After a night of dramatic tension, Italy prevailed from the penalty spot to win Euro 2020, their first European crown since 1968, a victory veteran defender Leonardo Bonucci hailed as the “renaissance of Italian football”.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 9 – The tension is mounting almost hourly and collective nerves are jangling. Will football finally come home to England on Sunday night or will Italy spoil the Euro 2020 party?
July 9 -Russia have parted company with head coach Stanislav Cherchesov after the team’s disappointing first-round exit from Euro 2020.
July 8 – UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against England following the Euro 2020 semi-final match between England and Denmark at Wembley last night.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 8 – While Danish coach Kasper Hjulmand was understandably bitter at the way his battling team went out of Euro 2020 following the award of a highly dubious extra time penalty, playing to survive – as his team had been forced to do – can come at a cost.
By Samindra Kunti in London
July 8 – And so, in the end there will be no Danish fairytale. Kasper Hjulmand’s brave and battling team exited the finals in the most dramatic fashion following Harry Kane’s controversial 104th minute penalty goal, which left the Danish coach “bitter”.