June 17 – More than five billion people in over 200 territories are expected to watch the 2024 European Championships live via UEFA’s 130 broadcast partners. Millions more are expected to follow the tournament online.
June 18 – Georgia manager Willy Sagnol has warned his players to focus ahead of their tournament debut against Turkey in Group F in Dortmund today.
June 17 – In a test of character, France laboured past a stubborn Austria 1-0 to open their account at Euro 2024 with three points, but star player Kylian Mbappé left the play with blood streaming from his face.
June 17 – The most unwanted label in football has to be the ‘Golden Generation’ – just ask England circa 2002-06. At Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank Park, Belgium’s ‘GG’ were keen to prove that the label, which has hung heavily around their necks since 2014, still had some luster left.
June 17 – Romania rocked Group E with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Ukraine as Real Madrid’s Andriy Lunin had a Euros debut to forget.
June 17 – Albania are facing four UEFA charges over a “provocative message” allegedly displayed by their fans during the European Championship loss to Italy at the weekend.
June 17 – Seven Serbian fans were taken into custody after scuffles broke out in Gelsenkirchen ahead of Sunday’s game against England, the first in the tournament to have been designated as “high risk”.
June 17 – Euro 2024 is on course to be the biggest UEFA tournament in history. UEFA said it has sold more than 2.3 million tickets to fans.
June 16 – Jude Bellingham, the new young superstar of English football, got his country off to a winning start in their quest to end 68 years of hurt and disappointment, but they were given a stern test by a Serbian side who fought like tigers in the second half.
June 16 – Slovenia persevered for a thrilling draw in Stuttgart, as the underdogs held Denmark to a 1-1 scoreline to rattle Group C from the off.
June 16 – A goal in the 83rd minute by Dutch supersub Wout Weghorst was enough to dispatch Poland and kickstart the Netherlands campaign.
June 16 – Albania’s 2-1 defeat to Italy was part of a learning curve at major tournaments, the country’s manager Sylvinho said.
June 15 – European champions Italy survived the fastest goal in finals history to defeat Albania 2-1 and get their title defence underway in style.
Day 2 of the Euros and three matches. Nick Webster is in Cologne for Switzerland vs. Hungary and it was a great game. He also had the chance to talk with Clive Tyldesley about commentary and his legendary call during the 1999 Champions League Final.
June 15 – Croatia must be sick of the sight of Spain. In the nearest the Euros has to a group of death, the Spanish emerged comfortable 3-0 victors in Berlin today. The win maintained their winning streak against Luka Modric and co.