10 h. ago Real Madrid survive late Dortmund scare to set up Club World Cup semi

Quarter-final: Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia DortmundG García 10, F García 20, Mbappé 90+4; Beier 90+2, Guirassy 90+8Real Madrid have set up a date with Paris Saint-Germain in the Club World Cup semi-final, despite a chaotic last 10 minutes, giving Kylian Mbappé a chance to face his former side on a big stage after he scored a fantastic acrobatic goal in a 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund.Xabi Alonso’s Madrid looked entirely in control for the vast majority of the match, until a remarkable stoppage time made things nervy and Thibaut Courtois’s last-gasp save preserved the victory. That incredible conclusion to an otherwise pedestrian match also included a late red card given to Real Madrid’s Dean Huijsen, the impressive new arrival in central defence, who will miss the semi-final as a result of bringing down Serhou Guirassy right after Mbappé’s stupendous volley for Real Madrid’s third. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago The fundamental flaw in England’s team that led to critical Euro 2025 defeat by France

France 2-1 England: The Lionesses were repeatedly ripped open in their first match of Euro 2025 and must now beat Netherlands to keep their trophy defence alive

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11 h. ago Baltimore fires France to opening win against England to end Wiegman’s Euro record

The folded bodies of the players in white shirts at the close told the story. England were lacklustre and they are down, but they are not out. The Lionesses kicked off their European title defence with a 2-1 defeat by an impressive France team, delivering Sarina Wiegman’s first major tournament defeat outside of a final.After a promising and pressing start fell away, Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore delivered for a resurgent France, Keira Walsh’s late strike from a corner reducing the reigning European champions’ blushes. A late charge was not enough and England have a lot of work to do to escape the tournament’s group of death. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago England's Euros defence starts with France defeat as Lionesses receive early wake

FRANCE 2-1 ENGLAND: First-half strikes from Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore were enough for France to seal all three points despite Keira Walsh's late consolation

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13 h. ago France vs England LIVE: Women's Euro 2025 match stream, Lionesses latest score and goal updates

The first test of the summer awaits the Lionesses

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14 h. ago Miedema hits 100th Netherlands goal to upset Wales’ grand debut at Euro 2025

Sometimes it really is better to travel than to arrive. After a thoroughly enjoyable journey to their first major tournament Wales collided with the 2017 European champions and were left bruised, battered and bewildered.During an instructive encounter in the shadow of Lucerne’s Mount Pilatus, Vivianne Miedema scored her 100th international goal. Perhaps even more significantly Andries Jonker’s side did enough to suggest it would be unwise to assume that England and France are destined to fill Group D’s top two places. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Wales v Netherlands live: Vivianne Miedema scores stunner to beat Women’s Euro 2025 debutants

Wales 0-3 Netherlands: Miedema’s historic goal just before half time was a sucker-punch for the Welsh as they were beaten on their major tournament debut

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15 h. ago Wales v Netherlands live: Vivianne Miedema scores stunner against Women’s Euro 2025 underdogs

Wales are embracing their status as underdogs as they make their historic Euros debut against the Netherlands

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15 h. ago France vs England LIVE: Women's Euro 2025 match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

The first test of the summer awaits the Lionesses

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16 h. ago Wales v Netherlands live: Women’s Euro 2025 underdogs in historic major tournament debut

Wales are embracing their status as underdogs as they make their historic Euros debut against the Netherlands

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18 h. ago Wales v Netherlands live: Women’s Euro 2025 underdogs set for historic major tournament debut

Wales are embracing their status as underdogs as they make their historic Euros debut against the Netherlands

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19 h. ago Wales Women v Netherlands Live: Updates as hundreds of fans gather ahead of Euro 2025 match

Almost 4,000 Welsh football fans are set to fill Allmend Stadion in Lucerne.

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19 h. ago Wales Women v Netherlands Live: Updates as thousands gather ahead of Euro 2025 match

Almost 4,000 Welsh football fans are set to fill Allmend Stadion in Lucerne.

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19 h. ago Wales Women v Netherlands Live: Score updates from Euro 2025 opener

Almost 4,000 Welsh football fans are set to fill Allmend Stadion in Lucerne.

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19 h. ago Wales Women handed tough lesson by the Netherlands in Euro 2025 opener

Wales went down 3-0 to the Netherlands in their opening Euro 2025 game in Switzerland

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27 h. ago Get to know the Lionesses ahead of their first UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 match

They’re the footie heroes carrying the nation’s hopes on their shoulders at the international contest – but how much do you know about our women’s England side?

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29 h. ago Chelsea edge Palmeiras as late deflection books Club World Cup semi

Palmeiras 1-2 Chelsea (Estêvão 53); Palmer (16), Weverton (83, og)Malo Gusto’s cross deflected past Palmeiras goalkeeperTheir place in the last four of the Club World Cup in the bag and the prospect of a £97m windfall still up for grabs, Chelsea found themselves in an unusual position: relieved to have survived a taxing second half, hailing Malo Gusto’s unlikely role as matchwinner and able to delight in the opposition’s goalscorer being named superior player of the match.For a while the story of this entertaining quarter-final looked like it was going to be about Enzo Maresca finding it within himself to forgive Estêvão Willian. Everything had changed when the Brazilian sensation, who joins Chelsea after this tournament, cancelled out an early goal from Cole Palmer and hauled Palmeiras level at the start of the second half. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago Chelsea edge Palmeiras and inspired Estêvão to reach Club World Cup semis

Palmeiras 1-2 Chelsea: (Estêvão 53); Palmer (16), Weverton (83og)Malo Gusto’s cross deflected past Palmeiras goalkeeperTheir place in the last four of the Club World Cup in the bag and the prospect of a £97m windfall still up for grabs, Chelsea found themselves in an unusual position: relieved to have survived a taxing second half, hailing Malo Gusto’s unlikely role as match-winner and able to delight in the opposition’s goalscorer being named superior player of the match.For a while the story of this entertaining quarter-final looked like it was going to be about Enzo Maresca finding it within himself to forgive Estêvão. Everything had changed when the Brazilian sensation, who joins Chelsea after this tournament, cancelled out an early goal from Cole Palmer and hauled Palmeiras level at the start of the second half. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Jule Brand’s stunner gets Germany off to perfect start against stubborn Poland

As Jule Brand collected the ball on the turn on the corner of the box with her back to goal, she knew the assignment. Germany needed something special to break through Poland’s stubborn resistance. Within a blink of an eye, the net was bulging and Germany were making a winning start to their campaign.A well-coached Poland side can be proud of their performance but, once Brand opened the scoring in the 52nd minute, the result looked inevitable and Lea Schüller headed in Germany’s second to give them a perfect springboard to the tournament. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Angeldahl deflates Denmark and gets Sweden off to winning start at Euro 2025

Sweden opened their Euro 2025 campaign with a diligent 1-0 win over Denmark in Geneva. Filippa Angeldahl scored the only goal in the game to give Peter Gerhardsson’s side an early advantage in Group C.It took one moment of carefully crafted play from two of Sweden’s seasoned stars to finally unlock the hard-working Denmark defence early in the second half. Angeldahl had looked the most likely to find the breakthrough as she grew in influence. Her well-timed one-two with Kosovare Asllani and the finish that followed was an example of how creative this Sweden team can be when they put their minds to it. Continue reading...

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