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William Saliba hailed N’Golo Kante after his impressive performance in France’s 1-0 victory over Austria at Euro 2024. France secured a win in their Group D opener on Monday evening as Max Wober’s own goal seven minutes before half time was enough for Didier Deschamps’ side. Kylian Mbappe missed an excellent one-on-one chance in the second half to double France’s lead before the Real Madrid forward was forced off in injury time with a broken nose. Kante, meanwhile, delivered a sublime performance at the heart of France’s midfield and was named Man of the Match for his display, which was…

Gary Lineker’s outfit while presenting coverage of England’s opening Euros match may have breached BBC guidelines, it has been claimed. The Match of the Day presenter, 63, appeared to wear a green T-shirt from his Next clothing range while commenting on Sunday’s England v Serbia game live on-air. According to BBC rules, on-air talent should not wear clothes ‘which they have agreed, or been contracted, to promote or in which they have any financial interest.’ Under section 15 conflict of interest, the broadcaster’s guidelines state: ‘No on-air talent should promote products, goods, services or clothing they use on air. ‘On-air…

Cristiano Ronaldo is preparing to play in his 11th major tournament for Portugal (Getty)Karel Poborsky has labelled Cristiano Ronaldo as one of Portugal’s ‘weakest links’ ahead of their Euro 2024 opener against Czech Republic on Tuesday evening. Ronaldo is set to play in his 11th major tournament for Portugal having first featured for his national side at Euro 2004. The 39-year-old finished this season in the Saudi Pro League scoring 50 goals in 51 appearances for Al-Nassr. But for Portugal, the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus forward faces strong competition for a starting place in attack alongside Liverpool’s…

Kylian Mbappe’s participation at this summer’s Euro 2024 was thrown into doubt after the France captain suffered a broken nose in their opening fixture. The forward, involved in the game’s only goal as Didier Deschamps’ side beat Austria 1-0, picked up the injury in the dying minutes in Dusseldorf on Monday night. After lengthy treatment on the pitch, he was subbed off and headed down the tunnel in worrying scenes for Les Bleus’ players and fans. The Real Madrid forward headed straight to hospital to assess the injury and figure out if surgery was required. Here’s everything we know about…

Euro 2024 viewers will be disappointed to discover that there are only two games on today for the first time this tournament – but it’s for a good reason. The action is well underway in Germany, with the opening matches producing its fair share of high-scoring games, world-class goals and shock upsets. Many fans not in attendance have been glued to their TV screens for the past three days watching matches at 2pm, 5pm and 8pm each day. However, that is set to change on Tuesday as just two fixtures are scheduled to take place as Turkey take on Georgia…

Micah Richards has hit out at Erik ten Hag after the Manchester United manager criticised Gareth Southgate’s tactical approach in the wake of England’s gritty 1-0 victory over Serbia at Euro 2024. England, one of the hot favourites at this summer’s tournament, got off to a dream start in their opener, with Jude Bellingham powering a thumping header past Predrag Rajkovic after only 13 minutes in Gelsenkirchen. Harry Kane had a header of his own pushed over the bar by Rajkovic which was as close as England came to doubling their advantage in the Group C contest and Serbia almost…

Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi insists he is not thinking about his future at Euro 2024 after being linked with a move to Arsenal. The 25-year-old has enjoyed another impressive season at Real Sociedad and is now part of Spain’s squad for their Euro 2024 campaign this summer. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is understood to be a huge admirer of Zubimendi, while Barcelona have also held internal discussions over a move for the midfielder. Zubimendi’s availability has been made easier due to the €60 million (£50.7m) release clause in his deal with Real Sociedad. But the midfielder is adamant that he…

England can secure a spot in the Euro 2024 knockout phase with victory over Denmark (Picture: Getty)After kicking off their Euro 2024 campaign with an unconvincing 1-0 victory over Serbia, England will be targeting a much-improved performance against Denmark on Thursday night. Though Jude Bellingham’s thunderous 13th-minute header ultimately proved decisive, the Three Lions were almost punished after a lacklustre second-half display in Gelsenkirchen, with Jordan Pickford denying Dusan Vlahovic in the closing stages. But England held firm to secure maximum points, a result which ensured they moved to the top of Group C ahead of their second match versus…

UEFA Euro 2024: Is Portugal vs Czech Republic on TV? live stream, kick-off, team news, lineups, predictions Portugal, one of the tournament favourites, face the Czech Republic at Leipzig Stadium in their opening European Championship match.  It’s the second of the Group F games today.  Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal are serious challengers to lift the trophy while the Czech Republic will be bidding to progress from a section which also includes Turkey and Georgia. Portugal vs Czech Republic Match Preview Portugal, the Euro 2016 champions, have a strong history in this tournament, reaching the semi-finals three times, though they were knocked…

George Galloway – ‘Just say no to genocide, vote Bilal for Rusholme’ George Galloway has called on locals of Rusholme to reject Labour candidate Afzal Khan and instead vote for Workers’ Party candidate Bilal.  Galloway slams Khan, whose posters are plastered around the local area, noting that all the posters feature his ‘big face’ and the ‘name of his party in small print’ on the posters. Why? Galloway says that Khan knows how angry people in the local area are with Labour for their support in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. He says locals are ‘bitterly furious’ with Sir Keir Starmer…