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Former Three Lions captain Terry Butcher has called for Phil Foden to raise his game for England after his ‘disappointing’ performance in their Euro 2024 opener against Serbia. Gareth Southgate’s side got off to a winning start in their Group C opener on Sunday night with Jude Bellingham’s bullet header early in the first-half enough to seal all three points. Foden by contrast endured a quiet night, failing to impose himself and cutting a frustrated figure at one stage, throwing his arms in the air after watching a move break down in the second-half. Foden, who played the full 90…

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…

UEFA Euro 2024 fixtures today – 18/06 Group F Turkey vs Georgia (17:00) Portugal vs Czech Republic (20:00)

UEFA Euro 2024: Is Austria vs France on TV? Channel, start time and how to watch Euro 2024 fixture online tonight Kylian Mbappe’s France is in action tonight against Austria – kicking off their Euros 2024 campaign.  France crashed out of the 2020 Euros in the last-16 before reaching the World Cup final in Qatar in 2022. Les Blues remain amongst the favourites for this year’s tournament. France’s strength and depth and tournament record should see them progress from a tricky Group D, which includes the Netherlands and Poland, but Austria have been transformed under Ralf Rangnick and are ones…

UEFA Euro 2024 fixtures today – 17/06 Group D Austria vs France (20:00) Venue: Düsseldorf Arena Group E Romania vs Ukraine (14:00) Venue: Fußball Arena München Belgium vs Slovakia (17:00) Venue: Frankfurt Arena

Erik ten Hag reacts to Man Utd star’s Euro 2024 snub | Football Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag suggested Marcus Rashford deserved to be omitted from Gareth Southgate’s England squad for Euro 2024 after his poor club form last season. Alongside former Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson, Rashford represented the big-name casualty from Southgate’s original 33-man training squad. It came after a season blighted with off-field incidents where the forward scored just eight goals in all competitions having netted 30 times the season prior. Other stalwarts of Southgate’s England side in recent years, including Manchester City’s Jack Grealish, were left…

Gary Neville slams Arsenal player over Euro 2024 error | Football Gary Neville has criticised Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney for ‘getting carried away’ during Scotland’s harrowing Euro 2024 defeat to Germany. Scotland almost suffered the heaviest Euros defeat of all time as they were thrashed 5-1 by tournament hosts Germany on Friday night. Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musial, Kai Havertz, Niclas Fullkrug and Emre Can all got on the scoresheet as Germany ripped through the Scots to clinch their biggest ever Euros win. Scotland’s cause was not helped by Ryan Porteous’ first-half red card, with the Watford defender dismissed and conceding…

England ace’s display v Serbia ‘deeply worrying’, says Jamie Carragher | Football Jamie Carragher has labelled Harry Kane’s anonymous first-half performance against Serbia ‘deeply worrying’ and believes England have no chance of winning Euro 2024 should their skipper continue in the same vein. England got off to a dream start in their opening group-stage contest as Jude Bellingham opened the scoring with a thumping 13th-minute header beyond Predrag Rajkovic, but that was as good as it got for the Three Lions in Gelsenkirchen. Kane had a header of his own pushed onto the crossbar by Rajkovic before Jordan Pickford denied…

Euro fans left to stay in ‘dungeon-like abandoned medical facility’ | UK News A football fan on a trip to the Euros says Booking.com sent him and his friends to stay at an abandoned medical facility that looked like something out of a horror film. Glaswegian Rory Bradley, 28, and three mates have travelled to Germany to watch Scotland play in this year’s tournament and spent more than £2,000 on accommodation through the popular hotel booking site. There were no issues with their first place, but when they arrived in Düren the accommodation was ‘an absolute mess’, said Rory, with…

Joe Hart’s tattoos caught the eye on Euro 2024 punditry duty Joe Hart made his first appearance as a BBC pundit at Euro 2024 on Sunday night, but it was his ‘armour-like’ tattoos – rather than his pre-match analysis – that caught viewers’ eyes. The former England goalkeeper was announced as a pundit for this summer’s tournament in Germany having hung up the gloves at the end of last season. Hart featured on coverage prior to England’s narrow 1-0 win against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen but eagled-eyed viewers and fans on social media were more interested in the unusual tattoos on…

Jamie Carragher has named the team England must avoid to stand any chance of winning Euro 2024. Gareth Southgate’s side kick-started their Euros campaign with a nervy 1-0 win over Serbia on Sunday night. Jude Bellingham’s 13th-minute header gave the Three Lions the perfect start in Germany and, despite some late Serbia pressure, England held on to move to the top of Group C. England are aiming to win their first major trophy since 1966, having reached the latter stages of the last two World Cups and previous Euros, when they suffered a penalty shootout defeat to Italy in the…

Mirror Sport – Serbia 0-1 England: Smacker The back page of the Daily Mirror leads on England’s 1-0 win over Serbia in their first match of their Euros campaign. Goal scorer Jude Bellingham is pictured on the back page. 

Star Sport – Wahey Jude! The back page of the Daily Star leads on England’s Jude Bellingham who scored the only goal in England’s 1-0 victory over Serbia. Jude Bellingham served notice to the rest of Europe – even if England didn’t. Bellingham’s first half goal was enough to see see-off Serbia, and make it a winning start for the Three Lions in Group C of Euro 2024. Bellingham continued to enhance his status as one of the new golden boys of world football, becoming only the second Englishman to score at a World Cup and Euros before the age…

Sun Sport – Serbia 0-1 England: I’ll do whatever it takes to win it The front and back page of the Sun newspaper leads on England’s win over Serbia in their opening Euros match. The front page is fully dedicated to Jude Bellingham – who scored the winning goal. The back page is also dedicated to Jude, picking up on his post-match comment that he’ll do whatever it takes to win the Euros.

England win but critics lash out at a poor performance as the vultures were still not satisfied. Here’s 5 reasons why they are wrong.

Thousands of England fans have flocked to pubs in Gelsenkirchen as they gear up for the Three Lions opening match of Euro 2024 tomorrow night. A record 350,000 supporters are expected to travel to Germany to cheer on Gareth Southgate, Harry Kane and the boys – with 40,000 set to make the trip in time for kick-off on Sunday night. Travelling fans have been arriving in their droves by plane, bus and ferry and packed out pubs in the western city’s old town, waving St George’s flags and chanting ‘please don’t take me home’. The same scenes were replicated in…

Gary Neville hit back at Roy Keane and Ian Wright for smirking at the starting XI he feels Gareth Southgate should pick for England’s opening Euro 2024 match against Serbia. The Three Lions begin their European Championship campaign in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday and will start their Group C clash as the overwhelming favourites. Southgate’s squad is jam packed full of exciting attacking talent but crowbarring the likes of Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Bukayo Saka into the same side and maintaining the required balance appears no easy feat. Cole Palmer, Eberechi Eze, not to mention strikers Ollie Watkins and Ivan…