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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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England fans represent a ‘challenge’ for hooligans from other nations out to claim a scalp at Euro 2024, a football policing expert has said. Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions play Serbia in their opener today, with their opponent’s followers including Red Star Belgrade’s notorious ultras. A policing expert assessing the threat drew on the spectre of Marseille at Euro 2016, when groups of Russian hooligans laid into England fans. Dr Mike Hope said that while England…

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As per usual, the BBC and ITV are showing every game from the tournament live over the next month, with the former getting things underway for the Three Lions in Gelsenkirchen. This will be a relief for fans as over the years it has been noted that the national team perform way better when on the Beeb as opposed to their advert-heavy rivals, with some even claiming that ITV’s coverage is cursed. But is there…

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England kick off their Euro 2024 campaign against Serbia this evening and assistant manager Steve Holland will once again be in the dugout alongside Gareth Southgate as the pair attempt to guide the Three Lions to glory in Germany. Southgate and Holland will be putting the finishing touches to his side’s preparations knowing they have a fully fit squad to choose from in Gelsenkirchen, which will come as a great relief to England supporters. Holland…

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If England are to progress to the latter stages of Euro 2024, the chances are you’ll likely be seeing as much of Laura Woods on your TV as any of the Three Lions stars hoping to make history in Germany over the course of the next month. An almost omnipresent figure on our airwaves and screens over the last few years, Woods, like Harry Kane for Gareth Southgate, would have been one of the first…

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When UEFA first announced its revamped plans for the future of the Champions League, including an extra place each for the nations whose teams perform best in European competition across the course of every season, it seemed inevitable that even more power would be bestowed upon the continent’s wealthiest division. The top end Premier League clubs, of course, possess deep squads with alternative options in every single position, hire the most sought-after coaches, and spend…

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Match Preview: Serbia vs England – kick-off, team news, predictions & where to watch 16/06/2024 – UEFA European Championship – (Group Stage – Group C) Venue: Arena AufSchalke England’s first Euros match kicks off on Sunday facing Serbia at 20:00. Where to watch? You can watch Serbia vs England on the BBC, BBC iPlayer. The match kicks-ff at 20:00. Possible lineups Serbia possible starting lineup:V. Milinkovic-Savic; Veljkovic, Milenkovic, Pavlovic; Zivkovic, Maksimovic, Lukic, Kostic; S. Milinkovic-Savic, Tadic;…

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Slovenia vs Denmark – kick-off, team news, predictions & where to watch 16/06/2024 – UEFA European Championship – (Group Stage – Group C) Venue: Stuttgart Arena Slovenia take on Denmark in today’s first Group C game with kick-off at 17:00.  Team news There are no injury concerns for either side but Denmark boss Hjulmand admitted not all of his players are in shape to complete 90 minutes. “We have five substitutions and we know we will…

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