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Gareth Southgate has hailed England’s victory over Netherlands to reach the Euro 2024 final as his “best achievement” but Roy Keane wants to see him “finish the job”. Ollie Watkins’ late stunner fired England to a 2-1 win over the Dutch, sending the Three Lions into the final against Spain in Berlin. England have now...

England were poor throughout the group stages and just seconds away from being knocked out in the last 16 – yet they now find themselves in a second consecutive Euros final. Gareth Southgate and his side followed up an improved performance against Switzerland last Saturday with comfortably their best display of the tournament to beat...

As Switzerland’s Manuel Akanji stepped up to take the first penalty of the shootout against England, he looked like a nervous wreck. With a place in the European Championship semi-finals on the line, Jordan Pickford took his time and gingerly made his way to his goal. He knew just how important the first kick was...

Gareth Southgate hailed England’s character after what he described as their best performance of Euro 2024 in the quarter-final penalty shoot-out win against Switzerland. Bukayo Saka cancelled out Breel Embolo’s opener to take the game to extra-time and onto penalties where Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Saka, Ivan Toney and Trent Alexander-Arnold all scored and Jordan...

When Wayne Rooney came to Germany for the 2006 World Cup, he was 20 years old but a preternaturally mature 20. It was his second major tournament having dazzled at Euro 2004, and he had just completed his second season at Manchester United. He too was talked of as one of the best players in...

They have a word for it in German: der Briefcasetrainerparadigm, a phrase used to describe a person who is self-evidently good at what they do, but who is still universally regarded as a disaster. OK, there is no such actual word word. The phrase “there’s a German word for it” is in itself a longstanding red...

Phil Foden insists England’s best players need to take responsibility for a string of poor performances at Euro 2024 and said he “feels sorry” for under-fire manager Gareth Southgate. England are ramping up preparations for their quarter-final clash with Switzerland in Dusseldorf on Saturday night having stumbled through to the last eight. Southgate’s side topped...

Gareth Southgate will make his century. It is an incredible achievement. But Southgate will reach the landmark on the back of a streaky forward-defensive that snicked the edge of his bat, and just evaded the wicketkeeper. Southgate invited Ben Stokes to talk to the squad in their pre-tournament training camp in County Durham. Cricket is...

England captain Harry Kane hailed Jude Bellingham‘s added-time overhead kick against Slovakia as one of the best goals in the country’s history as they fought back to win 2-1 in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday. Bellingham’s 95th-minute goal rescued a dire England, who trailed Slovakia for the majority of the round-of-16 tie, and forced the game into...