GERMANY: Nico Williams and Mikel Oyarzabal helped Spain win the EURO 2024 after beating England 2-1 in the final match of the tournament at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Oyarzabal’s late goal gave La Roja a 2-1 win over England as they crowned the European Champions for a record-breaking fourth time. Spain stayed unbeaten in the […]
Sep 20: Most of the Spain women's team have agreed to end their boycott, says Spanish Secretary of State for Sports Victor Francos.
The agreement was reached at 05:00 local time on Wednesday after more than seven hours of meetings.
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SYDNEY: Spain won its first Women’s World Cup title less than a year after a player rebellion, holding off England 1-0 after Olga Carmona’s first-half goal. The victory made La Roja the first team to hold the under-17, under-20 and senior world titles at the same time. Spain is the fifth winner in nine editions […]
SYDNEY, Aug 20: Spain won the Women's World Cup for the first time in their history with skipper Olga Carmona sweeping in the only goal for a deserved 1-0 victory over England in Sunday's final.
Women’s soccer has also confronted a variety of challenges involving finalists England and Spain, who will both be chasing a first world title in Sydney on Sunday.
July 9: England won the European Under-21 Championship for the first time in nearly 40 years after a dramatic last-minute penalty save by James Trafford ensured the Young Lions held on to beat Spain.
Trafford, who is set to join Burnley from Manchester City in a deal that could
July 4: The UEFA Euro 2020 semi-final ties have been confirmed following the completion of the quarter-finals.
Spain and Italy will clash for one of the semi-finals with Spain beating Switzerland on penalty shoot outs and Italy edging past Belgium.
Similarly, Denmark beat Czech Republic 2-1 to meet England in another semi-final clash who thrashed Ukraine 4-0.
Semi-finals
Italy vs Spain (00:45, Tuesday 6 July, London)
This is the fourth straight Euro in which Italy have played Spain. At UEFA Euro 2008, Spain won 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 quarter-final draw in Vienna.
Four years later, they drew 1-1 in the group stage in Gdańsk and then met again in the Kyiv final, Spain winning 4-0.
Italy turned the tables with a 2-0 round of 16 win at Stade de France.
In 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying, they drew 1-1 in Italy and Spain won 3-0 at home, and they have another semi-final lined up in October in the UEFA Nations League in Milan.
England vs Denmark (00:45, Wednesday 7 July, London)
England and Denmark have met once at a Euro, a 0-0 draw in the 1992 group stage in Malmö.
Ten years later, England won their World Cup round of 16 tie 3-0 in Niigata.
More recently in the UEFA Nations League, it was 0-0 in Copenhagen in September 2020 before Denmark won 1-0 at Wembley a month later thanks to a Christian Eriksen penalty.
Final
Italy/Spain vs England/Denmark (00:45, Sunday 11 July, London)
Source: UEFA
