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July 2024

Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal, right, celebrates with Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal, left, after scoring his side’s second goal during the final match between Spain and England at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament .

Spain beat England for record fourth European title

Mikel Oyarzabal’s 87th-minute goal clinched a 2-1 victory over England, whose painful decades-long wait for a major trophy goes on.

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  • Mitch Phillips

July 2022

Ellen White and Jill Scott of England lift the trophy during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 final match between England and Germany at Wembley Stadium on July 31.

England wins Euro ’22, beating Germany 2-1

England’s women are the European champions after beating Germany 2-1 at Wembley Stadium with Chloe Kelly scoring the winning goal in extra time for the Lionesses.

  • Hans van Leeuwen

July 2021

Marcus Rashford took England’s third penalty and hit the post

Savills suspends employee after racist tweets against England players

A worker for the real estate broker allegedly used insults to blame black footballers after the team lost to Italy in the Euro 2020 cup final.

  • Olivia Konotey-Ahulu and Jack Sidders
Hoisting the European Championship trophy can also lift a sharemarket.

Winning soccer European Championship boosts the country’s sharemarket

Of the past five tournament winners, Greece and Spain’s indices outperformed the pan-European STOXX 600 after their 2004, 2008 and 2012 wins.

  • Marc Jones
Gareth Southgate is pretty clearly a Remainer.

Can England’s manager deliver both victory and progressive patriotism?

The truth is that sport is wonderful at creating fleeting moments of euphoria. Lasting social or political change is a much bigger ask.

  • Gideon Rachman

June 2021

Harry Kane of England celebrates after scoring their side’s second goal during the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Round of against Germany at Wembley Stadium.

England sheds agonising history by knocking out Germany

England is finally unburdened by the weight of its record against the Germans. This was a day more reminiscent of the 1966 World Cup final win over them on the same site.

  • Rob Harris

April 2021

It’s over. Chelsea fans celebrate outside the team’s Stamford Bridge stadium in west London.

Europe’s elite suffer sport’s most astounding humiliation

The European Super League plan blew up in an extraordinary day, leaving the sport more divided than ever – but still intact.

  • Sam Wallace

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