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By Trevor Stynes Defending champions Italy were never among the favourites coming into Euro 2024, but nobody predicted just how poor they would be, and they leave the tournament having surrendered ...

India won the Twenty20 World Cup title on Saturday after prevailing by seven runs in a heart-stopping final against South Africa to end their 11-year wait for a global title. ...

Denmark played plenty of good football at Euro 2024 but the 2-0 defeat by hosts Germany in the last 16 once again showcased the lack a cutting edge up front that is ...

Underdogs Georgia will go into their historic knockout round match with Spain on Sunday brimming with confidence and keen to play some free-wheeling football having already surpassed expectations at Euro 2024, ...

Gareth Southgate’s hesitant England team will need to finally make their presence felt in Euro 2024 against Slovakia in the last-16, or the underdog Slovaks will fancy their chances of ...

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and world number one Jannik Sinner will take their simmering rivalry at the top of the men’s game to Wimbledon, where the two young guns ...

Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala’s second-half goals sent Germany into the Euro 2024 quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Denmark on Saturday after their last-16 clash was delayed by thunderstorm. ...

A pair of superb strikes for Switzerland by Remo Freuler and Ruben Vargas sent defending champions Italy crashing out of Euro 2024 in the round of 16 after a sloppy, rudderless display ...

Wimbledon third seed Aryna Sabalenka said she was not fully ready for Monday’s first-round clash with Emina Bektas at the championships as the two-time Australian Open champion continues to ...

England’s reliance on individual talent and the pressure they will be under to win will provide Slovakia with an opportunity for a major upset in their European Championship last-16 ...

Luke Shaw could be close to playing for England at Euro 2024, with team mate Anthony Gordon saying the left back who has been sidelined with a hamstring injury for months ...

Right boot, left boot; left laces, right laces; right foot first on the pitch. For Slovakia’s Lukas Haraslin – like countless other sportspeople – the order of this pre-match routine will ...

Spain’s perfect record so far in Euro 2024 makes them firm favourites to beat Georgia, whom they put 10 goals past in qualifiers, in the last 16 and potentially win the tournament. ...

Stepping out of the shadow of France’s most capped international would not have been easy, but goalkeeper Mike Maignan has emerged as one of his country’s leading performers ...

Germany’s remarkable record in the knockout stages of the European Championship enters a new chapter in Dortmund on Saturday, with Denmark standing in the way of more glory for ‘...

Familiar opponents Italy and Switzerland meet in the Euro 2024 last 16 in Berlin on Saturday, and while familiarity hasn’t bred contempt, there is also no fear from the Swiss in ...

India will be out to end their global title drought while South Africa are seeking to bury their ‘chokers’ tag at Kensington Oval on Saturday when the tournament’s two ...

hile England fans celebrated drawing Slovakia as their team’s last-16 opponents at Euro 2024, midfielder Jude Bellingham warned that smaller nations are no pushovers — and the performances of other minnows ...

As Euro 2024 hits the knockout stage and the spectre of the penalty shootout moves into view, anyone daring to mention the term “lottery” needs to run to their nearest bookshop ...

A dominant India ended England’s title defence by handing them a 68-run thumping in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup on Thursday and secure their place in ...

When Cenk Tosun fired Turkey to victory over the Czech Republic in their European Championship Group F match on Wednesday, he secured second place in the pool for his side ...

Following are the Euro 2024 round-of-16 fixtures after the completion of the group stage. The top two teams from the six groups and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the ...

A clinical South Africa skittled Afghanistan for 56 on their way to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in Trinidad on Wednesday, sending the Proteas into ...

Georgia arrived at Euro 2024 with no expectations, manager Willy Sagnol said, having already celebrated what they thought would be their biggest achievement in just qualifying. Sagnol’s men upended Portugal – ...