Brussels terror attack: Suspect arrested in 2023 killing of Swedish football fans
Belgian authorities said the suspect arrested on Friday was believed to have supplied the firearm used in the attack.
Belgian authorities said the suspect arrested on Friday was believed to have supplied the firearm used in the attack.
Sportsmen are playing an increasing role on the front line of politics ahead of a high-stakes election on Saturday.
Right-wing populist Reform UK leader asked why England can’t “have an English manager?”
After just a few months in office, the new British government is finding life tough.
On 20 September 2023, the Guardian launched a new digital edition for a continent in the grip of dramatic political and social change. This is what weโve learned so far โ and how you can help us do moreSupport the GuardianA year ago today we launched G…
The youngest goalscorer in the Euros put the spotlight on Rocafonda. Its residents hope it will bring changeThe sentiment, scrawled in thick black lettering next to the slab of concrete where children gather nightly to kick around footballs, is evoked …
After a string of scandals, the bloc’s executive arm warns officials not to be tempted by complimentary tickets.
As football fans poured across Germany, they discovered the trains werenโt as good as they thought.
As football fans poured across Germany, they discovered the trains werenโt as good as they thought.
As football fans poured across Germany, they discovered the trains werenโt as good as they thought.
Photographers explain how and why they captured the images which defined the tournament.
Europe’s strongest economy Germany has been stuck in a recession since last year. However, the 2024 Euros has also enticed fans who spend. But have the profits outweighed the costs of hosting the games?
Morata and Rodri said โGibraltar is Spanishโ Government calls remarks โrancidโ and FA to involve UefaThe Gibraltar government has criticised the โrancid remarksโ members of Spainโs Euro 2024-winning side made at a victory rally in central Madrid on Mon…
Spain won Euro 2024 in a match against England on Sunday and returned to Madrid for a celebration.
Gareth Southgate said on July 16 that he was resigning as the manager of the English national football team, two days after they lost to Spain in the Euro 2024 final.
For some it was harmless banter but others say Mary Lou McDonaldโs post on X was an example of obnoxious trollingItโs a venerable football equation: English defeat = Irish glee.Mary Lou McDonald, the Sinn Fรฉin leader, reflected this tradition when she …
Waving flags and dressed in Spain’s red and yellow colours, tens of thousands of people jubilantly greeted the country’s triumphant Euro 2024 men’s football team on Monday during a parade in Madrid.
The team will meet the Royal Family and Prime Minister Sanchez in Spain’s capital.
Start of overhaul project follows Deutsche Bahn becoming butt of jokes at Euro 2024 due to unreliability of servicesOne of Germanyโs main rail corridors is to be closed for months as part of a major overhaul of the ailing train network of Europeโs larg…
Spain conquered Europe for a record fourth time on Sunday as they beat England to win Euro 2024 and want this historic night to be the beginning of a new period of dominance. Between 2008 and 2012 Spain dominated international football, winning the Eu…
Victory in Euro 2024 for de la Fuenteโs side came from a well-drilled pressing game that laid bare the limitations of Southgateโs team
Football often divides opinion – but everyone is united to hail Spain’s Euro 2024 success as fully deserved.
Football often divides opinion – but everyone is united to hail Spain’s Euro 2024 success as fully deserved.
Late strike dashes Southgateโs hopes of major championship win
Supporters enjoy a โbuzzingโ atmosphere and predict โcarnageโ whatever the result in match against SpainEuro 2024: latest updatesWhen England beat the Netherlands in the Euros semi-finals, Jodie White tore through Benidorm with her friend Chelsea Hanco…
More than 50,000 England fans expected in German capital as menโs side hope to make history against SpainEuro 2024 final: news and buildup โ liveTens of thousands of England fans are arriving in Berlin as Gareth Southgateโs menโs team attempt to make h…
Young football players set to star in Sundays Euros final attest to the countryโs 21st century multicultural โrealityโ, says managerIn a speech in Catalonia last Wednesday, King Felipe lauded a generation of young Spaniards for their โenthusiasm, treme…
Supporters share bullish predictions, quiet optimism and sympathy for Southgate before showdown with SpainEuro 2024: latest updatesFrom delirium to despondency, the England fan experience has been a varied one at Euro 2024. The team is responsible for …
Olympiastadion was built on Adolf Hitlerโs orders but remains as part of pledge to confront Germanyโs historyThe stage is set for Sundayโs European Championship final between Spain and England, a drama of historic proportions, on a stage which is no st…
As his team reaches the final of Euro 2024, no one in the history of English menโs football can match his record
La Roja may be favourites to win against England, but few in Madrid are taking anything for grantedFriday morning found Manuel Mesa, who was performing an important, if unsung, role in Spainโs preparations for Sundayโs Euro 2024 final, in a commendably…
Estimates suggest that nearly 14,000 additional sex workers arrived in Germany’s Euro 2024 host cities for the tournament.
Tickets may cost ยฃ2,500, most flights are sold out or charging five times normal price โ and fans already in Germany face tricky decisionsEuro 2024 โ latest updatesOver much-needed breakfasts involving a significant amount of sausage and pancakes, ther…
Football fans in the German capital are marking their memories of the Euro 2024 tournament permanently for free.
The king congratulated the English national team after it qualified for the Euro 2024 final and urged players to alleviate the ‘nation’s collective heart rate’ by securing an early victory against Spain.
The new U.K. prime minister, in Washington for the NATO Summit, appeared to earn plaudits from Biden for seeking closer ties to the European Union.
The US president, Joe Biden, says closer relations between the UK and Europe are a ‘great idea’ in his first meeting with the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, since last week’s Labour election landslide. Biden also congratulates Starmer on England…
Netherlands boss Ronald Koeman criticises the use of video assistant referees for “breaking football” after England were awarded a contentious penalty in their Euro 2024 semi-final on Tuesday.
Netherlands boss Ronald Koeman criticises the use of video assistant referees for “breaking football” after England were awarded a contentious penalty in their Euro 2024 semi-final on Tuesday.
England will face Spain in Sunday’s final after substitute Ollie Watkins snatched the Three Lions a late 2-1 win against the Netherlands in Dortmund on Wednesday.
Gareth Southgate’s team scored a late goal in the game, allowing them to take the lead after a tough start. England will face Spain in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday.
He skied the chance to equalise against Spain but Kylian Mbappรฉโs eloquence has elevated his teamIt is not because Kylian Mbappรฉ spoke out, twice, about the necessity to take a stand against โthe extremesโ and, more to the point, the National Rally, th…
Sixteen-year-oldโs defiant gesture โ spelling out Rocafonda postcode labelled โmulticultural shitholeโ by far-right Vox party โ prompts debate in Spain As the shouts that echoed through cities, towns and villages indicated, Spain will not be going quie…
Spain beat France 2-1 in a high-intensity match.
The UEFA European Championship is entering its final stages, but what should be a celebration of European football has been clouded by false claims online designed to stir up hatred against marginalised groups.
‘They were superior in terms of control and technique,’ French coach Didier Deschamps said. Spain, which is chasing a record fourth European Championship title, will play England or the Netherlands in the final on Sunday in Berlin.
Best attack vs best defence. History says every time Spain and France faced off in a Euro knockout, the winner went on to win the cup. Is it going to happen again? Here are the odds and the records at stake before the 21.00 kick-off in Munich.
Best attack vs best defence. History says every time Spain and France faced off in a Euro knockout, the winner went on to win the cup. Is it going to happen again? Here are the odds and the records at stake before the 21.00 kick-off in Munich.
France election results | Polluted rivers | Buckwheat for the bees | Whereโs summer? | Winning at sportRegarding the surprise election results in France (Report, 7 July), it was always said that in the first electoral round the French voted with their …
Stunts and photographs posted online are encouraging poor behaviour from fans, from throwing cups at players to trying to take selfies with them on the pitch.
France’s football team scores result it wanted in election second round.
France beat Portugal 5-3 in a penalty shootout to reach the European Championship semifinals on Friday, ending Cristiano Ronaldoโs bid to win the title in his last appearance at the tournament.
Merih Demiralโs goal celebration using a controversial wolfโs head symbol sparked a diplomatic dispute.
French football captain calls first-round results ‘catastrophic’ after Marine Le Pen’s big victory.
Diplomatic clash between Germany and Turkey is heating up.
Diplomat urged to explain gesture by Turkey footballer Merih Demiral and take measures to prevent a repeatTurkeyโs ambassador to Germany has been summoned to the foreign ministry in Berlin over the rightwing extremist โwolf saluteโ displayed by the Tur…
Following the England team in Germany, Gideon Rachman watches new football stars emerge in the shadow of war and a resurgent far right
Turkeyโs Erdogan is expected to attend the Euro 2024 quarterfinals on Saturday in Germany despite a recent row between Ankara and Berlin over a Turkish footballer, who signalled a nationalist gesture at a match. Germany condemned the behaviour, which …
Football and politics | Tactical voting | Dyslexia | Election jinx | Boris Johnson | Polling song | Note for the new chancellorThe last time England won a major football tournament was shortly after Labour had been elected with a landslide. Just a thou…
Hungarian PM turns football pundit.
“Symbols of Turkish right-wing extremists have no place in our stadiums,” a German minister said.
Defenderโs gesture has apparent far-right connotationsUefa inquiry could lead to him missing quarter-final tieMerih Demiral, Turkeyโs goalscorer from their last-16 win over Austria, could face a ban from their quarter-final against the Netherlands on S…
Mert Gunok is compared with Gordon Banks after making one of the Euros’ “greatest saves” to send Turkey into the Euro 2024 quarter-finals.
Mert Gunok is compared with Gordon Banks after making one of the Euros’ “greatest saves” to send Turkey into the Euro 2024 quarter-finals.
After a week of soul-searching, the Netherlands emerged from defeat in their last group game to give a vivid display of their potential on Tuesday in outclassing Romania and booking a quarter-final place at the European Championship.ย
A late own goal by Jan Vertonghen sent France into the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 on Monday in Duesseldorf at Belgium’s expense .ย
Spain defeated Georgia at Euro 2024, with goals from Rodri, Fabian Ruiz, Nico Williams, and Dani Olmo, after conceding own goal. Spain will now face Germany in the quarter-finals. Despite the loss, Georgia stunned the crowd by taking the lead with the…
Spain will now play host nation Germany in the quarterfinals on Friday, July 5, in Stuttgart.
Police arrest a 21-year-old man that climbed the roof of Dortmund’s stadium during Germany’s win against Denmark.
Police say a man who climbed on to the roof of the stadium during the Euro 2024 match between Germany and Denmark “wanted to take good photos”.
Amid warnings of backsliding on key reforms, the ruling party is focusing on a different type of goal altogether.
Before that, reigning champion Italy was knocked out of the competition by Switzerland. The action continues on Sunday as England takes on Slovakia before Spain faces Georgia.
Tbilisiโs Liberty Square swaps anti-government protests for fan parties, but factional divides remainIt is perhaps the feelgood story of Euro 2024. Georgia, the lowest ranked team in the contest and making their first appearance at a major football tou…
“The French are much more chauvinistic than we are,” the town’s mayor said.
Every year thousands arrive from South America and Africa, including many young asylum seekers who find hope and opportunity in the gameWords and photographs by Ofelia de Pablo and Javier ZuritaWith Euro 2024 under way, much of the world will be turnin…
After their underperforming side was eliminated from Euro 2024, Serbians now have another reason to be upset.
An Albanian player leads fans in chants against North Macedonia. Rival supporters unite to chant “Kill the Serbs”. A journalist from Kosovo receives death threats for an eagle gesture.
England manager Gareth Southgate was met with boos and thrown beer cups by his own fans despite topping Group C as Slovenia also progressed to the knockout stages thanks to a 0-0 draw in Cologne.
‘Kill the Serb!’ ‘F**k Macedonia!’ Violent chants and regional rivalries tarnish Europe’s summer football tournament.
Hungary striker Barnabas Varga is stable in hospital after being carried off on a stretcher following a mid-air collision in their Euro 2024 match against Scotland.
Hungary striker Barnabas Varga is stable in hospital after being carried off on a stretcher following a mid-air collision in their Euro 2024 match against Scotland.
Kylian Mbappรฉ and Marcus Thuram enraged sections of the press when they denounced extremists in Franceโs election. Other famous French footballers have been there beforeThe Euro 2024 tournament began explosively for Kylian Mbappรฉ โ the France striker a…
Football is an intrinsic part of life in certain parts of Ukraine. On mornings when there are no air raids, kids play football outside the Kharkiv Metalist stadium. A group of national guardsmen in Kharkiv recently gathered to watch Ukraine play again…
Three-time winner Spain totally dominated the Group B game at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen on Thursday, with 16-year-old winger Lamine Yamal further enhancing his reputation as one of soccer’s most exciting young stars with an outstanding perform…
Punish Croatia and Albania or we’re leaving, Serbian football chief told UEFA.
Serbia threaten to pull out of Euro 2024 over chanting between fans at the Croatia and Albania match on Wednesday.
Serbia threaten to pull out of Euro 2024 over chanting between fans at the Croatia and Albania match on Wednesday.
A number of England fans at Euro 2024 were filmed singing a controversial chant referencing German casualties in World War Two.
A number of England fans at Euro 2024 were filmed singing a controversial chant referencing German casualties in World War Two.
Countryโs first major football tournament since independence comes as it grapples with political turmoilEuro 2024 live โ latest updatesIt was arguably the game of the tournament so far. Georgiaโs 3-1 loss to Turkey on Tuesday afternoon in their opening…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal beat the Czech Republic 2-1 to claim a Euro 2024 debut victory on Tuesday but they needed to come from behind with a 92nd-minute winner from youngster Francisco Conceicao.
Threat of EU tariffs may not be enough to slow carmaker in its attempt to challenge Tesla on global stageHow will tariffs on Chinese EVs work?Germanyโs men kicked off Euro 2024 on Friday in Munich. The city is storied in football terms, but it also occ…
France’s football captain Kylian Mbappรฉ warns of a historic election. The far right says he is out of touch with reality.
Indian brothers based in Hamburg offer spark of joy with multicultural ode to German football teamTwo Indian brothers have scored a Euro 2024 hit in Germany with an earworm ode to the ethnically diverse host team, featuring a playful video that has fan…
Jude Bellingham got England’s Euro 2024 campaign off to a winning start but a 1-0 victory over Serbia in Gelsenkirchen failed to dispel doubts over the Three Lions’ quest to become European champions for the first time.
German police fired shots at a man who threatened officers with a pickaxe and a firebomb on the sidelines of a Euro 2024 soccer fan parade in central Hamburg on Sunday, according to a police post on social media platform X.
Police say they shot and injured the man, ahead of a Euro 2024 match between the Netherlands and Poland.
The Serbia game has been labelled high risk amid fears of violence โ but many say English hooliganism is in the past For an England fan in the west German city of Gelsenkirchen ยญrequiring a Euro 2024 match guide or a free Panini sticker book, Friedrich…
2016 Euros was last tournament where people could travel freely, making it hard to judge how current fans will behaveGerman police have spoken of concerns about an intelligence gap in the level of aggression of the latest generation of England football…
Germany make an ideal start to their European Championship bid as a 5-1 demolition of Scotland in the Euro 2024 opener gets fans dreaming.