Spain win record fourth European Championship title by inflicting another painful loss on England Monday, 15 July 2024, 04:43 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Spain is the king of European soccer for a record fourth time. For England, it’s another agonizing near-miss in the team’s decades-long tale of underachievement. Completing a...
Carlos Alcaraz wins Wimbledon by beating Novak Djokovic and now owns 4 Slam titles at age 21 Sunday, 14 July 2024, 19:46 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Carlos Alcaraz was ready from the get-go this time. A year ago in the Wimbledon final against Novak Djokovic, Alcaraz got off to a slow start, dropped the opening set and needed five to...
Euro 2024 final: Spain goes for record 4th title, England looks to end 58-year wait for major trophy Sunday, 14 July 2024, 11:00 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Spain and England meet in the final of the European Championship on Sunday. Spain is seeking a record fourth title at the Euros to break a tie with Germany/West Germany, while England is...
Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam trophy by beating Jasmine Paolini Saturday, 13 July 2024, 18:29 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Barbora Krejcikova kept insisting that nobody — not her friends, not her family, not even herself — would believe she won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title. Her...
Spain and England to contest Euro 2024 final in a former Nazi stadium where Jesse Owens won gold Saturday, 13 July 2024, 18:27 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press Spain and England will play the European Championship final on Sunday in an imposing stadium with a dark history. Built for the 1936 Olympic Games, Berlin's Olympic stadium still bears the scars...
As nativist politics surge across Europe, ‘Euros’ showcase a more benign form of nationalism Saturday, 13 July 2024, 07:43 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press When nationalism combines with soccer in the stadiums and streets of Europe, it tends to not end well. For decades, images of drunken fans adorned with nationalist symbols and...
Conference League: Greens obtain win after scare; precious draw for Marsaxlokk in Albania Friday, 12 July 2024, 11:29 Last update: about 3 years ago Floriana-Tre Penne 3-1 Floriana easily won the first leg of the first qualifying round of the Conference League against San Marino’s Tre Penne after suffering an early second...
Spain and England meet in Euro 2024 final but it isn't a classic, deep-rooted international rivalry Friday, 12 July 2024, 10:52 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press The Women’s World Cup final. Now the men’s European Championship final. For two pre-eminent soccer countries, Spain against England is hardly a classic and deep-rooted...
With a late goal fit for a king, England reaches another Euro final by beating Netherlands 2-1 Thursday, 11 July 2024, 05:33 Last update: about 3 years ago Associated Press England is into another European Championship final after its latest dramatic, come-from-behind win that even took King Charles III on a roller coaster ride. Ollie Watkins, who came on for...