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Before Wednesday's victory over Poland, Euro 2020 had been a frustrating tournament for the Swedish prodigy Dejan Kulusevski. If Covid did not strike during the tournament, the 21-year-old - who came in at the back of a wonderful breakthrough season with Juventus - would have been in Janne Andersson's plans for their opening match with Spain. But he stayed and watched the match at home in Sweden when his side choked the world champions and started the tournament with one point. A negative test in the days leading up to their…

Football still has a long way to go until it becomes a fully welcoming and inclusive space for marginalized members of society such as the LGBTQI + community. Positive steps have been taken in recent years, including the much talked about Rainbow Laces campaign, but still from the top to the bottom of the pyramid, further progress is needed. In the upper parts of the men's game, there is still no openly gay or bi-player, despite the fact that 2.9% of the population identified themselves as LGB between 2018 and 2019.…

UEFA has announced that from the beginning of the 2021/22 season onwards, the rule on away goals will no longer be implemented in any of their competitions.The verdict has existed since 1965 and meant that if the total score between two teams over two legs was tied, the side that scored more away goals would go on to the next round of competition.If both sides had scored the same number of away goals, the tie would go into extra time, although UEFA has now released a statement confirming away goals will no longer carry more…

Italy's transformation under Roberto Mancini has been clear for all to see at Euro 2020. Their 100% record in Group A may not have come as much of a surprise to some spectators and the freedom and style they have agreed to in their activities has seen they emerge as one of the favorites for the tournament on its way to the quarterfinals.Their reward for winning Group A is a clash with Austria, who finished third in Group C, at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. A place in the last eight where they will face the winners in Belgium…

Exclusive - Crystal Palace had hoped to appoint Swansea City's Steve Cooper as their new manager, but the cost of his release clause has led the Eagles to turn to Lucien Favre.The former Borussia Dortmund boss is now in advanced negotiations with Palace over a deal to replace Roy Hodgson, who resigned at the end of last season.The quest for Favre seems to be the conclusion of a long search for a new boss, who saw an agreement for Nuno Espirito Santo collapse late and Eddie Howe, Frank Lampard and Sean Dyche will all be…

In Chad, the twelve Russian and Lithuanian citizens, who are presented as tourists and arrested in the north of the country by the Chadian authorities, are now free to leave the country. They were arrested in the Chadian Sahara on June 13 and released after an investigation. They are twelve, eleven Russians, including two…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray fighters otherwise known as the Tigray Defense Forces shot down an Ethiopian military plane on Wednesday, a senior official confirmed, which could spark further tensions in Ethiopia's troubled Tigray region. Over the past eight months, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces with Eritrean assistance, troops conducted operations in the Tigray region in pursuit of TPLF fighters. The conflict was sparked by the TPLF's decision to attack the Northern Command.…

Halyeyga reer Iran ee Ali Daei ayaa indhihiisa ku daawanayay iyadoo uu xiddiga reer Portugal ee Cristiano Ronaldo uu barbarraynayo rikoodhkiisii goolasha kulamada caalamiga ah, taas oo ka dhigan in wixii hadda ka dambeeya uu CR7 kala wareegayo laacibka haysta rikoodhka goolasha ugu badan.Ronaldo ayaa laba gool oo rikoodheyaal ah u dhaliyey Portugal kulankii Arbacadii ay wada ciyaareen France, waxaanay tirada goolasha uu u dhaliyey xulka qarankiisu noqdeen 109, iyadoo uu soo qabtay Ali Daei oo sannado badan ahaa ciyaartoyga…

It feels a little unfair that Euro 2020 will continue in the absence of the world's top number nine, especially considering his exhibition on match day three.Robert Lewandowski drew Poland close to the knockout phase with his two goals against Sweden, but he could not do enough to inspire them to the next round when a 3-2 defeat left them bottom in Group E with one point from three matches.It may seem like little consolation, but the Bayern Munich star's performance saw him at least finish the top of the Opta index for the…

It was fast, right? It seems like Euro 2020 has just begun, but somehow we are already halfway through the tournament. Gone are the days after 14:00 kick-off, third place permutations and the Netherlands running across northern Macedonia like a freight train colliding with a garden fence. In their place are some very good bands that will shape the end of the tournament.We now know who will play who when the knockout stage starts on Saturday. Here are all the games we have to look forward to, ranked according to their…