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Euro 2020 is in full swing, with every team now having played their first game. Certain nations have made surprisingly efficient starts, while others look as though they'll need a bit of time to find their groove.Before the tournament we used Opta data and Stats Perform's AI team to predict the winners, ranking all 24 teams by the likelihood of lifting the trophy aloft at Wembley on July 11.Well, now that everyone's played, we've run the Stats Perform Euros Prediction model again to see how the early results have impacted…

International football is a weird spectacle.Plenty of teams are blessed with a roster of top level individuals ready to report for international duty whenever the time comes, but cannot find a way to get those players sparking together when the time is right - definitely not England and English players. Definitely not.On the contrary, there are often circumstances where the international stage is lit up by a familiar name every few years, despite that player not actually amounting to much at club level. With an honourable…

Tottenham striker Harry Kane has revealed that he is not currently in touch with the club about his future, and reiterates that his full focus remains on Euro 2020 with England.A frustrated Kane told Spurs in May that he wanted to leave. When he reached the Champions League final in 2019 aside, his boys team has gone backwards since he signed a long-term contract in 2018 and is now much further away from competing for the big trophies he longs for.Manchester City, who are now expected to cover a British record deal of 100…

Real Madrid daafaceeda Raphael Varane ayaa doonaya inuu Manchester United ku biiro xagaagan balse caqabada ayaa noqon karta rabitaankiisa ah mushahar £400,000 ah toddobaadkii. (Independent)Tottenham ayaa u jeedsan karta dhinaca tababaraha Rangers ee Steven Gerrard haddii ay ku fashilmaan Nuno Espirito Santo oo ay hadda donayaan. (Evening Standard)Manchester United ayaa kusii dhawaanaysa saxeexa Jadon Sancho oo Borussia Dortmund ka tirsan, heshiiskiisa ayaa lagu dhawaaqi karaa labada toddobaad ee soo socda dhexdooda.…

Lionel Messi's contract talks with Barcelona are of course in an advanced stage, although some important details remain to be ironed out before a deal is signed.Barça's talisman and record-breaking goal scorer of all time sent shock waves around the world last summer when he announced his intentions to leave Camp Nou.Messi was reportedly unhappy with the sale of friend and former teammate Luis Suarez to Atletico Madrid, where the Catalan giants desperately tried to trim their salary costs in an attempt to balance the…

England coach Gareth Southgate is in line for a new contract no matter how his team performs against Germany in the last 16 match of the European Championship 2020 on Tuesday and how far they go in the competition, with the FA anxious to be responsible beyond the next World Cup in Qatar.Southgate's current deal as England manager runs until the end of 2022 and the completion of the 2022 World Cup cycle, with the final in November and December, but FA chief executive Mark Bullingham has revealed that there are already plans…

Celtic defender Kristoffer Ajer is said to be "clearly unhappy" after the club rejected two bids for around £ 10 million, despite an earlier agreement that he could leave the club if a "suitable" offer came in.The versatile 23-year-old has only one year left on his contract, and it is likely that the Bhoys will try to make money this summer to ensure they do not lose him on a free transfer.Athletic notes that Ajer has expressed his desire to leave the club this summer, but that has not stopped Celtic from rejecting offers…

Kooxda ree Spain ee Real Madrid ayaa lagu soo warramayaa inay go’aan ka qaadatay haddiiba ay saxeexa garabka weerar ee Paris Saint-Germain ee Kylian Mbappe samaynayso suuqa xagaaga ee sanadkan 2021.Mbappe ayaa si weyn loogu arkaa mid kamida xiddigaha ugu fiican dunida walow uu kaliya 22 sano jir yahay isaga oo da’daas ku gaadhay heer ciyaartoy waaweyn riyo ku ah.Ninka French-ka ah ayaa loo arkaa ku guuleyste Ballon d’Or oo mustaqbalka ah balse su’aasha kaliya ee taagan ayaa ah kooxdee ayuu meteli doonaa mustaqbalka…

Alexander Isak and Robin Quaison talk about their friendship and play for their Sweden.

Antonin Panenka and Ivo Viktor remember Czechoslovakia's victory at the 1976 European Championships.