Captain Leah Williamson described England s Euro 2022 final victory over Germany as the proudest moment of my life .
A gripping showpiece at Wembley on Sunday saw England scrape a 2-1 victory after extra time, with substitutes Ella Toone and Chloe Kelly getting the goals for the hosts.
Williamson lifted the trophy as a record crowd of 87,192 saluted the first-time champions, who have been steered to glory by Sarina Wiegman, the manager who led the Netherlands to the win the European Championship five years ago.
I just can t stop crying, said Williamson in a pitchside BBC interview.
We talk and we talk and we talk, and we finally do it. It s about doing it on the pitch, and I tell you what – the kids are all right!
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Dean Smith is hoping James Maddison can replicate Jack Grealish and ensure Leicester City avoid relegation.
Smith, appointed as Leicester s interim manager this week, faces his former Aston Villa charge Grealish when the Foxes take on Manchester City on Saturday.
Leicester sit 19th, with Smith tasked with keeping them in the league. He managed to stave off relegation with Villa in the 2019-20 season, with Maddison s England team-mate Grealish playing a key role.
Maddison was at fault as Leicester lost 1-0 to Bournemouth last week, but with nine goals and six assists to his name in the league this term, is the Foxes key player.
Smith said: James is an excellent footballer. He held his hands up after making a mistake but the first thing I asked him was why …
Jordi Alba scored the winner for Inter Miami in a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire as they moved five points clear at the top of the Eastern Conference.
Matias Rojas had given the Herons an early lead before being pegged back by Rafael Czichos, but Alba s winner ensured Miami made it back-to-back wins.
FC Cincinnati s third defeat in a row, a 3-1 loss to the New York Red Bulls, means Miami now have some breathing space at the summit of the table.
The hosts were still without Lionel Messi, who watched on from the sidelines with an ankle injury, but made a quick start without their talisman.
Robert Taylor s bursting run opened up the space in behind Chicago for him to pull it back into the middle, and Rojas fired his shot across goal to pick out the bottom…
Alejandro Garnacho came off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner as Manchester United signed off for the World Cup break with a dramatic 2-1 win at Fulham on Sunday.
Erik ten Hag s team hit the front through Christian Eriksen s first United goal early on, but they looked set to be denied by their former winger Dan James when he levelled within two minutes of entering the fray.
Fulham appeared the more likely winners from there as United relied on a string of saves from David de Gea, but Garnacho slotted home three minutes into stoppage time to stun Craven Cottage.
The 18-year-old s composed finish lifted United to within three points of the Premier League s top four, ensuring the Red Devils entered the six-week hiatus in positive mood.
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Egypt will be hosting Ethiopia at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo on Friday, in a game within the final round of the qualifications for the upcoming African Cup of Nations.
The group has been decided already in terms of which teams will go into the main tournament, and all that remains is for Egypt to secure the top spot, or Guinea to make an unlikely upset.
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Egypt beat Guinea in the opening round, but then suffered a surpsising defeat away to Ethiopia. Shaking the shock off quickly, they beat Malawi twice, before completing their double over Guinea. They went down to Guinea in that last match through Serhou Guirassy in the 26th minute, but Trezeguet set the score back level three minutes before the break. It was Mostafa Moha…
Barcelona need no motivation ahead of their Europa League trip to Manchester United, with Xavi believing the chance to win at Old Trafford is enough.
The pair will meet in the second leg of their knockout round play-off fixture, after playing out a pulsating 2-2 draw at Camp Nou last week.
Xavi, who was a member of the Barcelona squad that defeated United in the Champions League final in both 2009 and 2011, is relishing the contest.
In making the trip to England and Old Trafford specifically, Xavi believes it will be more than enough to inspire his players, regardless of the first-leg result.
I have very good memories of the games I played in England, simply because it is so special to play there, he told the Times. It is the cradle of football.
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In a storyline that reads like a fairy tale, Borussia Dortmund etched their name into the annals of football history by securing a spot in the 2024 UEFA Champions League final. The German outfit may not even feature in the tournament next year if they do not walkway from Wembley Stadium on June 1st with the trophy, as they are currently way down in 5th place in the Bundesliga table. However, they didn t let their poor domestic form stand in their way as they home and away in the semifinals.
Dortmund Reach UEFA Champions League Final
For the Parisians, they were hoping to end the Kylian Mbappe era on a high, and after knocking off Barcelona in the quarterfinals it looked as though they already had one foot in the final. Unfortunately for the talismanic 25-year-old ho…
Burnley boss Sean Dyche has signed a new contract, committing his future to the Premier League high-flyers to 2022.
Dyche is the third-longest serving manager in the Premier League, behind his Clarets predecessor Eddie Howe now at Bournemouth and Arsenal s Arsene Wenger.
The 46-year-old marked five years in charge of Burnley last October and, should he stay to the end of his new deal, he will have been at Turf Moor for a decade.
But Dyche believes he still has more to offer the club, after leading Burnley to two promotions from the Championship and keeping them in the Premier League last season.
I am quite young in management terms, Dyche told Burnley s official website.
I am still learning and still improving, I believe, so for my personal r…
Marc Guehi will be staying at Crystal Palace, with Oliver Glasner having never been in doubt that would be the case.
Guehi, who impressed for England at Euro 2024, has been the subject of multiple offers from Newcastle United.
However, on Friday, just ahead of the transfer window closing, Palace boss Glasner confirmed the defender would be staying at Selhurst Park.
And the Palace boss insists he never held any fears Guehi would join his now former central-defensive partner Joachim Andersen in leaving the club.
I can confirm [he will stay], Glasner said ahead of Sunday s clash with Guehi s former club Chelsea.
But I was never in doubt. Congratulations to our owners because they didn t give in.
Thank you to Marc, he was always open with m…
Friday s action at Euro 2024 was headlined by a heavyweight Group D clash which did not quite live up to its billing, as France and the Netherlands played out a goalless draw.
While France misfired in the absence of Kylian Mbappe, who was an unused substitute after breaking his nose in Les Bleus opener, it was VAR that frustrated the Dutch as Xavi Simons saw a potential winner chalked off for an offside call against Denzel Dumfries.
Fortunately, there was plenty of entertainment to be had in the day s early games, as Ukraine fought back to beat Slovakia 2-1 and Austria dumped Poland out of the tournament with a 3-1 success in Berlin.
Here, we run through all the best Opta stats to emerge from the day s matches.
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