Football

3:32 PM ET Germany are back. In the most rambunctious, direct way, putting four past defending champion Portugal in a 4-2 win at Euro 2020. Overcoming their own new-found insecurities, square-pegs-in-round-holes and a one-goal deficit summoned up by a lung-busting Cristiano Ronaldo effort. It’s too early to crown them even as legitimate contenders, but it’s

6:53 PM ET For all their neat and intricate passing, if Spain are to be judged as real Euro 2020 contenders, they must solve their problem up front. They have had 28 attempts through their opening two matches and have just two points and one goal to show for their efforts. On Saturday evening in

10:55 AM ET Antoine Griezmann rescued a point for France as they came from a goal behind to draw 1-1 with Hungary on Saturday. Attila Fiola put Hungary ahead at the end of the first half and left France scrambling to find a goal. France coach Didier Deschamps will be frustrated with the result as

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6:42 PM ET LONDON — England reached the 2018 World Cup semifinals by scoring just three goals from open play. Gareth Southgate and his coaching staff offset this issue by developing a sustained and inventive threat from set pieces, chiefly through mastering the adaptation to VAR quicker than most other countries. The rich array of

1:31 PM ET The world’s oldest international fixture has never felt more alive. On Friday night in Euro 2020 Group D, England face Scotland at Wembley, the 115th edition of a rivalry dating back to 1872. – Euro 2020 on ESPN: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)– Euro 2020: What teams need to do

3:26 PM ET Sergio Ramos is the boy who didn’t become a bullfighter because his mum wouldn’t let him, but who hasn’t believed that anything else in his life, from that day to this, is impossible. – Official: Ramos, legendary defender, leaving Real Madrid– 16 things about Ramos’ 16 years at Real Madrid In 2005,

4:17 PM ET We needed just two minutes to find out how Denmark would react against Belgium, a match played five days after their talismanic midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed after suffering from cardiac arrest in their Euro 2020 opener against Finland. It was uncharted territory for all involved. Denmark forward Yussuf Poulsen said on Wednesday

4:10 AM ET Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen will get a heart starter device implanted after his collapse during their Euro 2020 opener against Finland on Saturday, the team’s national team doctor said in a statement on Thursday. “After Christian has been through different heart examinations it has been decided that he should have an ICD

3:25 PM ET COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Ulrich Ammundsen was stunned and confused about what he had seen and what he was feeling and what he was supposed to do. Christian Eriksen, the star player for Denmark, had collapsed on the field just before halftime of the team’s game against Finland. Watching from the stands, Ammundsen

3:05 PM ET There were question marks over both Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey heading into Euro 2020. Was Bale still the inspirational force he was in 2016? Was Ramsey going to be fit enough to warrant his spot in the Wales team? Against Turkey on Wednesday, they laughed in the face of their doubters

8:55 AM ET What have we learned after the first round of games at Euro 2020? Gab Marcotti offers up his impressions of the tournament so far. France stars put on a blue-collar display against Germany France are so much more talented than the competition, there are really only two ways they can be stopped:

7:04 PM ET How some things change in football. Back at the 2014 World Cup when Germany knocked out France in the quarterfinals, Mats Hummels was the game’s lone goalscorer. On that night in Rio de Janeiro, it was the German defender who broke French hearts despite Les Bleus dominating the game and creating the

3:25 PM ET Another day and another record for Cristiano Ronaldo. Just when the sands of time appear as though they are running out on the Portugal forward, he scores two late goals in a 3-0 Euro 2020 win against Hungary to remind the world that he still retains the incredible ability to put the

1:17 PM ET As Euro 2020 hits its first full week of games, Cristiano Ronaldo is five goals shy of becoming the all-time top scorer in men’s international football. He may barely remember his first goal for Portugal back in 2004. It wasn’t a remarkable effort by his standards: A corner from Luis Figo came

6:12 PM ET Spain and Sweden share the spoils in a scoreless draw, after one of the most one-sided encounters you’ll see in a while. Not because one team (Sweden) was poor and because the other (Spain) was good, but simply because they opted for radically different approaches, both of which worked in their own

12:24 PM ET GLASGOW, Scotland — For at least the next 24 hours, every child in a playground in Scotland will pretend they’re Patrik Schick. Monday’s Group D clash at Euro 2020 was meant to be a chance for Scotland to dazzle after a 23-year absence from major tournaments. But it’ll be remembered for Schick’s

Jun 12, 2021 Long before he was a global superstar and one of the most lethal goal scorers in soccer history, Robert Lewandowski was just a 17-year-old kid from Poland who was too short and too scrawny, and who showed up one afternoon to learn that his club didn’t want him anymore. What does Lewandowski