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Football Soccer – Portugal v France – EURO 2016 – Final – Stade de France, Saint-Denis near Paris, France – 10/7/16Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with Ricardo Quaresma, Nani, Rui Patricio and the trophy after winning Euro 2016 REUTERS/Carl RecineLivepic

Euro 2016: The Guardian’s Team of the Tournament

by Marcus Christenson | Jul 15, 2016 | Sports

Euro 2016 drew to a close on Sunday night with Portugal beating France in the final in Paris. As with all tournaments there were some good games and some bad games but most were intense and highly watchable. At the Guardian we have rated every single performance in...

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Iceland’s players celebrate after the most significant result in their history: the 2-1 win over England. Photograph: Tibor Illyes/EPA

Iceland’s Dentist Manager: The Players are Now Legends…Like England after 1966

by Heimir Hallgrimsson | Jul 12, 2016 | Sports

Sometimes pictures say more than words ever can. The scenes that greeted us when we arrived in Reykjavik, only a few hours after our quarter-final against France had finished, will stay with me forever. As we drove the 40 minutes from the airport to the city centre,...

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Ronaldo reacts as medics arrive on the pitch to help him off. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Tears of Sadness Turn to Joy on Portugal’s Greatest Night

by David Hynter | Jul 12, 2016 | Sports

Not for the first time in the evening Cristiano Ronaldo put his hands to his face and struggled to contain the emotion. On this occasion it was overwhelming joy. The Portugal captain, who was cruelly knocked out of this 2016 European Championship final by a knee...

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Football Soccer – Spain v Bosnia and Herzegovina – International Friendly – St. Gallen, Switzerland – 29/05/16. Spain’s coach Vicente del Bosque REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/Files

Spain’s Del Bosque Says to Retire as a Manager

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 1, 2016 | Sports

Vicente del Bosque brought down the curtain on perhaps the most prominent managerial careers in football saying he was stepping down the from job after the defending champions lost their game to Italy at the Euro 2016 finals in France. “Of course, I have no...

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A fight breaks out during the Euro 2016 group D match between Czech Republic and Croatia. AFP / Jean-Philippe Ksiazek

Croatia Gets Suspended Ticket Ban

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 20, 2016 | Sports

Croatia’s soccer federation has been handed a suspended ban from selling tickets to ruffians and given a 100,000 euros ($113,190) fine after their team’s supporters caused quite the crowd turmoil at Euro 2016, UEFA said on Monday. The Croatian federation...