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How did we go from fans adopting Gareth Southgate’s waistcoats to plastic beer cups being hurled towards him?From singing “Southgate you’re the one” to being turned off by him? The relationship between the England faithful and their manager has become strained to the point of fracturing during these Euros.”We’ve had different problems to solve as a team over the last few weeks,” Southgate said.”And I’m the leader trying to connect all of that and keep the juggernaut that is the England football team on the right path.” But it will be the end of the road for Southgate and England…

A mosquito infestation, a thunderstorm, the loss of a defensive starter and a host of VAR decisions – Germany have faced almost everything in the last few days (except a train delay)! But, they overcame it all to reach their first quarterfinal of a major tournament in eight years. The 2-0 win against Denmark in their Euro 2024 Round of 16 match was wild in the way only international knockout football can be. A furious start, a pair of disallowed goals and a thunderstorm that saw the game suspended for 25 minutes.  It was the kind of stirring performance that will…

In a corner of Tenerife, a winding, narrow road takes you towards a small village called Masca. At points on the route, the view of the sea below and the mountains above is breathtaking.This place, with its handful of houses and cafes, nestled among ravines and rockfaces, is about a 40-minute drive from the parts of the island most British tourists know, but it might as well be a world away. There isn’t the bustle of the resort towns in the south, with their clubs and bars. Instead, there are vast expanses of land that are arid and difficult to…

Germany scored two second-half goals as they defeated Denmark in Dortmund to reach the quarterfinals of Euro 2024. The hosts’ Round of 16 match proved chaotic as the first half was delayed by 25 minutes due to a thunderstorm and torrential rain. However, Kai Havertz’s 53rd-minute penalty was followed by a brilliant strike from Jamal Musiala 15 minutes later as Germany reached the last eight of a major tournament for the first time since 2016. Thunder and lightning take first half center stage  Thunderstorms had been predicted in the lead up to Germany’s first knockout game of the tournament, but…

Holders Italy have been knocked out of Euro 2024 after a 2-0 defeat to Switzerland in the last 16.Italy defeated England on penalties to secure victory at the last men’s Euro final in 2021. But Remo Freuler and Ruben Vargas’s goals secured a comfortable victory for the Swiss on Saturday.It was the first victory for Switzerland over their southern neighbour in 31 years.Luciano Spalletti’s side exiting the tournament means the Swiss team advance to the quarter-final of the European Championship for only the second time in their history. They will face either England or Slovakia in Düsseldorf on 6 July.The…

South Africa fell just a few runs short of India’s total of 176-7, scoring only 169-8 in a nailbiting finale to cricket’s T20 World Cup in Bridgetown in Barbados.  It’s India’s second triumph in the competition, and its first since the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007. The victory prompted rapid congratulations from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Our team brings the T20 World Cup home in style!,” Modi wrote online, calling the match “historic.”  Kohli comes good at the last, announces T20 retirement India won the toss and elected to bat first, setting a target for South Africa to chase.…

Ukraine is already busy organizing another peace summit in a just a few months’ time, following the first high-level conference in Switzerland in mid-June. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to maintain the pace of his diplomatic offensive and has announced “new concrete” steps for July. These apparently involve working groups for a Ukrainian peace plan. Meanwhile, media reports have singled out Saudi Arabia as a possible host. Around 80 countries took part in the first conference, though Russia was not invited and China stayed away. Discussion included topics such as free trade routes, nuclear security and prisoner swaps. Participants also opened a diplomatic door for…

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French opinion polls suggest the far-right National Rally will likely win a majority in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, as voters go to the ballot box in two rounds on June 30 and July 7. The party came out on top in the European Parliament elections in early June, with almost twice as many votes as the centrist Renaissance party headed by President Emmanuel Macron — a crushing loss that prompted Macron to call the snap legislative elections. If the latest polls prove true, what would this shift in power mean for Macron’s ability to govern in Paris? DW answers the most pressing questions…

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