July 8 – Switzerland head coach Murat Yakin (pictured) insists his team did not deserve to be heading home from Euro 2024 and that England, not for the first time, had luck on their side in their quarterfinal clash.
July 8 – Decorated German veteran Toni Kroos, who has now retired from international football for good following his country’s defeat by Spain at Euro 2024, has apologised for his challenge on Spanish starlet Pedri that ruled him out of the rest of the tournament.
July 8 – Tani, the mascot for the U-17 Women’s World Cup 2024 in the Dominican Republic, has been unveiled with 100 days to go until the tournament begins.
July 7 – Inter Milan are moving swiftly under their new ownership and have renewed their sponsorship with bank BPER for a further two seasons and added naming rights to the club’s training centre.
July 7 – England manager Gareth Southgate hailed the resilience of his ‘streetwise’ team in their penalty shout-out quarter-final win against Switzerland after falling behind.
July 6 – UEFA have handed England a €11,000 fine after fans booed the playing of the Slovenia national anthem.
July 6 – It will be Gareth Southgate’s 100th match as England manager, and it could be his last. England take on Switzerland in the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 as underdogs seeking to finally ignite their campaign after a turgid time in Germany so far.
July 5 – Turkey’s two-goal hero Merih Demiral at Euro 2024 has been banned for two matches by UEFA for the controversial hand salute used by Turkish nationalists and associated with the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Ulku Ocaklari, more widely known as the Grey Wolves.
July 5 – The fallout over the ultra-nationalist gesture made by Turkey’s two-goal hero Merih Demiral at Euro 2024 has spiralled further with Germany summoning the Turkish ambassador to Berlin.
July 6 – EA Sports’ FC Futures project has hosted a UEFA Festival of Football event at the heart of the Euro 2024 Fan Zone in Berlin, marking a significant milestone for the FC Futures initiative which has opened up grassroots football to more than 170,000 people in its debut year.
July 6 – It started slowly, then picked up speed. No, not the number of exciting games at Euro 2024 but the throwing of plastic beer cups, often half full, on to the pitch – a regular unwanted feature of the tournament.
July 5 – France captain Kylian Mbappé got stuck into politics on Thursday by warning his country is in a “catastrophic” situation as it lurches closer to a first far-right government since World War II.
July 5 – Dutch star Cody Gakpo has edged out Jamal Musiala as the bookie’s favourite to take home the Euro 2024 golden boot as the Liverpool man enjoys his best goalscoring form to date.
July 5 – Cameroon football chief Samuel Eto’o has been cleared of match-fixing, but the former FC Barcelona star has been fined $200,000 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for his role as brand ambassador for controversial bookmaker 1XBET.