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Women's Euro 2025

DateGroup    VenueKick off (local)
July 2Grp ASwitzerland12NorwayBasel, St-Jakon Park9pm
July 2Grp AIceland01FinlandThun, Arena Thun6pm
July 3Grp BSpain50PortugalBern, Stadium Wankdorf9pm
July 3Grp BBelgium01
ItalySion, Stade de Tourbillon6pm
July 4Grp CGermany20PolandSt Gallen, Arena St Gallen9pm
July 4Grp CDenmark01SwedenStade de Genève6pm
July 5Grp DFrance--EnglandStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 5Grp DWales--NetherlandsAllmend Stadion, Lucern6pm
July 6Grp ASwitzerland--IcelandStadion Wankdorf, Bern9pm
July 6Grp ANorway--FinlandStade de Touillon, Sion6pm
July 7Grp BPortugal--ItalyStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 7Grp BSpain--BelgiumArena Thun6pm
July 8Grp CGermany--DenmarkSt Jakob Park, Basel6pm
July 8Grp CPoland--SwedenAllmend Stadion, Lucerne9pm
July 9Grp DEngland--NetherlandsStadion Letzigrund, Zurich6pm
July 9Grp DFrance--WalesArena St Gallen9pm
July 10Grp AFinland--SwitzerlandStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 10Grp ANorway--IcelandArena Thun9pm
July 11Grp BItaly--SpainStadium Wankdorf, Bern9pm
July 11Grp BPortugal--BelgiumStade de Touillon, Sion9pm
July 12Grp CSweden --GermanyStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 12Grp CPoland--DenmarkAllmend Stadion, Lucerne9pm
July 13Grp DNetherlands--FranceSt Jakob Park, Basel9pm
July 13Grp DEngland--WalesArena St Gallen9pm
July 16QF1Winner Grp A--R-Up Grp BStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 17QF2Winner Grp C--R-Uo Grp DStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 18QF3Winner Grp B--R-Up Grp AStadion Wankdorff, Bern9pm
July 19QF4Winner Grp D--R-Up Grp CSt Jakob Park, Basel9pm
July 2Semi-finalWinner QF1--Winner QF42Stade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 2Semi-finalWinner QF3--Winner QF4Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 7 FinalTBA--TBASt Jakob Park, Basel6.00pm

Match Analysis launches game analysis system into European marketplace

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By Paul Nicholson
November 27 – The leading North American match analysis and statistical provider for football (soccer) is expanding into the European marketplace with its suite of game and performance analysis tools. Match Analysis, based in the San Francisco area, is targeting clubs and leagues in a bid to “change the culture” of strategic and technical analysis.

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FIFPro sends delegation to Qatar for urgent talks on player rights and Belounis

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By Paul Nicholson
November 26 – International players union FIFPro is sending a delegation to Qatar on a four-day visit (November 28-31) to hold urgent talks with the country’s football authorities and organisers of the Qatar 2022 World Cup regarding the rights of players and in particular the plight of French footballer Zahar Belounis who has been trapped in the country by the kafala work visa system.

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How Swansea had a hand in the Pope’s Latin surprise

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By David Owen
November 26 – Swansea’s footballing stature has been on the rise in recent times, courtesy of the stylish play that has carried Michael Laudrup’s men to the Premier League and a trophy – last season’s Capital One Cup. Now the Welsh city has added another unique feather to its footballing cap: it is the home of Wolfestone, the company entrusted with the job of translating the Pope’s copy of The FIFA Weekly into Latin.

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Exclusive: New hope that Belounis could receive Qatar exit visa in days

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By Andrew Warshaw
November 25 – Zahir Belounis, the journeyman footballer trapped in Qatar claiming 18 months of unpaid wages, may be on the verge of winning his battle to get out of the country. The plight of the French-Algerian, who says he is a ‘destroyed’ man after being forced to sell all his possessions, has caused outrage among human rights organisations and has added to global concern over Qatar’s notorious kafala employment system that ties migrant workers to so-called ‘sponsors’.

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Matt Scott: Big injuries can mean big money lost; call your broker

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“Never was anything great achieved without danger.” 
 Niccolò Machiavelli

Perhaps Machiavelli’s death in Florence in 1527 came too soon for him to have enjoyed the popular 16th Century Florentine game of Calcio but you sense he might have been drawn to its brutal tactics and narrative. His modern kindred spirits certainly seem to enjoy the football we love today. Heck, Henry Kissinger was even a board member on the USA 2022 bid committee.

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Return to Soviet league meets old-style resistence, despite lure of prize money

Nikolai Tolstykh

By Andrew Warshaw
November 25 – One of Russian football’s leading officials has opposed the re-establishment of an old-style Soviet league featuring teams from Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet states. The idea of a breakaway plan for a multi-national league of up to 16 teams was first floated a year ago but Nikolai Tolstykh (pictured), head of the Russian Football Union, says the money would be better spent domestically, not least on youth football instead.

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