Women's Euro 2025

Norway gunning for top spot to avoid Spain

July 10 – Norway take on Iceland in their final Group A match looking to clinch top spot and steer clear of Spain in the quarter finals of Euro 2025.  

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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 DFrance21EnglandStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 5Grp DWales03NetherlandsAllmend Stadion, Lucern6pm
July 6Grp ASwitzerland20IcelandStadion Wankdorf, Bern9pm
July 6Grp ANorway21FinlandStade de Touillon, Sion6pm
July 7Grp BPortugal11ItalyStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 7Grp BSpain62BelgiumArena Thun6pm
July 8Grp CGermany21DenmarkSt Jakob Park, Basel6pm
July 8Grp CPoland03SwedenAllmend Stadion, Lucerne9pm
July 9Grp DEngland40NetherlandsStadion Letzigrund, Zurich6pm
July 9Grp DFrance41WalesArena 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

Qatar 2022 updates FIFA on World Cup plans

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By Andrew Warshaw in Doha

December 11 – Senior officials from the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee (Q22) – organisers of the World Cup in 10 years’ time – have met with FIFA to update football’s world governing body on strategy and infrastructure plans.

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Bin Hammam to attend Council of Europe FIFA meeting

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By Andrew Warshaw

December 9 – Mohamed Bin Hammam, still suspended from world football pending possible fresh sanctions after FIFA-appointed prosecutors completed their inquiry into alleged malpractice by the former head of Asian football, is set to make a rare public appearance in Europe.

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David Owen: Will Platini’s Euro 2020 experiment have a bearing on the race to succeed Sepp Blatter?

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Some thoughts on Euro 2020:

● Yes, a 24-team tournament is too unwieldy for most European countries to take on; but it is simplistic to suggest that this alone forced UEFA’s hand, necessitating the adoption of Michel Platini’s Grand Experiment – a competition spread around the great arenas of the European continent.

Turkey, pipped at the post for Euro 2016, could have coped with the expanded format and would, I’m sure,

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Chelsea’s Mikel banned over Clattenburg threats

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By Andrew Warshaw

December 7 – John Mikel Obi, the Chelsea midfielder at the centre of the recent case concerning referee Mark Clattenburg who was cleared of racism, has himself been handed a three-match ban and fined £60,000 ($96,000/€74,000) by the English Football Association (FA) for threatening Clattenburg.

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