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The European Championships have now entered their final stages, after a historic group match stage which saw some major upsets, great goals and thrilling moments, with almost all games being major entertainers. This was the first ever time in EURO ...

Group D saw France take on Sweden and England meet co-hosts Ukraine in their final and deciding games. Sweden who were already out of the tournament after a disappointing campaign finally found their bearings and exited gracefully after destroying France ...

The final games of Group C turned ut exactly as punters predicted them to be, with Spain going through to the quarterfinals after ousted Croatia 1 – 0 through a late goal from Jesus Navaz, and Italy outplayed the already-ousted ...

Everyone expected massacres in the “Group of Death” B, but it turned out that in the end it was suicide that occurred instead of massacre. The Netherlands self destructed with Portugal packing them 2 – 1 on the earliest available ...

They said that it was all cut-and-dry in Group A. But what “they” didn’t know was that UEFA’s upside down rules would play spoilsport. Russia who started their campaign with a scintillating 4 – 1 win against the Czech Republic ...

(Note/Update: This post was written on account on traditional footballing rules which take Goal Difference as the first tiebreaker in case of equal points in a group, which is how it is usually done. But today I came to know ...

Finally! England got a victory which was emphatic not just because Andy Carroll scored, but also because they held up against a tremendous onslaught by a valiant Sweden who fought till the very last minute, coming back from behind to ...

Having won a shock victory against Sweden in their opening match, Ukraine came into the game against France with expectations riding high. France on the other hand were sure to give no quarter to claim those priceless three points which ...

After the Danish heartbreak in the Group of Death B came the much bigger “Battle of Europe”, one of the most eagerly awaited games of the tournament, when neighbors and traditional rivals with a long history of Football between them ...

The highest scoring game of the tournament so far was also among the most exciting of the lot so far, with Portugal scraping past Denmark 3 – 2. There could not have been more of a discrepancy between the first ...