Euro 2020: How far does each country have to travel during the group stages?

This summer’s delayed European Championship promises to be a tournament like no other. UEFA have scrapped the traditional format of bringing the continent’s best players to one country for a festival of football and, instead, will stage the competition across Europe. From Glasgow to Baku and Seville to Saint Petersburg, some teams are having to … Read more

Porto ‘leading the race to sign Liverpool outcast Marko Grujic in £15m summer deal’

Porto ‘leading the race to sign Liverpool outcast Marko Grujic in £15m summer deal after successful loan spell’… with teams in Germany and Italy also eyeing swoop Porto boss Sergio Conceicao has made midfielder Marko Grujic a primary target The Portuguese side are said to be leading the race to sign the Liverpool outcast However, Grujic … Read more

Arsenal close to offloading Xhaka and Bellerin in bid to to fund swoop for £40m-rated Neves

Arsenal close to offloading Granit Xhaka and Hector Bellerin as Mikel Arteta seeks to fund summer swoop for £40m-rated Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves Former Gunners boss Emery is keen to reunite with Bellerin at Villarreal Midfielder Xhaka edging closer to a move to Italian side Roma Arsenal keen to raise funds to make a move … Read more

Euro 2020 news LIVE: Latest updates as England, Wales and Scotland prepare for their opening games

LIVE: Euro 2020 build-up – All the latest news and pictures with just THREE DAYS to go until the tournament kicks off in Rome… With England beginning their final training camp today By Harry Slavin For Mailonline Published: 09:59 BST, 8 June 2021 | Updated: 13:28 BST, 8 June 2021 We are now just three … Read more

Wales name five uncapped players in summer Test squad in the absence of Lions stars

Wales pick five uncapped players in a new look summer Test squad with Jonathan Davies named as captain in the absence of Alun Wyn Jones and eight other stars on the Lions tour Wales are without nine senior players for this summer’s Tests due to Lions tour Wayne Pivac named a much-changed squad, with five … Read more

As the UK’s first pool in the sky opens, would you take the plunge in these high-rise lidos?

As Britain enjoyed its warmest day of the year last week, a handful of intrepid swimmers were spotted taking a dip in the UK’s first Sky Pool. Suspended between two high-rise residential blocks at a height of 115 ft 35 metres), the 82 ft-long (25-metre) pool — made of acrylic imported from Colorado — is … Read more

As the UK’s first pool in the sky opens, would you take the plunge in these high-rise lidos?

As Britain enjoyed its warmest day of the year last week, a handful of intrepid swimmers were spotted taking a dip in the UK’s first Sky Pool. Suspended between two high-rise residential blocks at a height of 115 ft 35 metres), the 82 ft-long (25-metre) pool — made of acrylic imported from Colorado — is … Read more

Italy 4-0 Czech Republic: Roberto Mancini’s side cruise to win in final warm-up match before Euros

Italy (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Florenzi (Toloi 86), Chiellini (Acerbi 64), Bonnuci, Spinazzola (Emerson 64); Jorginho (Cristante 63), Locatelli, Barella; Berardi (Chiesa 77), Immobile (Raspadori 78), Insigne Subs not used: Sirigu, Meret, Di Lorenzo, Pessina, Belotti, Bernardeschi Scorers: Immobile 23, Barella 42, Insigne 66, Berardi 73 Booked: None Manager: Roberto Mancini Czech Republic (4-1-4-1): Pavlenka; Brabec, Boril, Celustka … Read more

Visually impaired trans woman, 47, wants to become first trans Paralympian

A visually impaired sprinter hopes to become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Paralympic Games.   Italy‘s Valentina Petrillo, 47, competed in men’s national races before transitioning in 2019. She was born with Stargardt disease, a degenerative eye condition that has no cure. After decades of ‘dressing up as a man’, as she describes … Read more

Visually impaired trans woman, 47, wants to become first trans Paralympian

A visually impaired sprinter hopes to become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Paralympic Games.   Italy‘s Valentina Petrillo, 47, competed in men’s national races before transitioning in 2019. She was born with Stargardt disease, a degenerative eye condition that has no cure. After decades of ‘dressing up as a man’, as she describes … Read more