Women's Euro 2025

Player down, Germany cling on to beat France in penalty shootout

France 1 Germany 1 (5-6 pens)

July 19 – Germany recovered from a 13th-minute red card to knockout France on penalties following a 1-1 draw and set up a blockbuster semi-final against Spain. 

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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 AFinland11SwitzerlandStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 10Grp ANorway43IcelandArena Thun9pm
July 11Grp BItaly13SpainStadium Wankdorf, Bern9pm
July 11Grp BPortugal12BelgiumStade de Touillon, Sion9pm
July 12Grp CSweden 41GermanyStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 12Grp CPoland32DenmarkAllmend Stadion, Lucerne9pm
July 13Grp DNetherlands25FranceSt Jakob Park, Basel9pm
July 13Grp DEngland61WalesArena St Gallen9pm
July 16QF1Norway12ItalyStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 17QF2Sweden22
(3-2 on pens)		EnglandStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 18QF3Spain20SwitzerlandStadion Wankdorff, Bern9pm
July 19QF4France11
(6-5 pens)		GermanySt Jakob Park, Basel9pm
July 22Semi-finalItaly--EnglandStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 23Semi-finalSpain--GermanyStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 27 FinalTBA--TBASt Jakob Park, Basel6.00pm

Matt Scott: TPO ban is welcome, but now the hard work begins

“There’s not any other profession in the world where investors can buy stakes in a human being.” Theo van Seggelen, FIFPro

Football, said the former England striker Jimmy Greaves, is a funny old game. But so too is the business of it. In no other sector than the sports industry do men willingly agree to become the tradable chattels of others. It is true that the football transfer market has come a long way from the time decades ago when players were instructed to move to a specific club with no input at all into the trade.

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Niersbach outlines 10-year plan for German football

Wolfgang Niersbach

By Mark Baber
December 23 – Nothing succeeds like success and German Football Association (DFB) president, Wolfgang Niersbach has channeled the sense of triumph following his countries World Cup triumph, laying out an “ambitious” 10-year plan to keep Germany at the centre of world football.

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Africa

Exclusive: CAF chiefs snub Morocco at Club World Cup final

Club World Cup logo

By Andrew Warshaw
December 23 – Morocco’s refusal to stage next month’s Africa Cup of Nations is understood to have been behind Africa’s most prominent FIFA officials embarrassingly snubbing last Saturday’s Club World Cup final in Marrakesh. Several African members of FIFA’s executive committee were conspicuous by their absence at FIFA’s showpiece climax between Real Madrid and San Lorenzo.

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