30th Jun 2:37 am
Key Germany defender Antonio Rudiger hopes the Euro 2024 hosts have three massive games left to play, having beaten Denmark 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals. He told reporters: "We still have three finals left. This team shows good character, we can always come back, always give it our all."
30th Jun 2:28 am
Head coach Luciano Spalletti shouldered the blame after Italy crashed out of Euro 2024 by losing 2-0 to a dominant Switzerland in their last-16 meeting. The former Napoli boss said: "The responsibility is always mine. There's no blame to everyone, I want to stress this."
30th Jun 2:24 am
England captain Harry Kane says and his fellow attackers need to show more quality in their last-16 clash with Slovakia in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday. He told reporters: "I feel we've been ruthless on the defensive side and now it's down to me, the attacking players and maybe the midfielders to be a bit more ruthless."
29th Jun 5:19 pm
Hosts Germany overcame a plucky Denmark side as well as a lightning storm to book their place in the quarter-finals with a 2-0 win in Dortmund. After both sides had a goal chalked off by VAR, Kai Havertz put Germany in front with a superb penalty in the 53rd minute, with the spot-kick awarded after a review. Jamal Musiala made sure of the result with a cool finish in the 68th minute for his third goal of the tournament.
29th Jun 2:27 pm
Christian Eriksen has overcome illness to retain his place in the Denmark starting XI. Thomas Delaney replaces the suspended Morten Hjulmand while Andreas Skov Olsen is preferred to Jonas Wind in two changes from the Serbia draw. Line-up: Schmeichel; Andersen, Vestergaard, Christensen; Bah, Delaney, Hojbjerg, Maehle; Eriksen; Skov Olsen, Hojlund.
29th Jun 2:05 pm
Switzerland have knocked out defending champions Italy in a deserving fashion, winning 2-0 in Berlin, to reach the quarter-finals. Remo Freuler opened the scoring in the 37th minute before Ruben Vargas curled in a beauty just 27 seconds into the second half to seal the win. Italy struggled throughout with Fabian Schar heading against his own post being the closest they came to scoring a goal.
29th Jun 1:39 pm
Willy Sagnol is in a relaxed mood ahead of the last-16 clash with Spain as Georgia have "already won the European Championship" by reaching the knockout stages on their debut at a major tournament. Sagnol has lost four out of four against La Roja as Crusaders boss but insists his players have "a lot of confidence" and "absolutely nothing to lose" on Sunday.
29th Jun 1:18 pm
Tijjani Reijnders has insisted that "everyone is on the same page" in the Netherlands camp after the entire squad had some "tough conversations" in the wake of the defeat to Austria. The Dutch midfielder believes that Romania is the "ideal opponent" to show that they have put things right.
29th Jun 12:43 pm
Belgium winger Johan Bakayoko has admitted that he has been "disappointed" by Domenico Tedesco's limited allocation of his game time so far at Euro 2024, despite the team's slow start, but accepts that "as long as we get results", then the Red Devils' boss is "right".
29th Jun 11:19 am
Ruben Vargas has been recalled by Switzerland for their game against Italy. Wing-back Silvan Widmer is suspended so Fabian Rieder moves back to defence and Vargas is set to play on the right. Switzerland: Sommer, Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez, Aebischer Freuler, Xhaka, Rieder, Vargas, Embolo, Ndoye.
29th Jun 11:13 am
Italy have made six changes for their game against Switzerland. Gianluca Mancini comes in for the suspended Ricardo Calafiori, while Nicolo Fagioli and Bryan Cristante replace Jorginho and Lorenzo Pellegrini in midfield. Federico Chiesa, Gianluca Scamacca and Stephan El Shaarawy will play in attack. Italy: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Mancini, Darmian, Barella, Fagioli, Cristante, Chiesa, Scamacca, El Shaarawy.
29th Jun 9:28 am
Winger Kingsley Coman has left the France training camp to be with his wife in Sweden for the birth of their fourth child. The Bayern Munich star could still return in time for the last-16 game against Belgium on Monday.