9:00 AM ET England will need time to recover from their penalty shootout defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final, but the countdown to the 2022 World Cup has already begun. It will be 499 days between the end of Euro 2020 and the opening game of the next World Cup in Qatar, and
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7:30 AM ET Euro 2020 ended on Sunday with Italy lifting the trophy at Wembley after beating England 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after extra time. The last month has been full of highs and lows, triumph and despair; our writers look back at the tournament. News, features | Results | Stats |
10:23 PM ET England‘s Football Association released a statement in the early hours of Monday morning condemning the online racist abuse of players following the team’s penalty shootout loss to Italy in Sunday’s Euro 2020 final. The sides drew 1-1 after extra time, and Italy won the shootout 3-2, with England players Marcus Rashford, Jadon
2:43 AM ET Expectations for the United States men’s national team are high in the Gold Cup, regardless of who actually suits up. Not only is the U.S. expected to win every game in the tournament’s group stage, but by clear margins as well. Fail to reach such a level, and the tendency to look
10:49 PM ET The United States hung on for a 1-0 win over Haiti in Kansas City in a nervy start to Group B play at the 2021 Gold Cup. With many of the top U.S. players that compete for clubs in Europe given time off, Gregg Berhalter’s MLS-heavy side jumped out to an early
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8:19 PM ET LONDON — Roberto Mancini had promised a change when he took over following the Italy national team’s lowest point, after they failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. And he delivered. While history will record him as the coach who led Italy to the 2020 European Championship (on June 11, 2021,
7:36 PM ET LONDON — England‘s biggest demon still remains. Gareth Southgate and his players have done so much this summer to redefine the country’s relationship with major tournaments, but the biggest psychological ghost at the feast has wrecked another dream: The Three Lions lost another a penalty shootout. Chalk up another year of hurt.
6:05 PM ET Mark Ogden Italy claimed a first European Championship since 1968 after goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved twice in a dramatic 3-2 penalty shootout victory in the Euro 2020 final against England at Wembley on Sunday. After a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes, Donnarumma saved from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka — Marcus Rashford
8:05 PM ET Italy manager Roberto Mancini said watching three years of hard work come to fruition with Euro 2020 glory on Sunday reduced him to tears at Wembley after his side edged England on penalties. The Italians went behind early to a Luke Shaw goal but equalised in the second half through Leonardo Bonucci,