Football

Kevin De Bruyne wants Belgium's Euro 2016 quarter-final clash with Wales to be like a home game, the Lille stadium is just 100 kilometres from the Belgian border.

World Cup winner Diego Maradona has called on compatriot Lionel Messi not to abandon international football after the Argentina captain announced he was quitting the national side following Sunday's Copa America final defeat.

Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi have both proved themselves to be skilful giants on the world soccer stage, while Maradona reached the heights by lifting the World Cup, Messi's only major international honour has been Olympic gold at the 2008 Beijing Game...

Eden Hazard scored his first goal of Euro 2016 as Belgium cruised into the quarter-finals with a 4-0 win to end Hungary's fairytale campaign.

Poland forward Robert Lewandowski and Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri, who have yet to shine at Euro 2016, will have another chance to brighten up the tournament when their teams clash in St Etienne in the last 16 on Saturday.

The Portugal forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has failed get his team going at the European Championship, even missing a penalty late in the 0-0 draw against Austria. But Ronaldo and his teammates still have a chance to reach to the round of 16 when they face...

Belgium have the wealth of talent to come up with a variety of approaches to their Euro 2016 matches but still need to find the right formula, said captain Eden Hazard on Monday.

A win for the Swiss would ensure first place in Group A and help erase the memory of a stinging 5-2 loss to Les Bleus at the World Cup two years ago.

Czech Republic came back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw with Croatia at the European Championship on Friday in a game that was marred by a temporary suspension when flares were thrown onto the pitch.

While Germany's defensive operation will no doubt boost confidence going into their final group game against Northern Ireland next week, they struggled in attack with neither Mario Goetze nor Mario Gomez able to land a knockout blow.

Move over Brexit. If England drop out of the Euro 2016 it could wipe £6 billion (7.6 billion euros, $8.5 billion) from the value of the London stock market, a finance expert warned on Wednesday.

England's players will find it "devastating" if they are thrown out of Euro 2016 due to fan violence, midfielder Adam Lallana said on Tuesday.

The Besiktas player missed training on Sunday and according to Portuguese media, tests conducted on Quaresma's right leg revealed a minor problem with the 32-year-old set to undergo a fitness test on Monday afternoon.

Vincent Janssen put a young Dutch side in front after nine minutes when the home defence mistakenly thought he was offside, leaving him free to head in Steven Berghuis' looping cross from six metres.

Neymar scored 31 goals in 48 appearances last season to help the club win a domestic league and cup double.

Paraguay first participated in the tournament in the 1921 edition; Bolivia joined in 1926; Peru started to participate from 1927; Ecuador in 1939. Colombia joined in 1945 and Venezuela in 1967.