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France steps up security ahead of Euro 2016

With days to go to the Euro 2016 kick off France is armed and security measures have been stepped up.

Business Series

Inter Milan bought by China's Suning

Chinese electronics retailer Suning Commerce Group is taking a controlling interest in Italian football club Inter Milan.

Sport

Belgium struggle past Norway in final Euro2016 warm-up fixture

Belgium laboured to a 3-2 victory over Norway on Sunday in their final warm-up match before the Euro 2016 football tournament.

Sport

Messi tax fraud trial over, verdict expected next week

The Lionel Messi tax fraud trial concluded on Friday with a verdict expected to be delivered at the beginning of next week.

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Sport

FIFA lawyers accuse Blatter, Valcke and Kattner of profiteering

Lawyers acting for FIFA claim disgraced former president Sepp Blatter, ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke and his former deputy Markus Kattner wrongly profited by some 70 million euros over the past f

France

Strikes over French labour reforms threaten Euro 2016

With the international football tournament just over a week away, France is on the verge of chaos as strikes continue.

France

Euro2016: officials vow to beef up security for fans

Sport

Germany midfielder Gundogan joins Manchester City

Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has joined Manchester City following five years at Borussia Dortmund.

Europe News

Football tackles terror

Molenbeek has become an area associated with the terrorist attacks of Paris and Brussels.

Sport

Pele collection to go under the hammer

Pele’s footballing life is to go under the hammer next week at an auction in London.

Sport

Euro 2016 hosts France set up camp in Austria

France coach Didier Deschamps and his Euro 2016 hopefuls arrived at their pre-tournament training base in Austria this week.

Sport

Fonseca presented as new Shakhtar Donetsk coach

Ukrainian topflight club Shakhtar Donetsk presented their new manager to the media on Wednesday.

Sport

Germany, Spain and England name final 23-man squads for Euro 2016

Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus has been left out of the Germany team for this summer’s European Championship in France.

Sport

Show me the money! Check out the football finances of Euro 2016

Ronaldo is worth four times the entire Hungarian national team in transfer fee term, just one of the fascinating facts revealed by a financial study of the 2016 European Championships.

Sport

Messi tax evasion trial begins

The trial of Lionel Messi on charges of tax evasion opened in Barcelona on Tuesday, but injury prevented soccer’s five-times World Player of the Year from…

United Kingdom

World Cup winner Pele to auction football memorabilia

Football legend and three times World Cup winner Pele is to part with his collection of sporting and cultural memorabilia which will go under the hammer in London in…

Travel News

Football for Friendship: Syrian youth team make tournament debut in Milan

Last weekend, Milan turned into the football capital of the world.

Sport

Champions League repeat as Real Madrid once again get better of Atletico

At the San Siro on Saturday in Milan Real Madrid beat city rivals Atletico Madrid, just as they did in the final in Lisbon two years ago.

Germany

German weekend football dominated by AfD chief's 'racist' Boateng comment

There is local pride in the Berlin district where German international footballer Jerome Boateng grew up.

Mexico

Mexican footballer Alan Pulido 'very well' after kidnap ordeal ends

Mexican international footballer Alan Pulido has been freed following his abduction in the country at the weekend.