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Security costs soar as France gears up for Euro 2016

Security is of paramount importance for French authorities ahead of Euro 2016.

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Will Michel Platini be back in charge for Euro 2016?

The suspended UEFA president must wait to see if a second appeal against his six-year FIFA ban has been successful

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Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho suspended for 30 days

UEFA has provisionally suspended Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho for 30 days after he failed an anti-doping test. The 26-year-old France

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Benzema dropped from France's Euro 2016 squad

Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema will not be going to the Euro 2016 tournament. The player tweeted he would be missing out ahead of the

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Bordeaux carries out mock terrorist attack ahead of Euro 2016

With the Brussels and Paris attacks fresh on everyone’s mind and France poised to host the Euro 2016 football tournament. Authorities in the French

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Real Madrid win El Clasico bragging rights as Leicester move closer to first league title since 1929

Barcelona’s 39-match unbeaten run came to an end on home soil at the weekend as arch rivals Real Madrid won the El Clasico bragging rights. Gerard

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Goals galore on a night of international friendlies

All thoughts turned to last week’s Brussels murders as Portugal entertained Belgium in Leiria in the re-arranged fixture. Portugal had two former

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The Corner: Cruyff passing leaves football world in mourning

Barcelona’s Nou Camp opened its doors on Saturday morning (March 26) to allow fans to pay tribute to Johan Cruyff, a formidable presence at Barcelona

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Italy to experiment against a rejuvenated Spain in Udine

Italy and Spain resume their long-standing rivalry in Thursday’s friendly in Udine. Italy are in transition having lost to Belgium in their last

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Theodoridis appointed UEFA's acting General Secretary

Theodoros Theodoridis was on Friday named acting General Secretary of the Europe’s continental confederation UEFA. The 50-year old Greek

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No empty stadia for Euro 2016 - France coach Deschamps

The head coaches of the 24 teams participating at this summer’s European championships in France gathered in Paris this week for a pre-tournament

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Former Chelsea star Gudjohnson signs Solskjaer-coached Molde

Former Chelsea and Barcelona star Eidur Gudjohnson has joined Norwegian side Molde in a bid to challenge for a spot in Iceland’s squad for this

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A look ahead at 2016

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UEFA Euro 2016 draw: Roy Hodgson's men to face Wales in France

With six months to go before the Euro 2016 gets underway in France, a host of big names from the world of football gathered at the Palais des Congrès

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Football: EURO 2016 draw

The draw for the final stages of the European Football Championship has just taken place in Paris. The 24 teams will compete in six groups starting

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Euro 2016 lineup complete after play-offs

The second and final legs of the Euro 2016 play-off matches took place over the weekend amid the continued struggle by the civilised world to come to

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Ireland grab away goal in first Euro playoff against Bosnia-Hezegovina

Thick fog draped the pitch of Sarajevo’s olympic stadium as Bosnia Herzegovina played the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-off qualifier against

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Hungary shock Norway in Euro 2016 qualifier

Hungary are one step closer to qualifying for the 2016 Euro finals after beating Norway in Oslo. The only goal in the match was netted by Laszlo

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Dutch down and out of Euro 2016

The Netherlands highlighted, in bright orange, their rapid fall grace on Tuesday night as they failed to qualify for next year’s European

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The Netherlands fail to reach Euro 2016

The Netherlands have failed to reach a major tournament finals for the first time since 2002 after they lost to the Czech Republic in their last