soccer
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Fine wine, smiles and banter ... the calm before England’s Euro stormRoy Hodgson’s squad are giving the impression of an idyllic build up to Euro 2016, just as in Rio in 2014 and Krakow two years before that
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Rooney: I’ll never play for another Premier League clubWayne Rooney has said he will never play for another Premier League club after revealing details of his testimonial match -
Football, fire and ice: the inside story of Iceland’s remarkable rise to Euro 2016Iceland travel to Euro 2016 as the smallest nation ever to reach a major tournament – not bad going for a lump of volcanic rock halfway to the Arctic -
Manchester United free to pursue Pogba after City pull outManchester City have left the way open for Manchester United to pursue Paul Pogba after deciding not to go after the France international this summer
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Every squad and every player analysedProfiles of all 24 teams and 552 players, including caps, goals, hobbies, tattoos, music taste and, once the tournament starts, ratings for every individual performance
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Groups, fixtures, venues and moreFixtures, groups, venues and more – all you need to know about the European Championships with our handy interactive wallchart
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Ronaldo scores twice as Portugal serve notice of intentPortugal completed their preparations for Euro 2016 with an impressive 7-0 win over Estonia, which included two goals from Cristiano Ronald
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Fans asked to arrive at stadiums three hours before gamesEuro 2016 organisers have urged supporters to arrive up to three hours before kickoff in order to allow time for enhanced security arrangements that include a dual ring of steel around all stadiums
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Northern Ireland can beat anyone at Euro 2016 if I turn upLafferty has struggled for game-time at Norwich and Birmingham, in stark contrast to the vital role he plays in Michael O’Neill’s team
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Florenzi: the versatile giallorosso who thrives on hard graftThe Italy player’s focus and drive were evident even at the age of four when he said he was going out to work – not play – and he has never looked back
news
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Mourinho makes defender his first Manchester United signingJosé Mourinho has completed his first signing at Manchester United after tieing up the Villarreal defender Eric Bailly
in depth
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England memorial row is the real insult to Somme victimsA non-visit to Thiepval memorial by England players at Euro 2016 has drawn criticism, but using the dead as a plot device in a football story is crass
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world football
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Dempsey leads US on Copa América rompThe US needed a riposte against Costa Rica in Chicago: they delivered a renaissance as they romped home 4-0
opinion
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England winners at nostalgia but we should not believe the Euro 96 hypeEuro 2000 was far more exciting than its predecessor, when the country seemed to be mired in a collective psychosis centred around Cool Britannia
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Euro 2016 and the forgotten victims of Saint-DenisThe European Championship starts in Saint-Denis on Friday, a fragile area where the inhabitants are still scarred by last November’s terrorist attacks
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Will Euro 2016 be a mouth-watering banquet or an overstocked buffet?An expanded 24-team format is good for the likes of Wales and Iceland but runs the risk of stretching the tournament to breaking point
regulars
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Subscribe to our free and funny email. OK, our free emailIn today’s Fiver: Two James Milners, SpongeBob, a tribute to Stephen Keshi and #ItsColombiaNotColumbia
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Manchester United to sign Roma's Pjanic?Chelsea to battle Manchester clubs for John Stones? | Liverpool to spend £30m on Sadio Mané? | Tottenham Hotspur in for £12m Vincent Janssen?
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pictures & video
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Iceland: a new dawnWe look at the remarkable turnaround in the fortunes of Iceland’s national football team
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All you need to know about all 10 stadiaEuro 2016 returns to France this summer with 10 venues spread across the country. A total of €1.6bn has been spent building four new stadiums and upgrading five others, with only Stade de France, the site of the opening and closing matches, remaining unchanged
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This year's Copa América in the USDavid Squires looks forward to seeing some of the world’s finest talent at this year’s Copa Centenario – and some USA players, too
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Stade de France victim returns to scene: 'We're not the same people any more'Aca Pavlovic is one of the survivors of the 13 November suicide attacks last year at the Stade de France. Here, he details the moments when his life would change forever
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Saint-Denis: Football can help us move onThe people of Saint-Denis discuss the recovery and image of the area in the wake of last November’s terrorist attacks
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Police Nationale: 'Euro 2016 must be as safe as possible'The police, military and government in France are gearing up for Euro 2016
on this site
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Video replays to be used during next season's A-League finalsGroundbreaking video replays could be used on contentious calls in the next A-League finals series
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Brazil 7-1 Haiti: Copa América – as it happenedBrazil opened their campaign with a disappointing goalless draw against Ecuador on Saturday. Can they do better against Haiti? Join Luis Miguel Echegaray
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the big picture
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Argentina's ‘blind Messi’ retiring in RioArgentina’s paralympic footballer, Silvio Velo, takes part in a training session in Buenos Aires in preparation for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Velo, who has been called the ‘blind Lionel Messi’ and the ‘Paralympic Maradona’, is the captain of Argentina’s visually impaired football team, the Murcielagos
Brazil 7-1 Haiti Coutinho runs the show as Brazil hit seven in Copa América
News Ronaldo edges Messi as world's highest-paid athlete