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Cristiano Ronaldo is to have an airport in Madeira named after him following his and Portugal's success at Euro 2016. Miguel Albuquerque, the president of Madeira, has confirmed that the island's main airport will be renamed the Madeira Cristiano Ronaldo airport. The 31-year-old already has...

Europe football ruling body UEFA on Monday released a 10-man shortlist for UEFA’s Best Player in Europe Award. The award is voted for by journalists from across Europe, who list their five best players of the 2015-16 season before the votes are pulled together by the governing body...

The Euro 2016 celebrations continue for winners Portugal, with captain Cristiano Ronaldo sharing this photo of the squad with the trophy on the plane taking them home. Photos:

Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has given out his Silver Boot award to team-mate, Luis Nani. The 31-year-old finished second behind Antoine Griezmann, as best player at this year’s European Championship, but is clearly not interested in the prize. Nani, who has sealed a move to...

Here's a list of awards at the just concluded Euro 2016 Championship in France. Awards: UEFA EURO 2016 Player of the Tournament: Antoine Griezmann (France) Young Player of the Tournament presented by SOCAR: Renato Sanches (Portugal) UEFA EURO 2016 adidas Golden Boot: Antoine Grizemann...

The best eleven players in the just concluded Euro 2016 championship has been released. EURO 2016 Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper Rui Patricio (Portugal) Defenders Joshua Kimmich (Germany) Jerome Boateng (Germany) Pepe (Portugal) Raphael Guerreiro (Portugal) Midfielders Toni Kroos...

Euro 2016 has been a pretty decent tournament by most accounts – there have been some wonderful moments and a few memorable games. But where major football tournaments come into their own is the weird stuff, the unexpected moments and the downright hilarious. On that front, Euro 2016 has...

French forward, Antoine Griezmann, has stated that Cristiano Ronaldo is in pole position to claim the next Ballon d'Or award. He spoke after France were beaten by Portugal to win the Euro 2016 championship. "For the Ballon D'Or, it is all over,” He said according to Goal. “Ronaldo won the...

France Manager, Didier Deschamps, has expressed regrets that his side couldn't beat Portugal to win Euro 2016 on Sunday. Both sides played a goalless draw in normal time before Portugal's Eder slotted in a long range effort in extra time to give Portugal their first major international trophy...

Portugal won their first major international trophy when they defeated France at the final of the Euro 2016 by a lone goal. Cristiano Ronaldo was forced off in the first half after struggling with a persistent knee injury. He left the pitch in tears. Eder however won the game for Portugal in...

Portugal are champions of Europe after defeating hosts France 1-0 after extra-time in the Euro 2016 final played at the Stade de France on Sunday night. Portugal had to play most of the match without talisman Cristiano Ronaldo as the captain’s second EURO final ended after just 25 minutes...

The starting line-ups for the Euro 2016 semi-final between Germany and France at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, which starts at 8pm has been released with N’golo Kante missing from the starting 11 for France. Germany (4-2-3-1) Manuel Neuer (capt); Joshua Kimmich, Benedikt Hoewedes, Jerome...

For the first time in history, Wales will be playing in the semifinals of the Euros. Gareth Bale's side on Friday evening defeated a star-studded Belgium side by 3 goals to 1 to set up a semifinal clash with Portugal. Radja Nainggolan put Belgium ahead with a thunderous 25-yard strike but...

The stage is set for the second match in the Euro 2016 qualifiers. Wales will play Belgium to qualify for the semi finals of the championship. Here are the starting lineups: Belgium: Courtois; Meunier, Denayer, Alderweireld, J. Lukaku; Witsel, Nainggolan; Carrasco, De Bruyne, Hazard; R...

A hard-fighting Portugal side on Thursday qualified for the Euro 2016 Semifinals after edging out Poland through penalties. Robert Lewandowski had fired Poland ahead in the second minute before 18 year-old Renato Sanches equalized via a deflected strike. Ricardo Quaresma scored the winning...

Poland is set to battle Portugal in the first clash of the Euro 2016 quarterfinals. Poland (4-4-2) Goalkeeper: Lukasz Fabianski; Defenders: Lukasz Piszczek, Kamil Glik, Michal Pazdan, Artur Jedrzejczyk; Midfielders: Jakub Blaszczykowski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Krzysztof Maczynski, Kamil...

The first knockout round of the Euro 2016 has been completed. Several giants like England and Spain have been eliminated. Here are the fixtures for the Quarter finals. QF1: Poland v Portugal – Thursday 30 June, 21:00 (Marseille) QF2: Wales v Belgium – Friday 1 July, 21:00 (Lille) QF3: Germany...

Roy Hodgson has resigned as England Coach after his side were embarrassingly knocked out of Euro 2016 by Iceland. Iceland were among the lowest-ranked teams in the competition, sitting at 34 in the world. The side came from behind to beat England 2-1 after Rooney scored from the spot in the 4th...

In what is termed a huge embarrassment, England have been eliminated from the Euro 2016 by Iceland. The 3 Lions got in front when Wayne Rooney slotted in from the spot in the 4th minute but Iceland equalized two minutes later via a Ragnar Sigurdsson effort. Kolbeinn Sigthorsson made it 2 - 1...

Two-time Euro 2016 champions Spain have been eliminated by Italy in the first knockout round of the tournament. Chiellini struck early on to give Italy the lead before halftime. Spain mounted pressure on Italy and came close to scoring on several occasions. De Gea was also busy at the other...