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Reuters
Soccer-Bacon wars in tabloids ahead of Euro 2020 clash between England and Denmark
Denmark is a major supplier of bacon to the UK. The ad refers to when Vikings conquered England some 1,000 years ago and to England’s 1996 soccer anthem “Three Lions” when fans hoped that their national team would win their first major title since the 1966 World Cup victory. The infectious song, with its chorus “It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming, football’s coming home”, was written by pop star Ian Broadie and comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner ahead of England’s hosting of Euro ’96.
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The Guardian
Euro 2020 Golden Boot: top goalscorers, game by game
Euro 2020 Golden Boot: top goalscorers, game by game. The Golden Boot is awarded to the player who scores most goals in the tournament. Ties are settled by assists, then by minutes per goal. Here are the latest standings A guide to all 622 players | The lowdown on all the venues
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Reuters
MLB roundup: Phillies outslug Cubs 15-10
McCutchen connected against Jake Arrieta four batters into the game, and the Phillies reached their former teammate for three more runs in the second. Rhys Hoskins, who was 3-for-5 with four RBIs, punctuated that rally with a two-run double.
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The Telegraph
How the Lions are learning to live inside the South African bubble
The British and Irish Lions tour suffered a blow on Tuesday with the postponement of their weekend game in Pretoria amid an outbreak of Covid-19 cases in South African rugby that highlighted the growing third wave of infections in the country. The Lions were to play the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday but four of the local players, plus one official, tested positive and because of their close contact with team mates, all must isolate, leaving the Currie Cup champions unable to field a team.
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Reuters
Tennis-Players won’t accept strict quarantine for Australian Open again: Tiley
All players arriving in Australia for the tournament earlier this year had to spend 14 days in quarantine before they were allowed out to play, and those requirements, designed to keep the new coronavirus out of the country, remain in place. Tiley said tennis players had been playing at tournaments in other countries without such strict restrictions and demanding they undergo strict quarantine before next January’s Australian Open would be “a tough ask”.
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The Telegraph
Euro 2020: Paul Gascoigne on semi-final guest list as England look to better Euro 96 – latest news
The team Gareth Southgate should pick to defeat Denmark: Telegraph football writers pick their XIs Kasper Hjulmand is as innovative and brave as managers come – his leadership is key for Denmark Reading this in the Telegraph app? Sign up for Euro 2020 notifications here Paul Gascoigne is among the former England players invited to attend tonight’s Euro 2020 semi-final at Wembley as the Three Lions look to go one better than they did at Euro 96. Gascoigne was part of the side which got to the Eur
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The Guardian
Which footballers have scored own goals from further out than Pedri?
Which footballers have scored own goals from further out than Pedri?Plus: symmetrical careers, keepers sent off for receiving two yellow cards and playing for a club named after a teammateMail us your questions or tweet @TheKnowledge_GU Jonas Lössl of Huddersfield Town runs in vain towards his goal after Juninho Bacuna scored a long-range own goal at Stoke in 2018. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
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The Guardian
Tears, a Fifa ‘plot’ and a costly kick in the balls: England’s semi-final history
Tears, a Fifa ‘plot’ and a costly kick in the balls: England’s semi-final historyBobby Charlton’s greatest game, Alan Mullery’s retaliation and Gareth Southgate’s miss are among the memorable moments Eusébio heads the ball over Nobby Stiles during England’s win over Portugal in the 1966 World Cup semi-final. Photograph: Derek Cattani/Shutterstock
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Reuters
Olympics-National records as good as gold for Afghan sprinters in Tokyo
Afghan sprinters Kimia Yousofi and Sha Mahmood Noorzahi have defied massive odds to be at the Tokyo Olympics, and setting new national records would be as good as gold medals for them, their athletics federation says. The runners, who hold the 100-metre records for Afghan women and men respectively, qualified for Tokyo under the universality quota, which lets a country send its athletes to the Olympics when they don’t have anyone eligible to qualify, provided there are slots available. An Afghan refugee born in Iran, Yousofi is competing in her second Olympics, but her journey has not been an easy one.
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The Telegraph
Why Italy vs Spain was the thinking fan’s perfect game of Euro 2021
We have been quick to anoint best games of this European Championship. There was the 4-2 group stage thrill-fest of Germany vs Portugal, when it briefly looked like Germany were the favourites. Whatever happened to them? There was the night of a million goals, France crashing out, Spain recovering from the mother of all goalkeeping howlers to swat aside Croatia. That was undoubtedly one of the best football-watching evenings of our lives, but you had to take the two games as a piece. But for the
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The Telegraph
Humility, homework and a big personality: How Emma Hayes emerged as one of Euro 2020’s top pundits
Emma Hayes has been football punditry’s breakout star of Euro 2020 and, back by popular demand, she will grace our screens on Wednesday evening with touchline analysis during England’s semi-final versus Denmark, but what makes her so good as a co-commentator and summariser? The Chelsea manager has received heaps of praise on social media for her tactical insights while working for ITV this summer, after securing a fourth league title last season. Yet, as two of the sports broadcasting industry’s
