The pan-European UEFA European Championship is one of soccer’s top championships. It features the best teams from around Europe who play for the Delauney trophy. The history of the UEFA European Championships can be traced back to the 1960s. Admittedly ...

In a small Swedish fishing village, there is a tiny soccer stadium tucked away beside a campsite and the shores of the Baltic Sea. It is the type of place where the land is so flat that the horizon sits just above the trees and the sky stretches so wide it seems possible to touch.

As Christian Eriksen lay unconscious on the field, his pulse slipping away, Denmark team doctor Morten Boesen quickly realized there wasn’t a second to lose.“He was breathing, and I could feel his pulse. But suddenly that changed,” Boesen said Saturday.

Despite being sanctioned and excluded from all European competitions since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has made clear its ambition to host the 2032 UEFA

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Here, we rank the five greatest Champions League-winning teams of the 21st century – the sides whose triumphs combined brilliance, balance and a touch of the divine.

Between June 10 and July 12 2021, Europol will host an operational center to support safety and security during the UEFA EURO 2020 soccer championship (despite taking place in 2021 due to coronavirus delays, the event maintains its 2020 branding).