World champions Germany's match-up with France and the Netherlands was perhaps the highlight as the draw for the League Phase of the inuaugural UEFA Nations League, to be played from September, was made in Lausanne. LEAGUE AGroup 1: Germany, France, NetherlandsGroup 2: Belgium, Switzerland, IcelandGroup 3: Portugal, Italy, PolandGroup 4: Spain, England, Croatia Four group winners play-off for the UEFA Nations League trophy in June 2019 Four sides that finish bottom of groups relegated to League B for 2020 editionUEFA.com - News
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WU19 EURO elite round line-up confirmed
Holders Spain and former winners Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, England, Italy, the Netherlands and Russia are among the 28 teams that have advanced from the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship qualifying round to the elite round draw on 24 November.The qualifiers (group winners listed first):Group 1: Germany, IcelandGroup 2: England, Slovenia, Wales*Group 3: Denmark, SlovakiaGroup 4: Spain (holders), AzerbaijanGroup 5: Norway, PortugalGroup 6: Netherlands, Republic of Ireland
Spain clinch World Cup place, Serbia made to wait
Spain seal World Cup berth as Italy draw with FYR Macedonia Serbia miss chance to join them with 3-2 loss in Austria Iceland go top of Group I with eye-catching victory in Turkey Watch highlights of tonight's games from 24:00CET on Saturday Permutations: who needs what to qualify Qualified: Belgium, England, Germany, Spain, Russia (hosts) Group D
Fans following Women’s EURO in record number
The business end of UEFA Women's EURO 2017 is still to come but the biggest female tournament ever organised by UEFA has already been attracting fans like never before. We've had millions tuning in for broadcasts, smashing all previous records, while total visitors on the UEFA Women's EURO section on UEFA.com is set to double. TVCumlative audience for group stage of 81.5 million (up from 60.8 million in 2013). Total audience so far up 116% (72.5 million) across nine markets for which comparative data available: Finland, France, Germany, Iceland (matchday 1 & 2 only... UEFA.com - News
‘Game Of Thrones’ Actor Claims He Was Robbed In World’s Strongest Man Competition
If you’re familiar with the “Game of Thrones” character Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane, then you can guess that he’s probably one of the largest, strongest men in the world. However, he’s not the strongest man, and he’s not too thrilled about that. Icelandic actor Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is enormous, coming in at 6-foot-9, 416 pounds, and has won Iceland’s Strongest Man every year since 2011 and was crowned Europe’s Strongest man in 2017. However, Björnsson finished just shy of first place in the World’s Strongest Man competition in Botswana on Sunday because of what he believes was a referee mistake.
Iceland heroes earn immortality after stunning England
Iceland have just done it. They really have.This is just such a big result, such a seismic one for the footballing world. Of course, the players have shown they are very good at what they do. But still, we're talking about a country of 330,000 people. Against a heavyweight like England and its population of 53 million. It's indescribable. People outside the country will struggle to grasp quite how much it means. Supporters filled the city centre in Reykjavik. Thousands and thousands showed up to watch the game. You can possibly imagine the atmosphere was there at the final whistle.
Iceland abuzz after ‘landmark’ Portugal draw
Heimir Hallgrímsson, Iceland joint coachWe feel good. We knew how strong Portugal are. They had the ball much more and it's really difficult to play against them. They have one of the best teams here and will probably go far, but our defending was fantastic. We were really well organised and worked hard. Apart from one or two situations, we were focused. It's hard to single anyone out – it was a team effort and we can go into the next game more relaxed.We knew that we wanted to play long balls against them and knew we would usually win the first ball. At half-time,