Women's Euro 2025

England and Spain meet in the Euro 2025 final in the latest battle between the teams, but there is deep respect between the nations because of the wider significance of their rivalry.

Sarina Wiegman will attempt to win her third straight Women’s European Championship on Sunday.

Nigel James thinks back to one night shift he worked following an 11am game his son Reece played at Norwich City. Nigel was running his own coaching business alongside 12-hour overnight stints as a security guard, earning £5 an hour to supplement the family income. He started at 10pm to relieve an agency worker and, exhausted, took his colleague’s word that floor two was locked. At 5:30am, the cleaner arrived to find the place had been robbed. “The police came, so did the bosses of the company,”

The Lionesses and La Furia Roja have become superpowers in the game - but the secret to their dominance lies in completely different infrastructures.

Outside Oakley’s Covent Garden store last September, a snaking queue had formed for the opening of the sunglasses brand’s new store in one of London’s most iconic locations. Some in line that afternoon had caught the first train from Birmingham for the 80-minute journey to the English capital to secure their spots, waking in the early hours for the chance of a first-come, first-served meet-and-greet with one of Oakley’s brand ambassadors: Alessia Russo. The England striker is not the only Liones

Walking along the west side of St Jakob-Park, you would be mistaken for thinking the biggest stadium at Euro 2025 is bubble-wrapped, padded in jumbo squares of opaque gauze, bracing for a battle. In many ways, it is. Being inside Basel’s 34,250-capacity arena is to have your insides shake, the guttural roars rebounding off each other in this intimate, sunset-trapped space. This was the case for the opening match of the European Championship, between hosts Switzerland and Group A opponents Norway

England are set to give Lauren James as long as possible to prove her fitness for the European Championship final. Chelsea forward James was brought off for Beth Mead at half-time during Tuesday’s semi-final against Italy and was seen with ice around her right ankle during the second half. Manager Sarina Wiegman has revealed James is still working her way back to fitness and she remains unsure whether the 23-year-old will be available to face Spain in Sunday’s showpiece. “She’s still recovering,

When Aitana Bonmati was lying in a hospital bed June 27 with viral meningitis, there were fears she wouldn't play in this event, let alone score one of Spain's biggest goals.

England will go into Sunday’s Euro 2025 final against Spain as clear underdogs. It’s less about the fact the Spanish defeated them in the World Cup final two years ago, and much more about the quality of both sides’ play throughout this tournament. England have won only two of their five games in the 90 minutes, and spent the majority of their two knockout-phase matches so far against Sweden and Italy trailing on the scoreboard. Spain, on the other hand, have won all five of their fixtures, ofte