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Spain cruise into women's Euros semis with 2-0 win over Switzerland
BERN, July 18 (Reuters) - Spain forward Athenea del Castillo came off the bench to open the scoring and Claudia Pina added a superb second as they beat hosts Switzerland 2-0 on Friday to reach the women's Euro semi-finals, where they will face France or Germany. For the best part of an hour, the hosts defended doggedly and attacked on the break, but once Spain found their groove they were able to quickly kill the game off with two expertly-taken goals. Spain looked to have made the perfect start when Mariona Caldentey was upended by a rash challenge by Nadine Riesen, but having opted to take the spot-kick herself the forward rolled it wide of the post. Pina had several chances for Spain but stout defending by the hosts saw them go in level at the break, much to the delight of the raucous crowd. It took a moment of brilliance from Aitana Bonmati to break the deadlock for the world champions in the 66th minute, teeing up Athenea with an instinctive backheel for the substitute to guide the ball past Swiss keeper Livia Peng. Five minutes later, Pina doubled her side's advantage as Switzerland captain Lia Waelti was dispossessed just outside her own penalty area, and Pina curled a superb shot into the top corner before wheeling away in celebration. The drama continued right to the end, with Spain's Alexia Putellas missing a late penalty and Switzerland's Noelle Maritz shown a straight red card for a stoppage-time challenge. As the Spaniards danced in a circle to celebrate advancing to the last four, the Swiss fans sang loudly in appreciation of the team, and the players bounced together in unison as the hosts exited the tournament with their heads held high having made the knockout stages for the first time.
The Sun
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- The Sun
Chelsea and Arsenal ‘monitoring Xavi Simons situation' with RB Leipzig star favouring move to Premier League
XAVI SIMONS is reportedly on the radar of Chelsea and Arsenal, with the RB Leipzig player said to be looking to move to the Premier League this summer. The Dutch star has tasked super agent Ali Barat with finding him an English club. 2 After Simons ' current side failed to qualify for Europe this season, he began looking for a team that could provide him with Champions League football. German publication Bild report Barat, who received the Golden Boy award for Best Agent in 2023, is expected to approach Chelsea and other English sides on behalf of the 22-year-old. Both the Blues and Arsenal are said to be "attentive" over a potential deal, according to Fabrizio Romano. Chelsea have already spent big this summer, including the signings of Liam Delap and Joao Pedro, while SunSport understands they've made Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers their top target. The transfer of Simons to Stamford Bridge would increase the summer spending of the Blues even further. The Dutchman has also been linked with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, and Barcelona are also reportedly potentially interested. However, Simons himself would reportedly favour a move to the Premier League. He is a graduate of Barcelona's famous La Masia academy, where he played between the ages of seven and 16. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS He moved from Paris Saint-Germain to RB Leipzig in January after being on loan at the German side for a fee of £43million. Simons is currently valued at £60m. It is not the first time the Holland international has been linked with the Prem. He has previously been on the transfer lists of Liverpool and Manchester United. Simons has been well-known for much of his life, having reached 2million Instagram followers by the time he was 16. During his time at La Masia, he was affectionately known as Golden Curls and got to meet his idol and namesake Xavi Hernandez.
BBC News
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Bears, Durham, Kent & Hants claim T20 quarter-final spots
New Zealand Test captain Tom Latham hammered his first T20 Blast century as the Bears qualified for the quarter-finals alongside Durham, Hampshire and Kent on a tense final night of group shared an opening stand of 187 with Alex Davies as the Bears thrashed Derbyshire by 127 runs at Derby in the North Lancashire Lightning and Northamptonshire Steelbacks having already qualified, Durham knew a win over the latter would book them a last eight berth which they duly managed with a crushing nine-wicket victory and a maiden Blast century for Alex youngster Farhan Ahmed took the third hat-trick of this year's competition as the Outlaws gained a consolation win over Lancashire at Trent BridgeIn the South Group, Hampshire's defeat by Essex on Thursday left them watching nervously from the sidelines but their superior run-rate was enough to go through alongside Surrey, Somerset and Kent. Latham and Davies lead Bears mauling of Falcons At Derby, Samit Patel was hoping to sign-off with a win in his final game for the Falcons but he endured a miserable evening as the Bears sealed their qualification with a commanding (104 off 51 balls, with eight sixes) and Davies (89) shared an opening partnership of 187 - the joint-fourth highest in the Blast - as the visitors piled-up 233-5 with Patel finishing with 0-38 from his three were quickly reduced to 62-5 in reply as Patel fell for six and they subsided limply to 106 all out to finish bottom of North skipper David Willey crashed six sixes in his 32-ball 63 and Matthew Breetzke made a rapid 52 as the Steelbacks threatened to derail Durham's qualification hopes at the home side made light work of their victory target of 204 to jump up to second place and earn a home Lees (101* off 49 balls, with eight sixes) and Graham Clark (79 off 41) shared an opening stand of 181 as Durham coasted to victory with three-and-a-half overs to off-spinner Ahmed stole the show for Nottinghamshire as the Outlaws picked up a consolation five-wicket win over Lancashire at Trent 17-year-old younger brother of England's Rehan Ahmed claimed the third hat-trick of this year's Blast as he removed Luke Wood, Tom Aspinwall and Mitchell Stanley as he returned figures of also held an outside chance of sneaking into the last eight but needed to beat Yorkshire and hope for some help from elsewhere - neither of which Shafique again impressed with the bat for the White Rose as his 64 anchored them to a last-ball victory at Grace Road helped by 52 from Matthew Revis as they chased down a target of 186. Spitfires fire their way into last eight Two-times T20 champions Kent made light work of rock-bottom Essex at Canterbury to secure their quarter-final spot from the South Walter (52) and Charlie Allison (48) helped the visitors reach 172-6 after being asked to bat but former Kent batsman Jordan Cox failed to follow-up his heroics against Hampshire on Thursday as he fell for just Muyeye's 49-ball 80 got the home side off to a good start in their run chase before Harry Finch blasted six fours and three sixes in his 64 as Kent strolled to victory with 16 balls to could have been different for Kent as they completed their win and then had to watch as Sussex came agonisingly close to beating group winners Surrey and pipping them for the fourth qualification Will Jacks (100 off 59 balls, with three sixes and 12 fours) had scored his fifth Blast century to set the home side a victory target of 205 at Hove, Sussex needed 13 runs from the final over only for their former all-rounder Chris Jordan to dismiss John Simpson and leave them eight short of the went into the evening needing to beat Middlesex and wait for results from elsewhere but their 52-run victory in Cardiff proved to be merely a consolation with Kent getting the job done against year's runners-up, Somerset, gained some revenge for their defeat by Gloucestershire in the 2024 final with a 16-run win at Taunton to finish second behind Surrey on net run rate. Quarter-final pairings T20 Blast quarter-finals will be played on 3, 5, and 6 SeptemberLancashire v Kent Spitfires, Durham v Hampshire Hawks, Surrey v Northants Steelbacks, Durham v Bears - dates tbcFinals Day will take place at Edgbaston on Saturday 13 September
