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BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Jersey big screen returns for Women's Euros quarter-finals
The UEFA Women's Euro 2025 will be returning to the big screen in Jersey on Screenings said the quarter final between England and Sweden would be shown on the giant screen at Howard Davis Park at 20:00 company said it was part of a series of free screenings for families and football said the big screen was 6m wide and 4m tall and the area was an alcohol-free space with no glass allowed. However Jersey Screening, funded by Connect Me and the International Cultural Centre, said islanders could bring in picnic food and soft also said the semi-finals and the final would be shown on the LED screen on 22, 23 and 27 tickets are free, the company said families would need to reserve their spots online before arriving to the fan zone, which opens 45 minutes before the games start. Co-organiser Bino Rodrigues said it was important for the company to support the Lionesses."We wanted to bring the community together to watch some great football," he said."The Lionesses have been doing great and have got to the quarter finals and I think its fitting to show it in a great park, but also to give women the same spotlight that the men get."Mr Rodrigues said he hopes the screening inspires many boys and girls, adding it was a great sporting added: "I hope will lead to them aspiring to be footballers – or any other sport."The company added there would also be a collection to donate to the domestic abuse charity FREEDA.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Germany women's team keeper Berger not thinking about retirement
Germany's goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger arrives at a press conference for the team ahead of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 quarter-final soccer match against France. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa Veteran goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger is not thinking about ending her career with the Germany women's national team after this summer's Euro 2025 in Switzerland. "I'm not looking so far into the future. I'm someone who lives here and now," she said in a news conference on Wednesday ahead of the Euro 2025 quarter-finals. Advertisement Germany will face France on Saturday for a place in the semi-finals. Berger, 34, said that being number one in a tournament such as the Euros is a "very, very beautiful feeling." "If someone had asked me three or four years ago if that would happen, I would have called them crazy," she added. Berger has survived thyroid cancer. She was first diagnosed with the disease in 2017 and underwent surgery. During Euro 2022, when she was a back-up keeper, Berger learned that the cancer was back, but kept it to herself at that time. She told reporters that her 92-year-old grandfather wants to come to a game, but only for the final. Advertisement "He said the quarter-finals and semi-finals aren't worth it. If he does it, he'll come to the final," she said. "He's really serious. He's actually only coming to the final. I tried to persuade him, but he's a tough nut to crack." She now has her own motivation to go far and "simply make him proud.". "My grandfather was always a very, very strict but kind man. I usually get either a thumbs up or a thumbs down from him." Her grandfather was in the stadium for the opening match against Poland, which Germany won 2-0 - and Berger got a "thumbs up."
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
France storm into women's Euros quarter-final along with England
France's coach Laurent Bonadei folds his hands during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 group D soccer match between Netherlands and France at St. Jakob-Park. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa France scored three goals in seven minutes as they rallied to a classy 5-2 triumph over the Netherlands at women's Euro 2025 on Sunday to clinch a quarter-final berth along with title holders England, who trounced Wales 6-1. Marie-Antoinette Katoto in the 61st and a quickfire brace from Delphine Cascarino in the 64th and 67th, before captain Sakina Karchaoui converted a stoppage time penalty, saw France reverse a 2-1 half-time deficit, and finish atop Group D with maximum points. Advertisement Sandie Toletti had opened the scoring for Les Bleus on her 30th birthday in the 22nd minute but the 2017 champions Netherlands kept up their dim knock-out round hopes when they went ahead 2-1 from Victoria Pelova in the 26th and a Selma Bacha own goal in the 41st. The French would have none of it, though, and advanced together with England who were 4-0 up in St Gallen against Wales at half-time from Georgia Stanway's penalty and Ella Toone then scoring before setting up Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo. Substitutes Beth Mead and Aggie Beever-Jones wrapped up matters in the 72nd and 89th as England got their second big win following a 4-0 over the Dutch, after an opening 2-1 defeat against France. England will now face Sweden in the quarter-finals on Thursday, while France play record champions and 2022 runners-up Germany on Saturday. Advertisement Both games are rematches of the 2022 semi-finals won by England and Germany, but France and Sweden have looked very strong in Switzerland. The other quarter-finals are Norway v Italy on Wednesday and hosts Switzerland v world champions and top favourites Spain on Friday. France's Selma Bacha (C) reacts during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 group D soccer match between Netherlands and France at St. Jakob-Park. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa Netherlands' Jackie Groenen (L) and France's Sakina Karchaoui battle for the ball during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 group D soccer match between Netherlands and France at St. Jakob-Park. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa France's Sandy Baltimore (L) and Netherlands' Victoria Pelova battle for the ball during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 group D soccer match between Netherlands and France at St. Jakob-Park. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa Netherlands' Jill Roord (L) and France's Sakina Karchaoui battle for the ball during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 group D soccer match between Netherlands and France at St. Jakob-Park. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa Netherlands' Lineth Beerensteyn scores her side's second goal of the game during the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 group D soccer match between Netherlands and France at St. Jakob-Park. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa
New York Times
04-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
‘Much more than football' – Portugal pays respect to Diogo Jota at Euro 2025
An hour before kick-off for Portugal's UEFA Women's Euro 2025 group stage match against Spain and eyes begin to gravitate towards Wankdorf Stadium's west stand towards a large piece of cardboard fastened to the bottom of the upper stand. 'You took the name of Portugal beyond borders,' it reads in earnestly sprawled black marker ink. 'Now it's our turn to raise your name.' Advertisement The placard's unfurling was silent yet arresting, much like the news it was in response too: Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva's, 26, tragic passing in a car crash in the early hours of Thursday morning in Spain. In the fading afternoon heat, a small group of Portugal fans walked to Bern's northern flank in mini-pilgrimage, hoisting placards as tribute to Jota and Silva, chanting their names into the sky. If the day was not poignant enough, the evening's match-up against Spain added further texture, with the Porto-born forward's last career game coming against Spain in the men's Nations League final earlier this summer. As kick-off beckoned, more placards appeared, attempting to voice the parts of loss and love that feel inexpressible in these moments. The teams emerged from the tunnel wearing black armbands. The minute's silence was adhered to with haunting reverence, then broken into loaded, rapturous applause. Behind Ines Pereira's goal, Portugal fans held aloft a series of cards spelling out the message: 'Descansa Em Paz Diogo Jota' (rest in peace Diogo Jota), before chanting his name once again. The effect was the Wankdorf transformed momentarily into a place of communion. In these moments of subtraction, there is desire to see life give back. But 90 seconds later, Spain's Esther Gonzalez flitted in behind Portugal's high defensive line, taking down a raking pass from left-back Olga Carmona with her shoulder before bundling the ball beyond Pereira. Five minutes later, 19-year-old Vicky Lopez poked home a low-driven cross from Mariona Caldentey. Portugal were always going to struggle, as most pre-tournament predictions forecasted. The reigning world champions had inflicted a 7-1 defeat to Portugal in April. Two months later, Spain played with the same sublime majesty, tangling Portugal's defence into desperate ribbons and their attack into a non-event. Advertisement By half-time, the scoreline read 4-0, goals from Alexia Putellas and Gonzalez arriving in the final seconds of the first-half. Meanwhile, Portugal failed to register a single shot or corner, the number of touches in Spain's box a total of two, the number of passes completed in Spain's half totalling eight. By full-time, Portugal managed two shots at goal, none on target. 'This is life,' was the assessment of one Portugal fan before kick-off following the news of Jota and Silva's passing. The appraisal was not crude, but rather honest, profound even. The passing of those young and outward facing has a habit of wreaking a pausing effect on life as the rest of us reflect on our own mortality. But then a game of football must be played, a goal scored, then one, two, three, four more, life carrying on amid death. 'Today is a really sad day because two of us lost our lives, so young,' said Portugal head coach Francisco Neto after his side's 5-0 defeat. 'This is not a good day. If we had the possibility to change everything we would.' There is pride to be taken here for Portugal, to not only show up but keep running, chasing, scrapping against the tournament favourites who resisted any impulse to let up due to circumstances. So too is pride owed to Portugal's fans, who continued to chant throughout it all, red and green flags aloft, the beat of a lone drum imbuing the 29,000 plus in attendance with an unceasing rhythm as those in Portugal colours hoped for something bordering on miraculous from this match, this life. With 75 minutes gone, it looked like Portugal, whose second-half display was marginally more competitive, might get a sliver of one, only for Ana Capeta to sky her shot from inside the box. A handful more chances came, none taken. And still Wankdorf Stadium heaved with Portuguese song, as if any other noise outside of a goal celebration might border on sacrilege. Advertisement Afternoon sun escaped into black night and Cristina Martín-Prieto made it 5-0 in injury time, but one Portuguese fan's placard caught the eye. 'Muito mais que futebol' it read — 'much more than football'. And as Portugal players broke from their post-match huddle to applaud the travelling supporters, who in turn presented them with a large black banner bearing Jota's name, its message felt all the more prescient for a nation's whose football teams run through it like a main artery. When asked about Jota in his post-match press conference, Neto took a moment to compose himself. His path first crossed Jota's in the national team's under-19s. From there, their paths continued to intersect, Jota following the women's national team with an ardent zeal. 'He always knew the results, followed the players,' Neto said. 'This is the culture we have in Portugal, what we're building inside our federation and our country.' Top photo: Manuel Winterberger/Eurasia
