Euro 2016 news

Premier League football club Chelsea has seen its application to build a new £500m (US$614.6m, €585.3m) stadium approved by the local council. The London Borough ... More

Hosting the UEFA Euro 2016 football tournament brought more than one billion euros into the French economy, according to the nation’s ministry of sport. While ... More

As the imperative around fan engagement for sports teams grows, a number of modern, innovative – and in the case of the Minnesota Viking's Ban ... More

The Football Association’s (FA) target of winning the FIFA World Cup in 2022 has been scrapped by its incoming chair – despite the ambition being ... More

As we reach the final countdown for the Rio 2016 Games, one event we can be certain won’t be happening is the 2026 Commonwealth Games ... More

The Welsh government is drawing up plans to build more elite sports facilities despite conceding defeat in its bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. ... More

Former Football League chair Greg Clarke has been nominated to replace the outgoing Greg Dyke as chair of the Football Association (FA). Clarke was recommended ... More

The chief executive of the Football Association (FA) has urged English fans in France for Euro 2016 to “act responsibly and respectfully” following several violent ... More

Cristiano Ronaldo’s self-dedicated museum has tripled the amount of exhibition space to accommodate the world-famous footballer’s ever-expanding trophy cabinet. Ronaldo, who takes to the pitch ... More

Euro 2016 organisers have revealed that anti-drone technology will be deployed for the event this summer following the terrorist attacks in Paris last November. French ... More

Tottenham and England star striker Harry Kane is to head up a new summer physical activity campaign to get Britons moving. The partnership between Kane ... More

One thousand young people in Wales will be provided facilities, equipment and training in order to run football activities in their secondary schools following investment ... More

UEFA has claimed that there are “no plans” to play Euro 2016 matches behind closed doors despite suggestions of the contrary made by an official ... More

The largest stadium built for France's forthcoming UEFA Euro 2016 football championship has been completed in the city of Lyon. The 59,186-capacity Grand Stade de ... More

Euro 2016 looks set to be the first UEFA-organised international tournament to use goal-line technology. Pierluigi Collina, the chief refereeing officer for the European football ... More

French football club Olympique Lyonnais will open the doors to its new 59,000-capacity stadium this weekend – with the aid of music star will.i.am. The ... More

Goal-line technology could be used at next year’s European Championships, with the Champions League and Europa League following soon after. UEFA, the governing body for ... More

Europe’s football governing body UEFA has confirmed that the Euro 2016 football championship – due to be played across ten cities in France next year ... More

Herzog & de Meuron’s 42,000-seat football stadium in Bordeaux, France, has been completed – with Zinedine Zidane the guest of honour at its inaugural match. ... More

England football manager Roy Hodgson has met Wembley officials to discuss the state of the stadium’s pitch, amid concerns the hosting of last Sunday’s National ... More

Construction work is progressing on architects Herzog & de Meuro’s new football stadium in Bordeaux, France, with the venue being completed in time for use ... More

The logo for the upcoming UEFA Euro 2016 tournament, which will take place in France, has been revealed. Drawn from the theme of 'celebrating the ... More

With the 2016 European Football Championships in France three years away, only the Stade de France and Lille's new 50,000-seater stadium are fully ready out ... More