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Football  
Rowe edges England to U-21 Euros glory in extra-time thriller against Germany
Rowe edges England to U-21 Euros glory in extra-time thriller against Germany
Football  
Chelsea through to Club Word Cup last eight after four-hour match
Rugby union  
Williams injury leaves Lions facing race to fill scrum-half slot
Cricket  
England fall to heaviest T20 defeat as Mandhana century sparks India rout
Tennis  
Australian teenager Joint saves four match points to win Eastbourne title
Formula One  
Norris storms to Austrian GP pole as angry Verstappen slumps to seventh
The best of the week
Football  
Women’s Euro 2025: your essential guide to all 368 players
Women’s Euro 2025: your essential guide to all 368 players
Football  
An oral history of England’s Euro 2022 triumph: ‘An out-of-body experience’
An oral history of England’s Euro 2022 triumph: ‘An out-of-body experience’
Football  
Cazorla and Real Oviedo pull off most romantic of returns to La Liga
Cazorla and Real Oviedo pull off most romantic of returns to La Liga
Rugby union  
Spear and loathing: 20 years since tackle that changed the game
Spear and loathing: 20 years since tackle that changed the game
Cycling  
Curtain to fall on free-to-air Tour de France coverage in UK after 40 years
Curtain to fall on free-to-air Tour de France coverage in UK after 40 years
Cricket  
One in a 13 trillion chance: why six sixes in a Test over may never happen
One in a 13 trillion chance: why six sixes in a Test over may never happen
 

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Comment and analysis
I went back to the team where it all started. I am able to be the role model I never had
I went back to the team where it all started. I am able to be the role model I never had
I recently spent time coaching 80 girls at FC Midtjylland, the team where I began my career but had to leave in my teens as they had no women’s team
England’s unlikely win a beautiful reward for Stokes approach
Coventry has steel to make IOC role more than a puppet show
Watch and listen
Australian teenager pulls off 'best air ever' in Texas wave park
Surfing  
Australian teenager pulls off 'best air ever' in Texas wave park
Hughie Vaughan produced what has been dubbed a ‘stalefish flipper’ at a competition this week
Women's Football Weekly  
England gear up for title defence as Wales prepare for debut
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From the vault
Football  
Ronaldo, nightclubs and my summer at the 1997 Copa América
Ronaldo, nightclubs and my summer at the 1997 Copa América