Football

Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle scored the goals as Italy exacted revenge for their Euro 2012 final hammering by dumping Spain out of Euro 2016 with a deserved 2-0 last 16 win.

Germany will decide on the eve of their Euro 2016 round of 16 match against Slovakia on Sunday whether defender Jerome Boateng can help them to another clean sheet en route to what they hope is their fourth continental crown.

Italy winger Antonio Candreva is in a race against time to be fit for Monday's Euro 2016 last 16 showdown with holders Spain.

Santosh Kashyap was on Thursday named as the new head coach of Mumbai FC for their 2016-17 I-League football season in place of Khalid Jamil who led the club for seven years.

"The last game (at Euro 2016) will be my last for Sweden, so I hope it will not be tomorrow," he said.

Striker Jamie Vardy is likely to turn down a move to Arsenal and stay at Premier League Champions Leicester City, the north London club's manager Arsene Wenger has said.

A game that featured a substandard pitch, ripped Switzerland shirts and a burst ball concluded in a mutually convenient result that allowed the Swiss to join Didier Deschamps's France in the last 16.

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo promised to bounce back from missing from a penalty and the chance to break another goalscoring record at Euro 2016.

Northern Ireland shocked Ukraine 2-0 in Euro 2016 Group C on Thursday thanks to goals from Gareth McAuley and Niall McGinn to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knockout phase at Euro 2016.

Despite injury concerns and niggles, Toni Doblas managed to do a great job of staying match fit and living up to the high expectations of Head Coach Roberto Carlos and the club.

Wales have won only 14 of more than 100 previous meetings -- the last in 1984 -- and lost all four European Championship qualifying matches, in 1966-67 and 2011.

Matias Defederico is known for his pace and famous for his dribbling ability.

Similar in size to U.S. cities Riverside, California, and Corpus Christi, Texas, Iceland stunned Cristian Ronaldo's Portugal, playing to a 1-1 draw in its opening match Tuesday.

Argentina are determined to end a 23-year wait for a major title after suffering agonizing defeats in the finals of the 2014 World Cup and last year's Copa America.

Sony Norde has represented Haiti in the ongoing Copa America campaign, where his dazzling pace tested the opponent’s defence.

Italy appeared to line up with a 3-5-2 formation but this quickly reverted to a back line of five when the opposition had the ball and changed to an attacking four when they went forward.