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Aitana Bonmati #6 of Spain competes for the ball with Georgia Stanway #8 of England during the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Final match between Spain and England at Stadium Australia on August 20, 2023 in Sydney, Australia.

Is this the epic sequel to the 2023 World Cup final?

The Euro 2025 final between England and Spain has drawn comparison to that of the 2023 FIFA World Cup but is this an accurate comparison?

Soccer • 27 Jul 25

Aitana Bonmati of Spain gestures during the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Quarter-Final match between Spain and Switzerland at Stadion Wankdorf on July 18, 2025 in Bern, Switzerland.

Preview: It's semi-final time at Euro 2025

Shelbourne midfielder and former Republic of Ireland international Rachel Graham previews England v Italy and Spain v Germany on the RTÉ Soccer Podcast.

Soccer • 22 Jul 25

(left to right) England's Lauren James, Hannah Hampton and Khiara Keating after England defeated Sweden at Euro 2025

Hampton hails gutsy England after dramatic penalty win

England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton declared "proper England is back" after the defending champions booked their place in the Euro 2025 semi-finals with a dramatic 3-2 penalty win over Sweden.

Soccer • 18 Jul 25

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - JULY 17: Hannah Hampton of England is mobbed by teammates after the penalty shootout during the UEFA Womens EURO 2025 Quarter-Final match between Sweden and England at Stadion Letzigrund on July 17, 2025 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Phot

England survive epic penalty shootout to beat Sweden

England came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 before beating Sweden 3-2 in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out to reach the semi-finals of the Women's Euros.

Soccer • 17 Jul 25

Alessia Russo of England celebrates after scoring her team's fourth goal with teammates during the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group D match between England and Wales at Arena St. Gallen on July 13, 2025 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. (Photo by Harry Langer/DeFod

England hammer hapless Wales as they ease into quarters

Alessia Russo opened her Euro 2025 account for England as the defending champions cruised into the quarter-finals with a 6-1 victory over tournament newcomers Wales, who bowed out of the competition in St Gallen.

Soccer • 13 Jul 25

Lauren James of England (R) after scoring her first goal against the Netherlands - Euro 2025

England thump the Dutch to get back on track

England's Lauren James scored twice, while Georgia Stanway and Ella Toone also found the net to put the defending champions firmly back in the driver's seat at Euro 2025 with an emphatic victory over the Netherlands.

Soccer • 09 Jul 25

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - JULY 05: Marie-Antoinette Katoto of France celebrates scoring her team's first goal with teammates during the UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Group D match between France and England at Stadion Letzigrund on July 05, 2025 in Zurich, Switzerla

France defeat defending champions England at Euro 2025

Defending champions England suffered a 2-1 loss to France in their Euro 2025 opener in Zurich.

Soccer • 06 Jul 25

England beat Germany to defend European Under-21 crown

England have won the European Under-21 Championship with a 3-2 extra-time victory over Germany in the final in Bratislava, after the teams had shared four goals in 90 minutes.

Soccer • 28 Jun 25

Mary Earps believes that now is the right time to end her international career

Earps announces shock England retirement ahead of Euros

England's Euro 2022-winning goalkeeper Mary Earps has announced her retirement from international football.

Soccer • 27 May 25

Danny Care will retire from rugby at the end of the season

Former England scrum-half Care to retire from all rugby

Scrum-half Danny Care, who won 101 caps for England and has made a record 394 appearances for Harlequins, will retire from rugby at the end of the season.

Rugby • 14 May 25

England's Reece James scores the first goal

World Cup qualifying: New look England win again

England beat Latvia 3-0 as Reece James and Eberechi Eze both scored their first senior international goals to help make it two wins out of two for Thomas Tuchel's side in the World Cup qualifying campaign.

Soccer • 24 Mar 25

Emma Sing celebrates scoring England's fifth try

England open title defence with facile win over Italy

England started their Guinness Women's Six Nations campaign with a 38-5 bonus-point victory over Italy in York.

Rugby • 24 Mar 25

Chandler Cunningham-South of England celebrates scoring his team's 10th try

Ten-try England end Ireland's faint Six Nations hopes

England produced one of their best performances for years to crush hapless Wales by a record 68-14 scoreline to finish the Six Nations on a high and retain a chance of winning the title should France fail to beat Scotland later.

Rugby • 15 Mar 25

Six Nations recap: Wales 14-68 England

Rugby • 15 Mar 25

Marcus Rashford has impressed after his move to Aston Villa

Rashford back in as Tuchel names first England squad

New boss Thomas Tuchel has named uncapped defenders Myles Lewis-Skelly and Dan Burn in his first England squad and handed recalls to Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson.

Soccer • 14 Mar 25

Marcus Smith dives over to secure the fourth try bonus for England in their win over Italy

England take bonus-point win to jump into second spot

England kept themselves in Guinness Six Nations title contention after beating Italy 47-24 in bonus-point fashion at Allianz Stadium.

Rugby • 09 Mar 25

Russell spurns late kick as England fend off Scots

Finn Russell squandered a last-gasp conversion for victory as Scotland's four-year stranglehold on the Calcutta Cup ended with a nail-biting 16-15 defeat to England.

Rugby • 23 Feb 25

England's Elliot Daly celebrates scoring his side's crucial fourth try

Daly strikes late as England stun wasteful France

England ended their painful losing run with a stunning 26-25 Six Nations victory over France at Twickenham on as Elliot Daly's last-gasp try punished the French for an extraordinary catalogue of handling errors.

Rugby • 08 Feb 25

Ireland's Charlie Molony loses possession short of the try line after being tackled by England's Josh Bellamy

Toothless Ireland U20s come up short against England

Neil Doak's first competitive game in charge of Ireland ended in a 19-3 defeat by defending Under-20s Six Nations champions England at Virgin Media Park.

Rugby • 31 Jan 25

Ireland players celebrate after Dan Walker opened the scoring against England

Ireland play out thrilling draw with England

Ireland began their second season in the FIH Pro League with a thrilling 3-3 draw with England in Argentina.

Hockey • 12 Dec 24

Jarrod Bowen celebrates scoring England's fourth goal of the evening

Bowen delivers on prophecy at Wembley

Jarrod Bowen predicted to his dad that he was going to break his England scoring duck this week.

Soccer • 18 Nov 24

Jayson Molumby cut a dejected figure as England ran riot at Wembley

More than time needed to heal Wembley wounds

"Madness, lost our heads, gave up" - there were strong words from Heimir Hallgrimsson following the 5-0 humiliation at Wembley Stadium.

Soccer • 18 Nov 24

A frustrated Heimir Hallgrimsson during the defeat to England

'Six minutes of madness' - Hallgrimsson laments loss

"Six minutes of madness" was how Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson described his side's capitulation to England at Wembley Stadium on Sunday evening.

Soccer • 17 Nov 24