Extratime

Euro 2016: Portugal's 'second city' Paris divided by football loyalties ahead of final

Looking forward to Sunday's big showdown between Portugal and France in the Euro 2016 football final, opinions are divided at Le Galvani in northwestern Paris

Euro 2016: Germany's semi-final loss to France blamed on non-white players by politician

A politician from Germany's right-wing populist AfD party sparked outrage, she suggested that Germany could win against France with fewer non-white players.

Euro 2016: Battle-hardened Ukraine soldiers stage own frontline tournament

As football fans prepare for the climax of the Euro 2016 tournament in France, battle-hardened Ukrainian troops are playing their own tournament against locals near the front in the war-scarred east.

Watch: Iceland's Euro heroes receive rapturous Reykjavik reception

Iceland's footballers received a heroes welcome on returning home on Monday following their astonishing run to the Euro 2016 quarter-finals in France.

Why Iceland's players and fans have been the barnstorming sensations of Euro 2016

Iceland reaching the Euro 2016 quarter-final is neither a fluke nor a fairytale, but the result of calibrated development.

Euro 2016: More than 1,000 football-related arrests since the start of the tournament

French police have made more than 1,000 football-related arrests since the start of Euro 2016 and 34 people have been ordered expelled, the interior minister said in an interview published Monday.

Euro 2016: 236 suspects arrested in China for illegal football gambling

A total of 236 suspects have been arrested in China for illegal football gambling and seized USD 4.2 million in cases involving overseas betting websites during the ongoing UEFA Euro 2016.

Iceland’s team behind the team: The men responsible for Nordic nation’s Euro 2016 success

The jokes have been doing the rounds on social media since Iceland's stunning 2-1 victory over England which put them in the Euro 2016 quarter-finals.

Euro 2016: Wales celebrate greatest sporting triumph as pride shines through rainy Cardiff streets

Familiar sights were on show as 'hen' parties made their way across the rain swept Wales' capital and sharply-dressed boys queued to get into nightclubs.

Euro 2016: How football brings a divided Belgium together for ‘90-minute patriotism’

This youthful Belgium team brings, with its new brand of football, a feel-good factor to the small West-European country.