Football is now seen as a legitimate sporting pursuit for girls and women.
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Playing football demands full-contact physicality. How does celebrating women playing elite level football impact the way gender and sexuality is perceived, experienced and made possible?
Police match.
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Police face overwhelming pressure from two kinds of violence.
Welsh triumph at Euro 2016.
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A great deal is at stake in an international football fixture between ancient rivals.
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A games experts explains the more complex ways to gamble on Euro 2016 and what the risks are.
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It’s the first time the ‘Green and White Army’ and the ‘Boys in Green’ have competed together in a football tournament – and it’s actually going rather well.
France’s Olivier Giroud (right), Paul Pogba, Laurent Koscielny and Antoine Griezmann train for Euro 16.
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France’s performance at Euro 16 could provide the country with a much needed boost – if its footballers can stand up to the test, that is.
Supporting an infant industry.
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A new industry is being created under President Xi Jinping. Meet the two men making it happen.
A political football?
Karen Katriyan
How will the football influence the vote? Here are the possibilities …
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Recent attacks in Paris and Brussels have taught the French some important lessons about how to deal with the threat of terrorism.
The open goal.
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Your guide to how the French extravaganza compares to the other big events in sport.
The Germans limbering up.
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Spare a thought for the cast of thousands that has to worry about player fitness and team logistics in a major sporting event.
Hands on heads.
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Our reactions on the terraces show we all come from the same side.
Reigning World Cup winners Germany will prove hard to beat at this year’s European football championships.
Reuters/Darren Staples
Based on goals scored at the 2014 World Cup, goals emerge when teams develop small and rapid passing networks comprising only a few players.
And so it begins …
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France are favourites, Albania are playing and there are more teams than ever before. Your essential guide to Europe’s summer football festival.
The party was over before it started for Louis Van Gaal.
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The sacking of Manchester United’s Louis van Gaal shows football really is a funny game. But was anyone else to blame?
England team position called into question.
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Some have questioned whether the England captain should be in the starting squad – here’s how Rooney compares to his rivals.
Klip Klopp, watch him pop.
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Four football managers who made it to the top of their game with talent, and just a little charisma.
Secrets of success.
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The beautiful game is not a normal business.
New FIFA president, Gianni Infantino is tasked with reforming football’s governing body.
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After years of being dogged by scandal, football’s governing body has the chance to demonstrate it is serious about reform.
Goal! But who would benefit from Brexit?
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If there was a Brexit smaller clubs lower down the league structure would likely struggle to get the best talent.