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      Who is ITV Euro 2020 pundit Emma Hayes?

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      WOMEN’S professional football manager Emma Hayes will work as a pundit for ITV during their coverage of this summer’s European Championships. The 44-year-old has been the manager of Chelsea women since 2012, winning the Super League four times in that period.
      Hayes has managed over 200 games for Chelsea
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      Hayes joins ITV’s studio team alongside former Chelsea Women’s colleague Eni Aluko, as well as the likes of Ian Wright, Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Patrick Vieira and Ashley Cole.
      Aluko and Hayes won three WSL titles together (2015, 2017, 2018), as well the Women’s FA Cup twice in 2015 and 2018.
      Hayes and Aluko both joined Chelsea in 2012, with Aluko staying at the Blues for six successful yearsCredit: Arfa Griffiths – The Sun

      What teams has Emma Hayes managed?

      2001-2003 – Long Island Lady Riders
      2003-2006 – Iona College
      2006-2008 – Arsenal Ladies (assistant)
      2008-2010 – Chicago Red Stars
      2012 – Chelsea Women

      As well as winning the 2020-21 WSL, Hayes reached the Champions League final with Chelsea this season and in doing so became the first female manager to reach the Champions League final in twelve years.
      The fairytale story was not to be though, with Chelsea going down 4-0 to Barcelona Femeni in May.
      Chelsea’s 4-0 loss in the final is the largest margin of victory in any single-legged UEFA Women’s Champions League Final.

      After the defeat, Russian billionaire Abramovich made a rare appearance in the Chelsea dressing room as he consoled the players and manager Emma Hayes.
      Abramovich is almost never seen visiting the players after games as he has taken a much quieter approach to his ownership role in recent years.
      And Hayes explained how she told Abramovich that her side remain hungry for European glory despite the thrashing they had just experienced.
      She said: “Our owner came in to see us, and all the girls were very quick to tell him that we’ll be back here and we’ll work hard on the training pitch to make sure we do that.
      “If I know this group well enough I know that they mean those words. This is just another step in our journey.”
      Abramovich making a rare public appearance after the Women’s Champions League Final

      The ITV team, which includes Hayes, are set live broadcast nineteen Group Stage games at Euro 2020, the first of which is the Group B clash between Belgium and Russia in St. Petersburg on June 12.
      The tournament itself gets underway on June 11, as Turkey take on Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
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      What was Marko Arnautovic’s celebration against North Macedonia at Euro 2020 about?

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      MARKO ARNAUTOVIC celebrated angrily when he managed to score against North Macedonia in Austria’s opening Euro 2020 group game at the weekend.The former West Ham man scored the third goal in a 3-1 win for Austria after coming on as a substitute late in the game.
      Arnautovic scored the third in a 3-1 win for Austria at Euro 2020Credit: AFP
      Arnautovic celebrated angrily after scoring against North MacedoniaCredit: AFP
      And once the ball hit the back of the net, Arnautovic wheeled away to celebrate in bizarre fashion, angering North Macedonia players.
      What was Marko Arnautovic’s celebration about?
      Austria were already in command of their Euro 2020 clash when Arnautovic scored to make it 3-1.
      The former Stoke striker was quick to celebrate in emphatic fashion, shouting and pointing at North Macedonia players and supporters in the process.
      Austria captain David Alaba had to restrain Arnautovic from saying too much more and grabbed the 32-year-old by the face to tell him to stop.

      The Football Federation of Macedonia have since called for UEFA to investigate what exactly Arnautovic said to North Macedonia’s players.
      It’s been reported that Arnautovic made racist remarks during his celebration.
      The FFM claim that insults were directed at Leeds man Ezgjan Alioski, who has Albanian routes.
      “The FFM strongly condemns the nationalistic outburst of Austrian player Marko Arnautovic, after a goal scored in yesterday’s match, addressed to Ezgjan Alioski,” a statement said.
      “At the same time, we inform you that we have submitted an official letter to Uefa demanding the harshest punishment for Arnautovic.”
      “We are always against nationalism, discrimination and all other forms of insults and outbursts that are not in the spirit of football and values that we all stand together.
      “We will always stand up and defend the interests and dignity of Macedonian national players wherever they perform.”
      Arnautovic, meanwhile, has Serbian routes and Serbia have historic tension with North Macedonia.
      Arnautovic came on to score for Austria against North MacedoniaCredit: AFP
      While UEFA continue to investigate, Arnautovic has apologised for his actions.
      “There were some heated words yesterday in the emotions of the game for which I would like to apologise, especially to my friends from North Macedonia and Albania,” he wrote on Instagram.
      “I would like to say one thing very clearly: I am not a racist.
      “I have friends in almost every country and I stand for diversity. Everyone who knows me is aware of that.”
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      Who is ITV Euro 2020 pundit Eni Aluko?

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      FORMER women’s professional footballer Eni Aluko is set to appear on ITV’s coverage of Euro 2020 this summer. The 34-year-old retired from playing in January 2020, but played a whopping 102 times for England between 2004 and 2016.
      Eni Aluko has won the WSL four times with Chelsea

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      Aluko represented England and three World Cups (2007, 2011, 2015) and two European Championships (2009 and 2013), as well as Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics.
      She’s set to join the likes of Ian Wright, Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Patrick Vieira and Ashley Cole in the ITV studio in what is a star-studded line-up of pundits.
      Last month Aluko was named as the Sporting Director for Angel City FC, a team based in Los Angeles.
      Angel City FC are a brand new team set to join the American National Women’s Super League
      Who has Eni Aluko played for?

      2001-2004 – Birmingham City
      2004-2007 – Charlton Athletic
      2007-2009 – Chelsea
      2009-2010 – Saint Louis Athletica
      2010 – Atlanta Beat
      2011 – Sky Blue FC
      2012 – Birmingham City
      2012-2018 – Chelsea
      2018-2019 – Juventus
      2004-2016 – England
      2012 – Great Britain

      Has she been a pundit before?
      SHE became the first female pundit on Match of the Day in 2014 and was also a guest editor of the Women’s Hour.
      She continued punditry alongside her football career during the television coverage of the 2016 Euros, the women’s Euros in 2017, the 2018 World Cup and 2019 Women’s World Cup.
      Aluko has also been part of Amazon Prime’s pundit team for their coverage of the 2020/21 Premier League season.
      Aluko is the eighth highest capped England women’s player of all-time
      What was the controversy surrounding her and Mark Sampson?
      ALUKO accused the then England manager of “racist” comments in August 2017. 
      Sampson was found by independent barrister Katherine Newton to have made “ill-judged attempts at humour, which, as a matter of law, were discriminatory on the grounds of race.”
      Newton added: “It was fundamentally important to emphasise that I have not concluded that MS is a racist.”
      It was alleged that Sampson had told Aluko to make sure her Nigerian relatives did not bring Ebola to Wembley and he also asked Spence how many times she had been arrested.
      The FA was forced to issue an apology after it was found that they had known about the comments since 2016 and had cleared Sampson of any wrongdoing.
      Sampson later apologised, saying: “When players made complaints, they needed to be handled with the respect they deserved.”
      Mark Sampson managed Aluko during his spell as England women’s manager

      Euro 2020 gets underway on June 11 as Turkey take on Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
      ITV’s first live game is the following day – a Group B clash between Belgium and Russia in St. Petersburg.
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      Who is ITV pundit Nadia Nadim?

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      PSG WOMEN’S forward Nadia Nadim is set to join ITV for their coverage of this summer’s European Championships.The 33-year-old plays internationally for Denmark after fleeing Afghanistan as a youngster when her father was executed by the Taliban.
      Nadim has scored 21 goals in just 36 games for PSG
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      Nadim will work as a pundit for ITV’s studio team for Euro 2020 alongside the likes of Ian Wright, Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Patrick Vieira and Eni Aluko.
      She heads to the ITV studio fresh off the back of a French League title win with PSG in the 2020/21 season.
      Nadim contributed ten goals in PSG’s League triumph this season
      Nadim played for Manchester City before making the switch to PSGCredit: Times Newspapers Ltd

      Who has Nadia Nadim played for?

      2006-2012 – IK Skovbakken (91 apps)
      2012-2014 – Fortuna Hjorring (43 apps)
      2014-2016 – Sky Blue FC (24 apps)
      2015-2016 – Fortuna Hjorring (loan, 15 apps)
      2016-2017 – Portland Thorns FC (37 apps)
      2018 – Manchester City (15 apps)
      2019 – PSG (36 apps)
      2009 – Denmark (98 apps)

      PSG went unbeaten in the 2020/21 season, beating Lyon to the title by a point

      How old is she?
      Nadim was born in January 1988 in Herat, Afghanistan.
      The now 33-year-old moved to Denmark in 2000 and had a book published about her story in 2018 that was nominated for sports book of the year.
      Nadim and PSG won 20 out of their 22 league games this season

      Is Nadia Nadim married?
      The Denmark international is not currently married.
      She attended medical school at Aarhaus University remotely during the football season and wants to become a surgeon after retiring from football.
      Nadim can also speak an incredible ELEVEN languages – Danish, English, Spanish, French, German, Persian, Dari, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic and Latin.
      Nadim was named the twentieth most powerful woman in international sports by Forbes in 2018

      Speaking to ITV’s live coverage of Euro 2020 on what she’s looking forward to about the tournament, Nadim said:
      “Well, there are plenty of things I’m looking forward to.
      “I love watching football and watching big tournamentgames brings just a different level of excitement.
      “I’m also excited to see how well the Danish national team is gonnado.”
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      Toni Kroos and Robbie Williams’ bizarre bromance from gushing tweets to plea for Germany star to join Man Utd

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      AS MAGICIAN Toni Kroos prepares for his sixth major tournament with Germany, he has popstar Robbie Williams under his spell cheering him on all the way.The pair have struck up the unlikeliest of friendships over the years.
      Robbie Williams and Toni Kroos have formed a strong bond over the years and are now good friends
      The former Take That singer appeared in the Kroos documentary, posing with his signed shirt
      A quiet, modest 31-year-old German from the small town of Greifswald on the Baltic Sea coast and Stoke’s serial singer-songwriter-entertainer.
      Despite their 16-year age gap and the obvious clashes in culture between Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Staffordshire, their bromance has blossomed.
      It all started with a single tweet, written in German, on February 13, 2014.
      Kroos wrote: “The greatest artist and entertainer of our time is turning 40! Happy Birthday @robbiewilliams”
      The tweet has just 64 retweets and 86 likes but sparked the brilliant bond between Kroos and Williams.
      Exactly 365 days later came part two: “Happy Birthday to the greatest entertainer of our time! @robbiewilliams #legend”
      It was in September 2016 they both went ‘public’ before a series of further tweets and eventually meeting backstage at a Williams concert.
      But their adoration for one another reached peak levels in 2018.
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      Germany, defending champions, endured a nightmare start to their World Cup defence with defeat to Mexico.
      Drawing 1-1 with Sweden deep in the fifth minute of injury time, Joachim Low’s side won a free-kick on the left edge of the box.
      A neat one-two with Marco Reus opened up the angle and Kroos swept a flying effort past the Swedish Bodies and into the far corner to keep their tournament dreams alive.
      Williams tweeted: “I love you @ToniKroos x” and was gushing in his praise.
      The man with seven UK No1 singles said in the Amazon Prime feature-length documentary Kroos: “The wand of the foot he’s got, he’s Merlin.
      “I knew that Germany wasn’t doing that great but then one man can kind of turn around the fortunes of a whole nation.
      “And in that moment, that was when I thought Germany’s World Cup was going to start. And I think Germany did too.”
      Unfortunately for Kroos, Williams and Germany, defeat to South Korea in their final group game meant the hard work had Come Undone and sent Die Mannschaft packing with the Group F wooden spoon.

      Kroos, predictably, described Williams’ Reveal autobiography as a ‘must read’.
      And the personally-signed Real Madrid ‘Kroos 8’ – one of the gifts the pals have sent each other – is dearly treasured by Robbie.
      But it is the way the German dictates on the pitch with his passing quality that leaves his superfan in awe.
      Williams added: “The laser passing, the 50-yard pass. It doesn’t loop either way, it just goes straight to the foot of the person.
      “I don’t think I’ve ever struck a ball where the ball has done that in my life. He does it regularly, all the time.”
      Kroos has written plenty of chapters in his incredible career – individually, for Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Germany.
      Real Madrid make me feel small as a person, make me feel as though I’ve got a small p****Robbie Williams
      His trophy cabinet includes three Bundesligas, two LaLigas, four Champions Leagues, the World Cup and a record five Club World Cups.
      Germany are not among the favourites for this Euro 2020 campaign, pitted against the reigning European and world champions Portugal and France respectively in Group F.
      So it would take something special for Low’s men to reign Supreme come July 11.
      But whatever happens, Kroos can have No Regrets – although Manchester United-supporting Williams is still keen for him to perform an encore at Old Trafford before hanging up the boots he cleans himself.
      Williams concluded: “Real Madrid make me feel small as a person, make me feel as though I’ve got a small p****.
      “We are supposed to have the best league in the world and that doesn’t make me feel good because football is my religion and I don’t want there to be other gods who are bigger.
      “Toni’s achieved everything that he can possibly achieve. Right now he should just make sure his future’s completely and utterly safe.
      “That being said, come to Manchester United!”
      Kroos scored this phenomenal goal to beat Sweden in the 95th minute at the 2018 World CupCredit: Getty – Contributor
      The German midfielder has enjoyed incredible success throughout his club careerCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Kroos has repeatedly described Robbie as the greatest entertainer aroundCredit: Getty
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      Rio Ferdinand urges Man Utd to seal Declan Rice transfer as England star is compared to West Ham icon Michael Carrick

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      RIO FERDINAND has urged Manchester United to sign Declan Rice this summer.And the West Ham ace has also been compared to iconic ex-Hammer Michael Carrick.
      Rio Ferdinand has urged Man Utd to sign Declan RiceCredit: PA
      And West Ham ace Rice has also been compared to ex-Hammer and Ferdinand’s former Man Utd team-mate Michael CarrickCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Rice, 22, shone for Ferdinand’s old club West Ham last season, captaining them in most games as they finished sixth – their highest league finish this millennium – and secured Europa League football.
      The holding midfielder has also cemented himself in the England starting XI – playing 90 minutes in the Three Lions’ Euro 2020 opener win against Croatia on Sunday.
      And Ferdinand – who came through West Ham’s academy – risked the wrath of the Irons’ faithful by imploring the Red Devils to sign him this summer.
      The 42-year-old held a Twitter Q&A on Monday and was asked: “What No 6 should Man Utd buy this summer?”
      And the former England ace simply wrote: “Welcome @_DeclanRice.”
      United are reportedly planning to bid for Rice when the transfer window opens to test the East Londoners’ resolve though the club have made it clear they will not entertain offers of less than £100million.
      Rice has also said how excited he is to play in Europe with the Hammers next season and it is understood he will not push for a move.
      Ferdinand is not Rice’s only admirer with former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara drawing comparisons between him and ex-Man Utd and West Ham midfielder Carrick.
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      The 39-year-old is now one of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first team coaching staff at Old Trafford having spent 12 years there as a player.
      But – like Ferdinand – Carrick is also a product of West Ham’s famous Academy of Football having spent seven years there between 1997 and 2004.
      He broke into the first team but left for Tottenham after a season in the Championship having failed to help West Ham regain their Premier League status at the first time of asking in the 2003-04 campaign.
      Speaking about Rice’s assured performance for England against Croatia, O’Hara told TalkSPORT: “Clever footballer.
      “He reminds me a lot of Michael Carrick and the way he plays.
      “When you have players like that in the team you’re just comfortable.
      ‘CALMING INFLUENCE’
      “As a midfielder you know you’ve got someone alongside you or behind you who can protect the ball.
      “You know as a centre-half you can give him the ball under pressure and you know he’s not going to give it away.
      “You need calming influences in your team and Declan Rice is that.
      “The more players you get like that in your side who are all comfortable on the ball, [the better].”
      Rice is best mates with Mason Mount and spent eight years as a schoolboy at Chelsea before moving to West Ham in 2014.
      Ferdinand also made headlines earlier this week for trolling Sir Alex Ferguson after Scotland lost their Euro 2020 opener 2-0 to Czech Republic at Hampden Park on Monday.
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      Have some class mate tagging Declan. Massive disrespect to West Ham that. Remember that club that brought you into football?— WhuHC (@HcWhu) June 14, 2021

      You’re out of order Rio!— ⚒ Mansfield Hammer ⚒ (@MansfieldHammer) June 14, 2021

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      France vs Germany FREE: Live stream, TV channel, kick-off time and team news for Euro 2020 match

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      THE last two world champions go head-to-head in a mouthwatering Euro 2020 opener between France and Germany.And it’s a match that both teams dare not lose with European champions Portugal lining up alongside Hungary in what is undoubtedly this tournament’s Group of Death.
      France will be looking to Kylian Mbappe to help them complete a World Cup and European Championship doubleCredit: AFP or licensors
      Germany qualified for Euro 2020 in top spotCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Both teams qualified in top spot of their respective groups with France edging out Turkey and Germany finishing just above rivals Holland.
      What time does France vs Germany kick off?

      What TV channel is France vs Germany on and can I live stream it?

      France vs Germany is live on ITV1.
      To stream the game live, head to the ITV Hub.
      TF1, M6 and beIN Sports are showing Euro 2020 in France while ARD and ZDF are the German broadcasters.

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      Hungary vs Portugal FREE: Live stream, TV channel, kick-off time and team news for Euro 2020 match

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      EURO 2020’s Group of Death is getting underway and Portugal will be desperate for a win over Hungary in their opening game.France and Germany are waiting in the wings in a monster Group F which includes all of the last three tournament winners.
      Cristiano Ronaldo is looking to win a second European Championship titleCredit: EPA
      And this game will be no walk in the park for Cristiano Ronaldo and co who only managed a 3-3 draw against the Hungarians on the way to winning Euro 2016.
      What time does Hungary vs Portugal kick off?

      What TV channel is Hungary vs Portugal on and can I live stream it?

      Hungary vs Portugal is live on ITV1.
      To stream the game live, head to the ITV Hub.
      Sport TV are broadcasting Euro 2020 in Portugal while MTV is the Hungarian broadcaster.

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