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Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor The London Economic's Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE Sports Columnist Richard de Winter review the group stages of EURO 2016 and look forward to the upcoming knockout matches.

British pubs are set to cash in after all home nations progressed into the final 16 of the Euro 2016 championships. The tournament has been lucrative for watering holes across the country so far, with the England v Wales game seeing afternoon takings in pubs across the UK rise by an average of 163 per cent. Transactions during England’s opening match against Russia were 16 per cent higher than on an average Saturday night in English towns and cities, while the...

Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portuguese colleagues have had a torrid start to Euro 2016 filled with tantrums and strops, but things have just got a whole lot worse. The Real Madrid star has been filmed throwing a reporter's microphone in a lake. The incident happened as the reporter approached him for comment, which provoked another outburst from the star. Fernando Santos' men were enjoying a morning stroll around the lake behind their hotel in Linas-Marcoussis ahead of tonight's game against...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Four points against the footballing powerhouses of Russia and Wales.  The way England celebrated Daniel Sturridge’s winner against Wales you would have been forgiven for thinking that they’d won the Euros, Eurovision and also successfully voted to remain in the EU in one fell swoop (how many of the England players have remembered to apply for their postal or proxy vote I wonder?).  Ok, it’s not a disaster,...

Whist the world’s eyes might be firmly focuses on Wimbledon and the Euro 2016 tournament this July, it’s important to remember that the month will also host a lot of the UK’s biggest horse racing events. As we reach the end of Royal Ascot season, the attention of the hundreds of thousands of horse racing fans around the world will be on the busy July schedule ahead. There are just a few days left until the start of the month’s...

Daniel Sturridge scored a 92nd-minute injury winner to break Welsh hearts and send England top of Group in a complete role reversal of the last minute goal that broke English hearts on Sunday. The world’s most expensive footballer, Gareth Bale, gave Chris Coleman's side the lead with a vicious swerving and dipping 30 yard free kick. Although he would have seen the shot late after it dipped past the wall, Joe Hart will feel he should have done better, only...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter  @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport After the first round of matches at Euro 2016, it’s time for some considered, reasonable reaction.  What your discerning football fan would like to read now is some in-depth analysis, deconstructing each team’s tactical approach, accompanied by illuminating stats and whimsical musings.  Instead, you’re going to get some hastily-conceived, ill-thought-out, knee-jerk reactions.  Enjoy. Lots of the teams are a bit bobbins Michel Platini’s vote-seeking decision to enlarge the tournament to 24...

Sport News 24/7 By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor After the dust settles after three days of intense and shocking violence in the port city of Marseille, the Russian hooligans have been said to be “trained to fight,” for the event. Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said that around one hundred and fifty Russian hooligans were not “professional” but they “were extreme” and well organised, leaving the French police trailing behind them in most instances. There have been claims that the Russians...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport  @rgdewinter  @davidjdewinter The London Economic Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE Sports Columnist Richard de Winter discuss all things EURO 2016.