International football

Despite a significant reduction in his contribution across the knockout phase of Euro 2016, France playmaker Dimitri Payet picked up the accolade for player of the tournament. A goal and an assist in Les Bleus’ 5-2 decimation of Iceland was the only input of note from the West Ham United … Read more

Four of the top nine in sports.bwin’s Euro 2016 final first-goalscorer market have either plied their trade at Manchester United in the past or are still on the stumbling Premier League giants’ books, but it’s tough to make a strong case for any of them bagging the opener in Paris. … Read more

Euro 2016 hosts France are 21/20 to win the tournament inside 90 minutes against Portugal and 9/20 to lift the trophy by any means possible – cramped odds fully justified by the fates of past hosts of major international tournaments to reach finals on home soil. Across the history of … Read more

Odds: Portugal: 18/5, The Draw: 11/5, France: Evens Filing France’s Euro 2016 semi-final win over Germany alongside the great smash and grab successes would probably rate as a little unfair on Didier Deschamps’ side. For example, Les Bleus’ mustered six attempts on target en route to toppling the world champions, … Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo’s dragon-slaying exploits against Wales moved him to within one goal of Euro 2016 leading scorer Antoine Griezmann ahead of Portugal’s appearance in Sunday’s final. CR7 bagged the first in the Seleccao’s 2-0 semi-final win with a bullet header from close range, taking his tally to three for the … Read more

Germany: 39/20, The Draw: 2/1, France: 9/5 Shadowing Germany in the betting to win Euro 2016 is their semi-final opponent France but, intriguingly, it is the French who the bookies deem more likely to prevail when the duo collide in the last four. Didier Deschamps’ men are 37/20 second-favourites for … Read more

Odds: Portugal: 5/4, The Draw: 21/10, Wales: 29/10   Euro 2016 is the first football tournament featuring Wales in the semi-final stage. A stunning, but thoroughly-deserved 3-1 victory over Belgium booked them a berth in the last four, where they’ll face Portugal. Just how the Seleccao have ventured so far … Read more

France are hot on Germany’s heels at just 37/20 to win Euro 2016 following the hosts’ 5-2 thumping of Iceland in the last quarter-final, with Joachim Low’s World Cup winners hanging onto favouritism at 9/5 ahead of the historic rivals’ semi-final clash in Paris. With three of the top five … Read more

Wales provided a Euro 2016 shock to rival Iceland’s eliminating of England in overcoming Belgium to reach the semi-finals. Their 3-1 win ensured them a place in history as the joint-best debutants at the tournament (they equaled Sweden’s performance at Euro ’92, though in truth, the effort of Chris Coleman’s … Read more

Match Odds: France 9/20, The Draw 7/2, Iceland 15/2 To advance to the next round: France 9/50, Iceland 15/4 There’s a relatively-modern Greek legend that has it that just because an underdog shocks the world in overturning enormous odds once, doesn’t mean they aren’t capable of doing so again and … Read more

Portugal were the first nation to book a Euro 2016 semi-final spot, overcoming Poland in a penalty shootout after the teams couldn’t be separated in 120 minutes. Incredibly, despite being guaranteed a last four berth, the Seleccao have yet to win a match inside normal time and haven’t been ahead … Read more

The time is now to back Portugal teenager Renato Sanches to be UEFA player of the tournament for Euro 2016 at 20/1. Granted his first start of the tournament in the Seleccao’s quarter-final victory over Poland by Fernando Santos, the 18-year-old showed exactly why Bayern Munich moved to snap him … Read more

Odds: Germany: 5/4, The Draw: 2/1, Italy: 3/1 Germany’s return to form in the final third against Slovakia sent out an ominous message to their Euro 2016 rivals, but will the obliteration of a tournament small fry in the last-16 instil the confidence to shake their almighty Azzurri hoodoo? Given … Read more