England midfielder Jude Bellingham is being investigated by UEFA over a gesture he made after scoring a late equaliser against Slovakia. The Real Madrid star appeared to gesture toward the Slovakian bench after his overhead kick brought England level in the dying seconds of injury time in Gelsenkirchen. UEFA released a statement on Monday which […]
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How England’s players rated during their Euro 2024 win over Slovakia
Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane rose to the occasion as England came from behind to beat Slovakia in extra time and book their place in the Euro 2024 quarter-finals. With time running out, Bellingham equalised in stunning fashion before captain Kane wrapped up the 2-1 comeback victory. Here, the PA news agency ranks the performance […]
England reach Euro 2024 quarter-finals after dramatic comeback win over Slovakia
Jude Bellingham’s stoppage-time stunner saved Gareth Southgate’s England from an embarrassing last-16 exit as the Euro 2024 hopefuls fought back to beat Slovakia 2-1 after extra time. A summer that promised so much looked set to end in heartbreak and humiliation for a team that went within a penalty shoot-out of winning the last edition […]
Gareth Southgate’s selection dilemmas ahead of England’s clash with Slovakia
Gareth Southgate has been heavily criticised throughout England’s Euro 2024 group games. Despite topping Group C and setting up a last-16 clash with Slovakia in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday, fans, pundits and former players have questioned Southgate’s tactics and starting line-ups. Here, the PA news agency looks at the selection dilemmas the England manager faces heading […]
Fatal train and bus collision in Slovakia likely due to human error – minister
A collision between a train and a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday that left seven people dead was likely caused by human error, the Slovak transport minister has said. Some 200 people were aboard the EuroCity train travelling from the Czech capital of Prague crossing through Slovakia on its way to the Hungarian capital […]
Six dead as train collides with bus in Slovakia
A train travelling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday, leaving at least six people dead and five injured, officials said. More than 100 people were aboard the Eurocity train when the accident took place shortly after 5pm local time in […]
Five dead as train collides with bus in Slovakia
A train travelling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia on Thursday, leaving at least five people dead and five injured, officials said. More than 100 people were aboard the Eurocity train when the accident took place shortly after 5pm local time in […]
Roman Yaremchuk hits late winner as Ukraine battle back to beat Slovakia
Substitute Roman Yaremchuk scored a late winner as Ukraine came from behind to beat Slovakia 2-1 in Group E at the Dusseldorf Arena and keep alive hopes of qualification for the last 16 of Euro 2024. Ivan Schranz had put Slovakia – looking to build on their shock win over Belgium – ahead early in […]
Slovakia stun Belgium with luckless Romelu Lukaku left frustrated
Slovakia produced the first major shock of Euro 2024 with a 1-0 win over Belgium in Group E after Romelu Lukaku endured a day to forget. Lukaku squandered a number of chances in Frankfurt and when he did find the net, on two occasions in the second half, both were ruled out for infringements. It […]
Slovakia, Peru sign NASA’s Artemis Accords on safe space exploration
May 30 (UPI) — Slovakia and Peru on Thursday signed NASA’s Artemis Accords, making them the latest in a rapid number of countries to join the U.S.-led agreement on the safe exploration of space. Both countries signed the accords at NASA’s Washington headquarters, but in separate ceremonies with Peru the first to add its name […]
Slovakia PM Robert Fico remains in serious condition but prognosis ‘positive’
Slovakia’s populist prime minister Robert Fico remains in a serious condition but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the deeply polarised European Union nation, the defence minister said. “The worst of what we feared has passed, at least […]
Shooting of Premier Inflames Political Divisions in Slovakia
(Bloomberg) — Robert Fico was just doing what he usually does, especially in a part of the country that voted for him. But minutes after Slovakia’s prime minister emerged from a meeting to mingle with supporters in the town of Handlova, he was being rushed to hospital with bullet wounds. Most Read from Bloomberg The […]