Whilst watching the Euros, football fans may notice a change in the way one nation is referred to. Known to many as the Czech Republic, Czechia kick off their Euros 2024 campaign on Tuesday night against Portugal, but why the name change? In 2016, the country’s government requested that the name Czechia be used in […]

1 year ago

Ultras stormed the pitch and and one was even caught hitting a fan on the pitch The Czech cup final between Sparta Prague and Viktoria Plzen was marred by fan violence after full time. Sparta were playing just days after securing the league title and took home a domestic double in a 2-1 win. Reports […]

1 year ago

The Dutch are out of Euro 2020 the Czech Republic shocked them in Budapest Having watched the way in which they breezed through the group stages, you’d have been forgiven for backing Frank De Boer’s Netherlands side to go far at Euro 2020. In Budapest, they and defender Matthijs De Ligt had a disaster. After […]

5 years ago

Wijnaldum calls for harsher regulation on social issues during matches Netherlands captain Georginio Wijnaldum has called out UEFA regarding how they address racism and putting players in difficult positions. He insisted that it should not come down to the individual deciding whether or not to leave the pitch. Netherlands captain Georginio Wijnaldum speaks out on […]

5 years ago

Almost as bizarre as him being able to take a free-kick from a dangerous position On the whole, these Euros have been alright, haven’t they? All those petty club rivalries have been set aside for a few weeks. The football’s been pretty decent. Even the weather’s been quite nice. Things have been so good, in […]

5 years ago

It’s time for the fourth of our Euro 2020 Group Quizzes You know how this works by now. We give you 20 questions, five on each team in the group. They might be about the current crop of players, we may have delved further back into their footballing history. This time it’s Group D, which […]

5 years ago