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Wimbledon disrupted by rowdy England fans celebrating Euro 2024 win

Euro 2024 briefly took over at Wimbledon, where England fans got loud

England’s dramatic success at Euro 2024 is such a big deal that it’s impacting other major sporting events.

That includes Wimbledon, which saw a third-round match between No. 2-ranked Novak Djokovic and Alexei Popyrin briefly halted as celebrations broke out in the stands at Centre Court.

It wasn’t a spectacular rally or match-winning ace that brought a roar out of fans on Saturday. Instead, as Popyrin prepared to serve in the second set, the crowd suddenly began loudly cheering and applauding.

In tennis, noise as a player prepares to serve is normally a faux pas, and announcements urging quiet are common in major finals. Fans can be ejected for the kind of behavior that, in soccer, is utterly normal.

This time, though, everyone knew the deal. Both players eased up for a moment, as it was quickly clear what was going on. Roughly 300 miles east in Düsseldorf, England had survived a penalty-kick tiebreaker at Euro 2024, seeing off Switzerland 5-3 after a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes.

While it wasn’t being shown on any screens in the stadium, it became obvious that at least a few hundred attendees were also following Euro 2024 on their phones.

That meant that when Trent Alexander-Arnold’s penalty hit the back of the net, it was party time, regardless of what was going on between Djokovic and Popyrin.

As the crowd continued its applause, the tennis players even pantomimed a bit of soccer, with Djokovic pretending to kick a ball while Popyrin took on the role of goalkeeper.

Once Center Court calmed down enough for play to resume, Djokovic would go on to claim victory in four sets.

Watch England fans disrupt Wimbledon

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Switzerland vs. Italy: How to watch Euro 2024, TV channel, streaming

The knockout stage begins with a clash in Berlin

The Euro 2024 knockout stage is here, with Switzerland and Italy facing off on Saturday in a last-16 clash.

Switzerland got out of the group stage unbeaten, defeating Hungary before drawing Scotland and Germany.

Murat Yakin’s side would have advanced as group winners were it not for a stoppage-time equalizer by Germany forward Niclas Füllkrug in the group stage finale. Instead, Switzerland had to settle for second place in Group A.

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Italy was less impressive in Group B, defeating Albania in its opener before a loss to Spain and a draw with Croatia that would have seen them eliminated were it not for a 98th-minute equalizer from Mattia Zaccagni.

The winner of this match will meet either England or Slovakia in the quarterfinals.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Switzerland vs. Italy (Euro 2024 round of 16)

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Soccer fans were livid with the way Fubo and Fox Sports botched the Euro 2024 rollout

Fox’s Euro 2024 deal with Fubo really betrayed soccer fans.

Fox was supposed to have a nice and seamless presentation of its Euro 2024 coverage in Germany. Thus far, through the early parts of the group stages, American soccer fans’ viewing experience has largely been anything but.

It began on Saturday during Switzerland’s Group A game against Hungary. Not only did a Fox network not carry the game, but it was also broadcast exclusively on the somewhat niche cable streaming service Fubo. Considering the steep price point of $79 a month to take in just a few matches (after a short free trial), it sure felt like Fox and Fubo were pulling a fast one on fans.

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This was after the rational assumption that Fox would exclusively broadcast the tournament. Nope! In order to watch five of the 24 Euro 2024 games, one must subscribe to Fubo. Never mind the already countless subscriptions TV companies are asking of people these days.

It gets worse when you realize that Fubo didn’t even have a score bug for Switzerland vs. Hungary — a bog-standard informative element of quite literally any sports broadcast in 2024:

All of this consternation carried over to Monday morning when soccer fans began openly mocking the idea of Fubo’s broadcast while apparently missing most of its latest game between Romania and Ukraine in Group E.

But hey, at least there was a score bug this time! A small victory!

Soccer fans were upset with Fox, Fubo, and this entire Euro 2024 broadcast fiasco

Hungary vs. Switzerland: How to watch Euro 2024, live stream

The two countries kick off Euro 2024 with a group-stage game in Cologne

Hungary and Switzerland will kick off their Euro 2024 campaigns on Saturday, as the two sides face off at RheinEnergieStadion Cologne.

Hungary has not reached a World Cup since 1986, but will be making its third straight Euros appearance as it looks to get past the group stage like it did in 2016.

Marco Rossi’s side is considered one of the dark horses in this tournament, as a defeat against Ireland in a pre-tournament friendly last week was its first loss since 2022.

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Switzerland won just four of 10 games in qualifying, but still managed to reach the tournament by finishing in second place behind Romania.

The Swiss have advanced from the group stage in each of the last five European Championships, reaching the quarterfinals at Euro 2020.

Following this match, games against Germany and Scotland will await for both Switzerland and Hungary.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Hungary vs. Switzerland (Euro 2024)

  • When: Saturday, June 15
  • Where: RheinEnergieStadion (Cologne, Germany)
  • Time: 9 a.m. ET
  • Channel/streaming: Fubo (Watch FREE), ViX (Watch on Prime Video)

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Ludvig Aberg makes Ryder Cup claim with first professional win on DP World Tour

Aberg’s win comes in just his sixth start on the DP World Tour.

Well that didn’t take long.

Rookie Ludvig Aberg claimed his first professional victory on Sunday at the DP World Tour’s 2023 Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Crans Montana, Switzerland.

“I don’t even know where to start, it’s a pretty surreal feeling to be honest. Obviously super, super happy,” said Aberg. “I’ve always had that belief that I’ve been able to do it, but to do it is pretty cool.”

The 23-year-old rising star from Sweden fired a 6-under 64 after bogeying his first hole to finish at 19 under, two shots clear of Alexander Bjork (66) and three clear of Matt Fitzpatrick (69) and Connor Syme (67). The win comes in Aberg’s sixth start on the European-based circuit.

“I started the day three back, I knew Matt was playing well so I needed to put a big score up,” said Aberg. “Felt I was playing pretty well all day, just wasn’t making any putts. Got it going on the back nine.”

The hype has been building around Aberg – who sits 200th in the Official World Golf Ranking but 17th in the Golfweek/Sagarin ranking – for a few years now and has reached its peak seeing as the win comes just a day before European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald will make his six captain’s picks for the upcoming matches in Italy later this month. After all, Aberg was paired with European vice captains Nicolas Colsaerts and Edoardo Molinari for the first two rounds at the European Masters.

“It’s a testament that I’m doing good stuff,” he added. “Winning any tournament is a lot of fun, to do it this quickly (as a professional), I’m over the moon.”

Aberg became the first player in history to earn PGA Tour membership via PGA Tour University earlier this season and made his pro debut at the RBC Canadian Open. This season on Tour, the former star at Texas Tech has four top-25 finishes in seven starts, including a T-4 at the John Deere Classic.

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2023 Women’s World Cup Knockout Stage Day 1 Recap: Spain, Japan advance

The two favorites scored convincing wins on the first day of knockout stage action

After a one-day break, the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup got back underway as the knockout stage of the tournament was kickstarted by two games: Spain took on Switzerland, and Japan squared off against Norway. In the end, neither game was a nail-biter, as both of the higher-ranked squads won fairly decisively.

But before we get into the action, here is your daily reminder that you can follow the entirety of this year’s World Cup right here on Pro Soccer Wire! You can keep up with the full TV/streaming schedule, a power ranking of all 16 knockout stage teams, and the rankings in this year’s race for the Golden Boot.

Now, let’s get into the games.

Laia Codina just scored the best (own) goal of this World Cup

Don’t worry, she scored at the other end too

Maybe Spain just felt Switzerland needed some help?

Laia Codina, the Barcelona center back whose future points to being one of the world’s best, gifted Switzerland the strangest goal of this World Cup, passing the ball into her own goal from beyond the center circle early in a round of 16 match at Eden Park in Auckland.

The goal was scored from so far out that even with Codina getting some air under an attempted backpass to goalkeeper Cata Coll (who made her international debut on the night), it took over four full seconds to travel the distance and cross the line.

In truth, the overmatched Swiss did need someone to lend them a hand. Spain had opened the game by pulling Switzerland’s shape apart, eventually taking the lead in the fifth minute through Aitana Bonmatí. Codina’s gift came six minutes later, but Spain took the lead back in the 17th minute on a finish from Alba Redondo.

That meant that the first 17 minutes of this game had more goals in total than all three Swiss matches in Group A, where Inka Grings’ side more or less drifted to a 2-0 win over the Philippines and two straight scoreless draws against a disinterested Norway and a toothless New Zealand.

Before the Swiss could sort themselves, the onslaught continued. Bonmatí struck again in the 36th minute, with the rest of Spain’s players apparently disagreeing Codina’s choice to help the Swiss make this match more of a contest.

Having been overruled, Codina got with the program, scoring a goal at the other end by fighting off basically the entire Swiss defense to punch home a corner in the late moments of the first half.

Jennifer Hermoso would add a fifth goal in the second half as Spain cruised to the quarterfinals with a 5-1 win.

Check out Codina’s impossible own goal

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World Cup knockout round power rankings: Evaluating all 16 teams

Evaluating the hopes of the 16 teams left at this World Cup

A World Cup group stage full of surprises has resulted in a truly intriguing set of 16 teams going through to the knockout rounds.

Some favorites have looked the part, but the list of big teams that have underachieved is significantly longer (it’s not just the U.S. women’s national team, folks). A couple of second-tier teams have stepped their game up, while some unheralded sides have shown that while no one was watching, they were making major strides.

The result is a round of 16 where it feels like nearly anything could happen. Could the USWNT join the likes of Germany, Brazil, and Canada in being out? What about the possibility of teams like Jamaica, Morocco, and South Africa getting to the quarterfinals?

It’s been completely unpredictable, so all of these things are distinctly possible. Still, Pro Soccer Wire tried to sort out the likelihood of any one team making a run to the final. Somewhere between their results in this tournament, past track record, and overall talent level, we’ve settled on a power rankings list that everyone everywhere will surely have no problems with.

2023 Women’s World Cup Day 11 Recap: Colombia stuns Germany

Colombia scored a 97th-minute winner to produce one of the shocks of the tournament so far

There was plenty of action on Day 11 of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, as the first group completed its matches and another was shaken up by a huge upset. There were four games on Day 11: South Korea took on Morocco, Norway faced off against the Philippines, Switzerland played New Zealand, and Germany battled against Colombia.

But before we get into the games, here’s your daily reminder that you can keep up with the entire World Cup right here at Pro Soccer Wire! You can get the full TV/streaming schedule, an updated list of the group stage standings, and the rankings in this year’s race for the Golden Boot.

Now, let’s see how the games played out.

2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Day 6 Recap: Philippines makes history

The Philippines stunned host nation New Zealand to notch its first ever World Cup win

Another day, another slate of 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup action to unpack. We had three games on Day 6, all of which came with their fair share of intrigue. Colombia faced off against the Korea Republic, New Zealand took on the Philippines, and Switzerland battled it out against Norway.

But as always, before we get into the games, this is your reminder that you can follow the entirety of the World Cup right here at Pro Soccer Wire! Check out the TV/streaming schedule, the updated list of the group stage standings, and the race for the Golden Boot.

Let’s get into the action.