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Monday, 27 June 2016

Minnows Iceland Dumps England out of European Championship, Italy Dismisses Defending Champions Spain


 England this evening suffered a humiliating exit from Euro 2016 in hands of Iceland following a 2-1 defeat.
 England captain Wayne Rooney opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Raheem Sterling was fouled early in the game, but they were quickly pegged back as Iceland cancelled out Rooney's effort just two minutes later when Ragnar Sigurdsson poked home from close range.

 Their misery was compounded as Kolbeinn Sigthorsson scored the winning goal only a few minutes later to extend England's run of not winning a knockout clash since 2006.

Iceland will now face Euro 2016 hosts France at the quarter-final stage in Paris on Sunday afternoon.

 Earlier on today, Antonio Conte masterminded another Italian victory as they dumped out defending champions Spain, Juventus centre back Giorgio Chiellini reacted quickest to score the opener, pouncing on Eder's free-kick rebound.

 Southampton striker Graziano Pelle scored Italy's second goal as well as his tally in the competition, by latching onto fine long ball before finishing.

The Italians will now face Germany in last eight after their 3-0 victory over Slovakia on Sunday.

Nigeria Defender Efe Ambrose Stopped from joining Squad for Rio Olympics by his club Celtic

 


 Celtic have blocked a move by Nigeria to take defender Efe Ambrose to the Rio Olympics in Brazil. 

 New manager Brendan Rodgers is wrestling with injury problems in central defence, with Croatian Jozo Simunovic and Dedryck Boyata likely to miss the start of the Scottish Premiership season, MailOnline Football reports.

 Nigeria's Under 23 boss Samson Siasia wanted to decimate the Parkhead manager’s backline further by whipping Ambrose off to an American training camp during Champions League qualifiers as one of his three over-age players.

With no FIFA regulations forcing clubs to release players for the Rio games, however, Celtic have told the 27-year-old he is needed at home for the opening weeks of the new campaign. Ambrose flew to Slovenia with the squad on Monday for a 10-day pre-season camp.

The defender's long-term Parkhead future is less clear. Rodgers is already assessing defensive reinforcements, with Liverpool's Andre Wisdom and veteran defender Kolo Toure linked.