England, Denmark advance to semifinals of Euro 2020
Harry Kane scored twice and England overwhelmed Ukraine 4-0 Saturday in Rome to reach the European Championship semifinals.
It was the only match of Euro 2020 that England had to play away from Wembley Stadium and it was the team’s most dominant performance of the tournament.
“I’ve said it all along it’s all about peaking for the right time,” Kane said.
“We are on the right track.”
Harry Maguire and
Jordan Henderson also scored as England kept a clean sheet for the fifth straight match of the competition.
It marked the first time that England scored four goals in the knockout stage of a major tournament since beating West Germany 4-2 in the 1966 World Cup final.
England now goes back to London to face Denmark on Wednesday.
Denmark, which has developed into a surprise contender after their tournament began with midfielder Christian Eriksen suffering cardiac arrest on the field, advanced to the Euro 2020 semifinals on Saturday by beating the Czech Republic 2-1.
Jens Stryger sent an outswinging corner in the fifth minute to Thomas Delaney, standing in space by the penalty spot. Delaney’s bouncing header went in past the outstretched hand of goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik.
A Elsewhere: Defending Copa America champions Brazil defended strongly with 10 men to advance to the semifinals with a 1-0 win on Friday against Chile. Substitute Lucas Paqueta scored the only goal of the match only seconds before
Gabriel Jesus was sent off early in the second half. The Copa America final will be played at the Maracana Stadium on July 10. ... Peru beat Paraguay 4-3 on penalties Friday to advance to the Copa America semifinals in the most-thrilling tournament match so far. Regular time at the Olimpico Stadium in Goiania finished 3-3 after a hardfought match that included red cards to key players of both teams and two goals by Italian-born Gianluca Lapadula for Peru. The decisive moment in the quarterfinal came after Peruvian goalkeeper Pedro Gallese stopped Alberto Espinola in the shootout.
Miguel Trauco converted his shot to put the runnersup of the 2019 Copa America back in contention.
... Nicolo Barella and
Lorenzo Insigne scored a goal each while Leonardo Spinazzola make a key second-half block to give Italy a 2-1 win late Friday over Belgium and a spot in the European Championship semifinals.
GUADELOUPE DOMINATES BAHAMAS
Guadeloupe dominated the entire match and beat the Bahamas 2-0 in their Gold Cup preliminary round game Saturday at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale. The goals were scored by Matthias Phaeton in the 61st minute and Raphael Mirval in the 67th minute. Guadeloupe outshot the Bahamas 12-3. With the victory, Guadeloupe advanced to a Tuesday match against the winner of the GuatemalaGuyana game.
The winners of Tuesday’s matches earn the final spots in the Gold Cup field.
“We could have played much better, truth be told,” said Guadeloupe coach Jocelyn Angloma. “Maybe we took it too lightly early. It was also very hot. But overall I am satisfied. We will need to raise the level on Tuesday. It means a lot for us to try to make the Gold Cup field because we have not been there since 2011. For the young players, it is very important. This is a beautiful tournament.”
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A NFL: The Dallas Cowboys will be featured for the third time in the 20th anniversary season of “Hard Knocks.” HBO and NFL Films announced Friday that the five-episode season will debut on Aug. 10 at 10 p.m. Eastern. The Cowboys are the first team to make three appearances on the training camp documentary series. The other times were in 2002 and 2008.
A College basketball: Jalen Wilson withdrew from the NBA Draft and will return to Kansas for his sophomore season. The 6-foot-8, 220-pound Wilson averaged 11.8 points and a team-high 7.8 rebounds last season, helping the Jayhawks reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
A Cycling: World champion Anna van der Breggen rode away from the rest of the field in the Giro d’Italia Donne at Prato, Italy, winning the first summit finish of the marquee women’s stage race to take the overall lead.