Today's Euro 2016 scores

After a wonderful day of soccer,

Switzerland vs Poland 1:1 (4:5 on pens)
Wales vs Northern Ireland 1:0
Croatia vs Portugal 0:1.

Can't wait for tomorrow.



EURO 2016 ON FIRE.

Portugal go through

Quaresma puts Portugal into quarters

EURO 2016 - A tense match was finally settled in the 117th minute when Ricardo Quaresma headed the loose ball from a saved Cristiano Ronaldo effort past the Croatian keeper.



The game saw several chances created with both teams coming close on various occasions. Both goalkeepers made quite a number of good saves but no one could score the crucial goal until the 117th minute when a loose ball was bundled in by Quaresma to confirm Portugal's progression to the quarter finals.

Transfer Rumours

• Manchester United are rumoured to have been offered James Rodriguez and are seriously considering bringing the Colombian star to Old Trafford.

• Liverpool have stepped up their bid for Southampton midfielder Sadio Mane. Mane would be an excellent addition to the Reds as their preparations for the new season continues. 

• Rumors persist that Everton are prepared to offer Romelu Lukaku a lucrative deal to ensure he remains at Goodison Park. New manager Ronald Koeman definitely has the talented forward in his plans.

• Chelsea has been linked with star strikers like Gonzalo Higuain and Edinson Cavani as they look to bolster their attacking options ahead of the new season.

• Reports suggests that Manchester United are the frontrunners to land Paul Pogba's signature ahead of the new season.

• Rumors persist that Borussia Dortmund star, Henrikh Mkhitaryan will soon put pen to paper on a 5 year deal at old Trafford.

Wales go through

Wales 1:0 Northern Ireland

Wales have progressed to the quarter finals of EURO 2016 after a tight encounter at the Parc des Princes, Paris. The only goal of the game came late in the second half when a Gareth Bale cross was deflected by Gareth McAuley into his own net. 

Wales join Poland as the teams to have qualified for the quarter finals of the tournament.

Poland reaches quarters

Switzerland 1:1 Poland. (4-5 on pens)

Poland has qualified for their first ever Euro 2016 quarter final after triumphing over Switzerland in a tense penalty shootout after 120 minutes was not able to break a 1:1 scoreline.

Poland took the lead via Jakub Blaszczykowski when he tucked in a cross near the end of the first half. with just 10 minutesto go. After a relatively open second half, Switzerland equalized via an unbelievable bicycle kick from Xherdan Shaqiri with 10 minutes of normal time to go.

The game stayed that way through extra time until penalties where a Granit Xhaka miss separated the teams and confirmed Poland's progression.

Today's Euro matches

The first round of 16 matches will kick off today with Switzerland facing off with Poland, Wales having a relatively easy clash against Northern Ireland while Portugal will have to be at their best to get past a strong and closely knit Croatia.


Switzerland vs Poland. 2:00pm
Wales vs Northern Ireland 5:00pm
Croatia vs Portugal 8:00pm.

World Cup Qualifiers

Nigeria to play Cameroon, Algeria and Zambia to qualify for Russia 2018

Nigeria has been drawn into a world cup qualifying group of death at today Russia 2018 world cup qualifiers. Nigeria have to finish first in Group B with Zambia, Cameroon and Algeria to qualify for the world cup.

HMMMMM. I drop my pen.

Vardy and Griezmann signs new contracts

Jamie Vardy and Antoine Griezmann have ended speculation about their futures by signing a 4 year and a 5 year contract respectively at their respective clubs.



Both players have been linked with various European heavyweights like with rumours of deals with clubs like Arsenal, Chelsea, Bayern Munich etc. but have ended all speculation by putting pen to paper at their various clubs.

Even though new contracts have not been effective in stopping players from moving clubs when the desire is there, i think we will just have to wait and see.

EURO 2016 KnockOuts

After difficult group stage rounds, the contenders for the grand prize in the next round of the EURO 2016.





My Winner:

Portugal.

Prediction for Copa America final.

COPA AMERICA:

Defending champions Chile made it to the final after a 2:0 win over Colombia where they meet Argentina who they defeated in the last Copa final. Early goals from Charles Aranguiz and Jose Fuenzalida proved to be enough in a match which had to be delayed for over 2 hours due to a severe storm and threat of lightning.



Argentina themselves qualified for the final after a 4:0 hammering of hosts USA. An early goal from Ezequiel Lavezzi set them on the way, Lionel Messi doubled their advantage with a sublime free kick and a Gonzalo Higuain double completed the rout.




Both teams are in great form, both teams dominate opponents, both teams have players that can hurt opponents.

Who will win the 2016 Copa America?

Welsh machine on fire as questions remain for England.

Wales demolished Russia in their last Group B game to top the group and avoid potential heavyweights in the knockouts. Goals from Aaron Ramsey, Neil Taylor and Gareth Bale secured a 3:0 defeat of Russia and confirmed an emotional and record breaking progression to the knockouts.

England on the other hand had more questions than answers after securing theor progression as second placed team albeit after a goalless draw against Slovakia. Despite having more of the ball and numerous chances, they were thwarted time and again by the Slovakian goalkeeper, Matus Kozacik. A second placed finish means they would face off with any of the group leaders in the knockout round.