Euro 2016 – News
An Icelandic football commentator’s ecstatic reaction to the country’s winning goal against Austria has gone viral. Gudmundur Benediktsson, a former player couldn’t contain his joy as Arnor Ingvi Traustason scored the winning 2-1 goal in the 94th minute on Wednesday…
A record-breaking 2.3m unique browsers watched the home nations Euro 2016 clash between England and Wales yesterday afternoon. A further 6.6 million people tuned to the BBC One TV broadcast, with the audience peaking at 9.3 million – 73 per…
ITV Euro 2016 pundit Slaven Bilic swore during the opening Euro 2016 match between France and Romania last night. During the half-time break the West Ham manager dropped a f-bomb (“F*** me”) in reference to Romania’s missed chances.
Izzy Bizu’s modern version of Edith Piaf’s classic French song La Foule will be the theme tune for the BBC’s Euro 2016 TV coverage. “It’s a fitting tribute to one of France’s greatest stars,” said Chris Grubb, BBC Football creative…
Manchester City’s Vincent Kompany will join the BBC punditry team for Euro 2016, providing expert analysis from the Paris studio. The Belgium captain, who has played 70 times for his country, was ruled out of the tournament with a thigh…
