Euro 2016

‘It’s an ugly, lovely thing’: Wales, the World Cup and the bucket hat uniting a nation

Wales have made it to their first World Cup since 1958! There’s only one icon of this great sporting renaissance, and it’s not Gareth Bale …

Joe Dunthorne. Portraits: Gareth Iwan Jones

11, Nov, 2022 @12:00 PM

From Nice humiliation to Wembley final: following England’s Euro rise | Philip Cornwall

I watched England’s decades of underachievement marred by menace, capped by 2016’s Iceland defeat. I’m glad I kept going

Philip Cornwall

10, Jul, 2021 @3:00 PM

Which Euros was the best? Rating tournaments from 1976 to 2016

In the build-up to Euro 2020, we asked to you reminisce about your favourite tournaments from days gone by

Guardian readers and Paul Campbell

08, Jun, 2021 @10:56 AM

Wales fans had the summer of their lives in 2016 – now we’re back for more | Elis James

Euro 2016 was like finally getting into a party you’d dreamed of attending since you were a kid so I’m going to enjoy every second of this tournament, even if it won’t quite be the same

Elis James

08, Jun, 2021 @7:00 AM

‘It was really like a group of mates on a lads’ holiday’: Wales at Euro 2016

Wales benefited from a relaxed atmosphere and great team spirit in their amazing run to the semi-finals of Euro 2016 in France

Ben Fisher

06, Jun, 2021 @7:00 AM

What happened to Iceland's heroes who stunned England at Euro 2016?

We look at three players who flourished and three who faded after the team’s extraordinary success four years ago

Nick Ames

05, Sep, 2020 @9:00 AM

Olympics, World Cups and more: Tom Jenkins' pictures of the decade

The Guardian and Observer sport photographer picks his favourite images from the thousands he shot during the past 10 years

Tom Jenkins

30, Dec, 2019 @8:00 AM

A Sarkozy lunch, PSG and beIN sports: questions for Platini over Qatar 2022

Why was Michel Platini, former president of Uefa, detained by French investigators? What are they looking for? And could Qatar lose the 2022 World Cup?

David Conn

18, Jun, 2019 @5:59 PM

Russian arrested over Euro 2016 attack that left England fan in coma

German police hold 31-year-old suspect after Portsmouth supporter suffered life-changing injuries before Marseille match

Martha Kelner

22, Feb, 2018 @8:50 PM

A 2016 football moment to remember: Iceland light up Euro 2016

Increasing the European Championship to 24 teams was not a popular decision but a first-timer who would have qualified anyway supplied the most memorable storyline of the tournament

Amy Lawrence

29, Dec, 2016 @4:23 PM

Pass notes: 2016

Cameron lost his referendum, Britain voted to leave the EU and the unthinkable happened in the US. But it was a good year to be Welsh

27, Dec, 2016 @11:00 AM

Leicester’s loss of N’Golo Kanté is indisputably Chelsea’s gain

Leicester City lost only one of their main men in the summer but the French midfielder, who faces his former club at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, has been missed

Stuart James

13, Oct, 2016 @6:59 PM