hope and expectation. like waking up on your birthday, you still have to open your presents. there might be disappointing one5 open your presents. there might be disappointing ones in there, but you have them to open. the men s european championship, which kicks off this evening, will be different. notjust because it s a year late, but the tournament is being played at venues across europe. wales are in azerbaijan to take on switzerland in their opening game tomorrow, with england playing croatia at wembley on sunday, whilst scotland also have home advantage as they get their campaign under way against the czech republic on monday. adam wild looks ahead. amongst the home nations, there are those who can hardly wait. those who have had to wait far too long, and those carrying, as always, the weight of expectation. the tournament that kept football waiting is finally here. for scotland, arriving at their training base in darlington this week, the significance of their presence is not los
struggling at times krejcikova eventually winning it 7 6, 6 3. european football s governing body uefa has announced it s suspended legal proceedings against real madrid, barcelona and juventus, the three clubs involved in the european super league that didn t pull out of the failed project. it means they ll not face sanctions until further notice. meanwhile, the six english clubs involved have been fined a total of £22 million and threatened with further financial and sporting penalties by the premier league. it s understood the money will go to grassroots and community projects. arsenal, totttenham, liverpool and manchester united arsenal, tottenham, liverpool and manchester united have already said their owners will be covering the costs. as england prepare for their opening game at the european championship, the fa s chief executive has been speaking for the first time about the controversy surrounding players taking a knee. england take on croatia at wembley on sunday and they
news teams where you are. good afternoon, it s 1.30pm and here s your latest sports news. the so called big six clubs involved in the failed plans for a breakaway european super league have been fined a total of £22 million by the premier league. there were major protests afer arsenal, chelsea, liverpool, manchester city, manchester united and tottenham announced themselves as founder members of the competition in april, and they quickly withdrew. uefa have already issued fines it s understood the premier league money will go to grassroots and communnity projects. england have been training ahead of their opening game at the european championship, against croatia at wembley on sunday. former defender rio ferdinand says he s excited to see the side s young players in action
that cloud and its weather front starts to edge further south on friday. again patchy in nature so there will be some sunshine. there is slightly fresher air heading in behind that weather front so even with it will be the sunshine coming through and it will be a bit fresher. as we go into the weekend high pressure re establishes itself pushing those weak weather fronts and their attendant cloud out of the way so we should see the sunshine returning in abundance. it will of course be strong sunshine. we are only a week or two away from the longest day and it will become hotter despite low humidity with temperatures rising to the high 20s by the end of sunday. there is more online.
and community projects. as england prepare for their opening game at the european championship, the fa s chief executive has been speaking for the first time about the controversy surrounding players taking a knee. england take on croatia at wembley on sunday and they ve been very clear they will continue to make the gesture. mark bullingham says the booing by fans at their last two games was very disappointing . this is not a political gesture that the team is making. they are standing upfor the team is making. they are standing up for equality and they are using the gesture that has been around now for hundreds of years, they are using it to make a stance against racism. we are not asking every fan to copy that gesture, we are just asking them to respect it, we do expect that they should respect it, they should respect what the team are doing and they should get behind their team and cheer them on and let s have a brilliant euros with the country getting behind the team. wolves have