Iceland pulled off one the biggest shocks in European Championship history, beating England 2-1 and advancing to the quarterfinals at Euro 2016. England slumped to its most embarrassing loss in a ...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) When Lars Lagerback took over as Iceland coach in 2010, he set big targets for a tiny nation that had never qualified for a major football tournament. ''Lars told me that the ...

PARIS (AP) – Trying to explain how Iceland has unexpectedly reached the European Championship quarterfinals, coach Lars Lagerback recalled some early managerial advice. “Doing it simple is to be a ...

Suddenly everyone wants to be like Leicester City. Twelve months ago there will have been many football aficionados across the globe who could barely name a Foxes player, but after their monumental ...

SAINT-DENIS, France – The rain had been steady all night but as the masses piled out of the Stade de France it now positively teemed, pooling in every crevice of the pedestrianized street alongside ...

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The smallest nation ever to play at the European Championship is gearing up for its next match knowing a victory just might be enough secure a spot in the knockout round.

A supporter of Iceland waves a flag during the Euro 2016 Group F soccer match between Iceland and Hungary at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, Saturday, June 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Claude Paris ...

Danny Blind endured a difficult first game as the Netherlands coach, seeing Arjen Robben limp off and Bruno Martins Indi sent off as Iceland claimed a 1-0 victory at the Amsterdam ArenA to severely ...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — A late winning goal. A spot in the knockout stage. The prospect of playing in the round of 16 against England. It just doesn't get better for tiny Iceland. Delivering the ...

A video showing a crowd of 10,000 fans celebrating in Iceland was filmed in 2016, three and a half years before the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. In early March 2021, social media users ...

NICE, France (AP) — Iceland pulled off one of the biggest shocks in European Championship history by beating England 2-1 in the round of 16 on Monday, continuing the astonishing run of the smallest ...