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Updates from the 8pm BST kick-off in ZurichPlayer guide | Wallchart | Tables | Mail ScottSweden will finish top of Group C if they win or draw tonight. Germany have to win if they’re to finish in first place. The winners will play the runners-up of Group D in the quarter-finals. That’s England as things stand, but it could also end up being France or the Netherlands. Or even Wales, though things would have to get seriously trippy tomorrow night if that ends up happening. Whatever: Euro 2025 is going to get very real, very soon. Big fun awaits.1. Sweden P2 W2 D0 L0 F4 A0 GD4 Pts 6 2. Germany P2 W2 D0 L0 F4 A1 GD3 Pts 6 3. Denmark P2 W0 D0 L2 F1 A3 GD-2 Pts 0 4. Poland P2 W0 D0 L2 F0 A5 GD-5 Pts 0 Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

Owners of 1st Edition Collectibles in New Bedford say suspect broke in to courtyard and smashed window in doorMore than $113,000 worth of rare Pokémon cards have been stolen from a Massachusetts shop, according to the shop’s owners.Officers responded to a reported break-in at 1st Edition Collectibles, a trading card shop in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. The break-in reportedly happened around 2.30am and the thief stole a handful of Pokémon cards including five to seven rare cards and a few vintage boxes. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

24-year-old storms to victory in just 57 minutesPole adds Wimbledon triumph to her five other slamsAmanda Anisimova arrived in her first grand slam final in some of the best form of her career, but she fell apart under pressure in front of one of the greatest big-match players the sport has ever seen as Iga Swiatek inflicted a historic 6-0, 6-0 victory in 57 minutes to claim her long-awaited first Wimbledon title.This is the first time in the open era that the Wimbledon title has been won with a double bagel. The last 6-0, 6-0 result came in 1911, when the sport barely resembled its current modern form, with Dorothea Lambert Chambers’s dominant win over Dora Boothby in the challenge match era, when the defending champion played just once. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

Autocratic regime is malign actor on world stage and its efforts to undermine others’ economic resources must be limitedChina is pulling every lever at its disposal to counter Donald Trump’s economic blockade, and it’s working.Trade is recovering after the massive hit from Washington’s wide-ranging tariffs on Beijing’s exports. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

Lidl-Trek rider holds off Wout van Aert for victoryTadej Pogacar keeps yellow jersey after flat stageJonathan Milan sprinted to victory in stage eight of the 2025 Tour de France to retain the sprinters’ green jersey after a breakaway duo, Mattéo Vercher and Mathieu Burgaudeau, were caught 9km from the finish in Laval. The defending champion, Tadej Pogacar, remains in the yellow jersey.On a largely flat stage, the inevitable bunch sprint saw Milan, named after the best selling novella Jonathan Livingston Seagull, swoop up the final climb to hold off Jonas Vingegaard’s Visma–Lease a Bike teammate Wout van Aert on Laval’s Boulevard Pierra Elain. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.