All Stories: European Championship

PARIS: Hosts France are aiming to win their third European Championship on Sunday when they face Portugal in the Euro 2016 final with the outcome potentially hinging on the teams' attacking talismans Cristiano Ronaldo and Antoine Griezmann.

PARIS: Wales reached the quarter-finals of a European Championship for the first time with a 1-0 win over Northern Ireland after Gareth McAuley scored an own goal following a teasing Gareth Bale cross in a cagey game on Saturday.

PARIS: Poland beat Switzerland 5-4 in a shootout to reach their first European Championship quarter-final as a riveting clash ended 1-1 after extra time on Saturday following a brilliant late equaliser by Swiss Xherdan Shaqiri.

MARSEILLE, France: Poland can prepare for a European Championship last-16 meeting with Switzerland after Jakub Blaszczykowski's crisp, second-half goal beat already-eliminated Ukraine 1-0 on Tuesday to send them into the knockout stage for the first time.

MADRID: Spain's Xabi Alonso has called time on his international career, having won the World Cup, two European championships and 114 caps.