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Euro 2016 Group fixtures

• Tuesday, June 21: Ukraine v Poland (17:00, Stade Velodrome, Marseille)
• Tuesday, June 21: Northern Ireland v Germany (17:00, Parc des Princes, Paris)
• Tuesday, June 21: Czech Republic v Turkey (20:00, Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens)
• Tuesday, June 21: Croatia v Spain (20:00, Stade de Bordeaux)
• Wednesday, June 22: Iceland v Austria (17:00, Stade de France)
• Wednesday, June 22: Hungary v Portugal (17:00, Stade de Lyon)
• Wednesday, June 22: Italy v Republic of Ireland (20:00, Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille)
• Wednesday, June 22: Sweden v Belgium (20:00, Stade de Nice) 

Last 16 fixture dates

• Saturday, June 25 - Match 1: Runner-up Group A v Runner-up C (14:00, St-Etienne)
• Saturday, June 25 - Match 2: Winner B v Third-place A/C/D (17:00, Paris)
• Saturday, June 25 - Match 3: Winner D v Third-place B/E/F (20:00, Lens)
• Sunday, June 26 - Match 4: Winner A v Third-place C/D/E (14:00, Lyon)
• Sunday, June 26 - Match 5: Winner C v Third-place A/B/F (17:00, Lille)
• Sunday, June 26 - Match 6: Winner F v Runner-up E (20:00, Toulouse)
• Sunday, June 27 - Match 7: Winner E v Runner-up D (17:00, St-Denis)
• Sunday, June 27 - Match 8: Runner-up B v Runner-up F (20:00, Nice) 
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Euro 2016 quarter-final fixture dates

• Thursday, June 30 - Match 1: Winner of Last 16 Match 1 v Winner of Last 16 Match 3 (20:00, Marseille)
• Friday, July 1 - Match 2: Winner of Last 16 Match 2 v Winner of Last 16 Match 6 (20:00, Lille)
• Saturday, July 2 - Match 3: Winner of Last 16 Match 5 v Winner of Last 16 Match 7 (20:00, Bordeaux)
• Sunday, July 3 - Match 4: Winner Match 4 v Winner Match 8 (20:00, St-Denis) 

Euro 2016 semi-final fixture dates  

• Wednesday, July 6 - Winner QF1 v Winner QF2 (20:00, Lyon)
• Thursday, July 7 - Winner QF3 v Winner QF4 (20:00, Marseille) 

Euro 2016 final date

• Sunday, July 10 - Winner SF1 v Winner SF2 (20:00, St-Denis)

Italia 1:0 Sweden

In the end, there was something fitting about the fact that the breakthrough finally came from a throw-in. This was no classic clash but the tournament has another late goal, 31% of them having now come from the 87th minute on; it also has another team through to the next round. Italy’s afternoon closed with their players running towards the stand and throwing themselves to the turf in front of their supporters, celebrating a second victory that guarantees a place in the last 16, thanks to Éder’s superb winner.

“We are very pleased,” the  coach, Antonio Conte, said. “Very few people would have envisaged us making the last 16 after just two matches and a number of people questioned if we would even get through the group. There were a few skeletons in the closet, those ghosts from the past that may have affected the performance, but we should be very happy to be through.”

If Sweden are to join them they must defeat Belgium and to do that, their coach, Erik Hamren, admitted, they must improve their attacking. They must shoot more accurately, for a start. Two games into , they have not yet had an effort on target. Their top scorer is Own Goal and their top player, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, spent too much of this game too far from goal, his touch impressive but his threat limited. When he did find himself a yard out with an open goal he inexplicably put it over, although the linesman’s flag had been raised anyway.

For a long time here it looked as if no shots on target in two games might still yield two draws for Sweden, but it was not to be. Not only did Italy eventually score, getting a goal that only rarely felt imminent in a game that was mostly dull when it wasn’t duller, but also a last-minute appeal for a penalty when Andreas Granqvist tumbled was turned down by the referee, Viktor Kassai. “The players feel that it was, but in my position I can’t say,” Hamren said.

“A draw would not have changed much,” Hamren admitted. “We need to win a match, even with a draw today. It changes things for the Republic of Ireland, but for us it is not a big change.”

For Ireland, this result may have further significance, with Conte saying he will make changes in the final game, giving opportunities to some of those players who have not had minutes so far. They can afford to now, having scored the winner with two minutes left.

Italy’s substitutes surged from the bench, cheering. There is certainly something about this team; they may not always be that much fun to watch but they are worse to play and no one will want to face them next. Conte admitted that his side had not played well with the ball, in the first half especially, and he will seek improvement. But this is a team aware of their limitations and able to accept, minimise and hide them; able to make the tiniest advantages pay, too. “This team’s strength is that it knows what it is good at ... and what it is not good at,” Conte said.Marco Parolo had hit the bar from close range after a wonderful ball from Emanuele Giaccherini with eight minutes to go. Then in the 88th minute a throw-in inside his own half from Giorgio Chiellini, whose foot lifted as he launched the ball, was headed down by the substitute Simone Zaza, and Éder dashed from the left. Surging past three players and into the area, he struck a wonderful shot low into the bottom corner. It was the only shot on target in the whole of the second half. “Those small details can make a big difference,” Éder said. “We prepare for everything, even throw-ins, and the fact that the goal came from a situation like that pleases me even more.”

Sweden had more of the ball here but it could hardly be said that they had enjoyed possession, nor that they did much with it. Italy, who had hit the bar just before the goal, cede so little ground and still carry a threat even when they appear not to attack. They are comfortable in an uneventful game and this was certainly one of those: no  game has had so few shots (12) since 1980.

He was trying to pump up the fans, too, calling on supporters to play their part. A touch of jealousy took him as he looked up at the stands here, even if what occurred on the pitch pleased him.Much has been made of this being a poor team, the least talented in recent memory, but Italy are Italy again and they appear to be growing. “I hope these two wins can give us greater confidence, self-esteem and awareness of our ability,” Conte said. “At the start we had flat tyres; now we are trying to pump them up a bit, game by game.”

“We need to be happy, pleased, we need to create enthusiasm. I want us to convey passion to those watching us, to our fans back in Italy,” he said. “I want our supporters to put on a blue shirt. When you see everyone in yellow [Sweden] shirts it’s wonderful. It doesn’t have to be an Italy shirt necessarily, just a normal blue T-shirt will do, [to make] a wave of blue. There were 9,000 today but they were all quite dispersed. I want everyone to be involved, to feel responsibility. I want us to convey passion to them.”

Czech Republic 2 :2 Croatia

Hooliganism has scarred the European Championship once more. Croatia fans fought among themselves and injured a steward with one of several flares thrown on to the pitch in Saint-Étienne and their team’s superiority over the Czech Republic disappeared amid the ugly scenes. Late goals from the substitutes Milan Skoda and Tomas Necid, the latter with a 93rd‑minute penalty, gave thea point that had appeared beyond them until Croatia self-imploded on and off the pitch.

Not even the appeals of the captain, Darijo Srna, who played despite the death of his father this week, and the threat of abandonment halted the in-fighting among their supporters late in the second half.

All eyes were on Srna during the Croatian national anthem and his were filled with tears as it echoed around the Stade Geoffroy Guichard. The Croatia captain was told his father, Uzeir, had died after the win over Turkey on Sunday. He went home to Metkovic for the funeral and returned for a game that must have meant more to the Shahktar Donetsk defender than any other person in the stadium. “My father’s last wish was that I play here, as this is my last competition for Croatia,” the 34-year-old said. “He was at his happiest when I played for Croatia.” His son did him proud in Saint-Étienne.

Czech Republic 2-2 Croatia: Euro 2016 – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: The Czechs fought back from 2-0 down to claim a valuable point at the death but the game was marred by more crowd trouble

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The Czech Republic were in urgent need of points after their backs-to-the-wall job against Spain ended in late defeat but they were a distant second best from the start. Petr Cech conceded a needless corner in the opening minute that resulted in the Arsenal goalkeeper taking evasive action from Mario Mandzukic’s looping header, and his team struggled to retain possession thereafter. Croatia were too strong, too quick and, in Luka Modric, too incisive with their passing for Pavel Vrba’s team. The question was whether they could find the cutting edge to match as several promising moves, through balls and dangerous free-kicks passed without an end product.

Uncertainty in the Croatia defence offered the Czech Republic early hope in the first competitive meeting between the countries but, once Modric began to orchestrate matters in central midfield and his team-mates settled, there was one dominant force. Cech unwittingly denied Mandzukic when he missed a deep cross from Croatia’s impressive left-back, Ivan Strinic, yet blocked the striker’s header at the back post with his face as he fell.

Ivan Perisic just failed to connect with Mandzukic’s ball across the penalty area when Croatia broke while Czech Republic appealed in vain for a penalty from the referee Mark Clattenburg. Ivan Rakitic shot high over the bar when it was returned from the right wing. It was 8-0 in terms of attempts on goal when Strinic sliced over in the 28th minute.

The pressure on Cech’s goal was unrelenting. Those in front of him lacked belief or quality in possession to stem the tide. The veteran keeper saved with his legs from the Barcelona midfielder Rakitic but was exposed once again when Milan Badelj dispossessed Jaroslav Plasil in central midfield and the ball broke to Perisic in space on the left. The Internazionale midfielder advanced into the area, the central defender Tomas Sivok backed off, and he accepted the invitation to drive a low finish into the far corner of Cech’s goal. Perisic immediately pointed to Srna as the celebrations commenced before running to the technical area to embrace Marijan Mrmic, the Croatia goalkeeping coach, who also lost his father this week.

Vedran Corluka used the break in play to have his head bandaged for the second game in succession. The former Tottenham Hotspur defender aggravated an injury he suffered against Turkey and, having had time to work on his head wear since Sunday, reappeared for the second half in some kind of patriotic swimming cap. He looked absolutely ridiculous.

The knock may have been responsible for the lack of communication that prevented Croatia doubling their advantage before the break. Rakitic swept another inviting free-kick over the Czech defence and both Corluka and Domagoj Vida should have converted only to get in the other’s way.

Despite a more determined start to the second half, the Czech Republic gifted Croatia a seemingly comfortable lead when Plasil was again caught in possession in midfield. Marcelo Brozovic was at his heels this time and, with the Czech defence parting before him while playing a woeful offside trap, threaded a simple pass through to Rakitic who advanced on goal before beating Cech with a nonchalant chip.

England-Russia 1:1

England once again failed to start a major tournament with victory as Vasili Berezutski's stoppage-time header gave Russia a draw they barely deserved in the Stade Velodrome.

Roy Hodgson's side were dominant and fully merited the lead given to them when Eric Dier crashed a 20-yard free-kick high past keeper Igor Akinfeev with 17 minutes left.

Hodgson then removed man of the match Wayne Rooney, who had earlier seen a shot pushed superbly on to the post by Akinfeev, and replaced him with Jack Wilshere to preserve England's advantage.

It was a move that failed when Russia snatched a point - and extended England's record of never starting a European Championship with a win - two minutes into four minutes of stoppage time, Berezutski soaring above Danny Rose at the far post to send Georgi Schennikov's header looping over keeper Joe Hart.

The final whistle was the cue for more of the violence that has marred the build-up to this fixture, as Russian fans appeared to charge at English supportersbehind the goal where Berezutski scored.

Wales-Slovakia 2:1

After 58 years, Wales can celebrate not merely participation in a major tournament - but a victory! They made an accomplished start but were on the ropes for a while in the second half, but the introductions of Robson-Kanu and Ledley turned things back in their favour before Robson-Kanu secured an historic win. It’s the perfect start for, and who’s to say how it will end. There’ll be an epoch-defining party in Bordeaux tonight, for one thing.

Albania-Switzerland 0:1

Albania had their moments and created a couple of decent chances – but it may have turned out quite differently if they had 11 players on the pitch. Fabian Schar’s early header, capitalising on an error from the goalkeeper Etri Berisha, was enough to earn Vladimir Petkovic’s an opening weekend win. Albania had their captain, Lorik Cana, sent off eight minutes before the interval for a second yellow due to a deliberate handball but battled well. In reality, neither are likely to trouble France in Group A and go deep into this tournament. But it was still an entertaining watch. Thanks for reading – now immediately turn your attention to Wales v Slovakia with Paul Doyle.

Turkey - Croatia 0:1

Luka Modric scored a sensational long-range volley as Croatia deservedly opened their Euro 2016 campaign with victory over Turkey in Paris.

Modric struck towards the end of the first half and his team created numerous chances to extend their lead as they dominated after the interval.

Darijo Srna and Ivan Perisic struck the woodwork while Turkey keeper Volkan Babacan made several good saves as Croatia won the first match of a tough group that includes Spain and the Czech Republic.

Turkey's best chance came in the opening half, when Ozan Tufan saw his header saved - but despite being roared on by their passionate fans inside the Parc des Princes, they were second best on Sunday.

They did produce one scare for the Croatian defence right at the end but there was a timely block from Vedran Corluka, who was wearing a white bandage that evoked shades of former England defender Terry Butcher after suffering a cut to his head from a stray elbow in the first half.

Poland -Northern Ireland 1:0

Northern Ireland's first match at a European Championship finals ended in defeat as Arkadiusz Milik gave Poland a 1-0 win in Nice.

Ajax star Milik slotted in after being picked out by Jakub Blaszczykowski early in the second half.

Poland had dominated the first half but were thwarted by some superb defending by Michael O'Neill's men.

Northern Ireland did not manage to get a decent effort on target and must now regroup to play Ukraine on Thursday.

Germany-Ukraine 2:0

Germany were Germany tonight. They got the job done. Toni Kroos put in a mesmeric performance in the middle of the pitch. But UIkrain2& helped them immensely, and save for a 10 minute period at the end of the first half, never got hold of the game. Despite that, they did have chances, and Germany’s defence could well be breached later in the tournament once they come up against more ruthless opponents.

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 France 2-1 Romania

Mission accomplished by France, who blended slickness and jitters throughout but were uplifted at the last by Payet, their best player on the night and the scorer of a superb winning goal. That’s a nice start for the hosts to build on, even if plenty of improvement will be needed for them to win here on July 10.

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On Friday night, host nation France will face off against Romania in the opening match of Euro 2016, one of soccer's most prestigious international tournaments.

The championship will be held across stadiums in France and will showcase some of the world's best footballers. It will take place amid heightened security concerns after a series of high-profile, fatal terror attacks in France and neighboring Belgium. 

Friday's match will be held at the Stade de France in Paris, where suicide bombers struck in November, killing four people, including themselves. That incident was part of a series of co-ordinated assaults on the city that killed 130 people and came after an earlier attack on Paris in January that left 17 dead.

This week, the U.K. government warned there was "a high threat from terrorism" at Euro 2016 – hot on the heels of a similar alert from the U.S. State Department. French authorities appear to be leaving little to chance and the country is set to remain in a state of emergency until July 26, after the tournament is over.

"The authorities will consider previous attacks, so they will be preparing for a small arms attacks similar to what we saw in Paris (on) November 13 last year and the January attacks at (the office of) Charlie Hebo," David Lowe, an expert in terrorism from the U.K.'s Liverpool John Moores University, told CNBC.

"(These types of attacks) are relatively easy to plan and carry out and they give the maximum effect in both casualties and in the terror effect," he said, adding that suicide bombings were another possibility.

What should fans expect?

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French soldiers patrol in the fan zone in Nice, southeastern France on June 8, 2016, two days before the start of Euro 2016.

The French government expects 2.5 million spectators – many from abroad – will attend Euro 2016 games across France this summer. 

These fans should expect queues at stadiums and other venues, Malcolm Tarbitt, executive director of safety and security at the International Centre for Sport Security, told CNBC.

"With French authorities extending the state of emergency to cover Euro 2016, fans will obviously have to expect a higher level of security than they're used to at stadiums and other venues," Tarbitt said.

"As a result, a bit of patience, good humor and common sense will be required."

Around 90,000 people are set to provide security during the tournament, including 42,000 police officers and 10,000 soldiers. Each competing soccer team will be assigned at least two of France's elite RAID officers.

France will deploy police and gendarmerie around the perimeters of stadiums, in advance, while local authorities will be responsible for security in and around fan zones.

Vigilance

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Armed police officers stand by the England team's coach as the players leave their hotel in Chantilly, on June 9, 2016 ahead of Euro 2016.

The U.K. government has told Britons attending games to be "vigilant at all times," warning that stadiums and transport hubs could be targeted by terrorists. 

On the same note, Tarbitt told CNBC that vigilance from the public was one of the several factors that could help keep the tournament safe, along with effective communication and intelligence gathering.

"When it comes to securing any major international sport event, intelligence and coordinating information quickly and appropriately through the various levels of public and private stakeholders involved in securing the event will be vital," he told CNBC.

"Whether this is sensitive intelligence about possible terrorist suspects from different countries or even information about security operations at a particular venue, effective communications between all parties involved with security and the general public will be an important area for the overall success and security of the tournament."

Planning ahead

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Police and security forces take part in a life sized anti-terrorism drill in Lyon, France on June 7, 2016.

Lowe and Tarbitt said France had likely made detailed plans of possible responses to attacks. 

"Unfortunately, French authorities have got very recent experience of dealing with terrorist attacks and from the previous attacks they suffered, one important task that will have been carried out is the debrief, from which to learn what went well and what did not go so well and learn from it," Lowe said.

Tarbitt said preparedness exercises had been carried out in the run-up to the tournament.

"For any potential major incident at stadium or fan venue, evacuating spectators and ensuring a rapid response from police and ambulance services will be prioritized. Neutralizing any threat and treatment of any possible casualties will follow shortly after," 

Lowe added that the likelihood of an attack occurring was still remote. "One also has to look at the number of attacks that have occurred (in relation) to those that have been prevented in Europe," he said.

"France is on such a high security alert and has kept its state of emergency, many of the locations linked to the tournament will be hard for terrorists to penetrate," he added.

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