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Denmark shouldn't have played after Eriksen collapse: Head coach Hjulmand

Denmark head coach Kasper Hjulmand on Sunday admitted that his side should not have played the Euro 2020 game against Finland on the same day midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch

Christian Eriksen emergency follows union's warning of too many games

Christian Eriksen was playing in his 66th competitive game in exactly one year since soccer restarted after a shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

De Bruyne to miss Belgium's game against Russia at Euro 2020

Belgium coach Roberto Martinez said Friday he expects the Manchester City midfielder to join full training with the squad when the players return to their training camp in Tubize, near Brussels

Euro 2020 opening marks return of mega-scale sports events

Postponed by a year, the biggest sporting event since the coronavirus brought the world to a halt kicks off Friday at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome a milestone both for European and world sports. The opening match of soccer's European Championship will be played in the capital of Italy, the first country outside Asia to get struck by the pandemic and the first in the world to implement a nationwide lockdown. The tournament represents a major step forward on the path toward recovery after one of the darkest chapters in the continent's history since World War II. More than 1 million Europeans have died in the pandemic, including almost 127,000 Italians. After everything that's happened, now the situation is improving, I think the time has come to start providing fans with something to be satisfied about, said Italy coach Roberto Mancini, who tested positive for COVID-19 in November but was asymptomatic. The tournament was postponed last March when countries were scrambling to contain

Wales travel far to take on Switzerland in Baku at Uefa Euro 2020

From schoolboy to the national team, Dylan Levitt has come a long way since Wales went a long way at the last European Championship. The Welsh reached the semifinals at Euro 2016 in their tournament debut, inspiring the likes of Levitt to work his way into the team for this year's edition. Growing up watching that team, watching the games in the school hall. Every game, if I wasn't in school I'd be watching it with my mates and my family, the 20-year-old Wales winger said Wednesday. I don't get bored with (hearing about) it really, I just want to remake it. Watching those games gave me more hunger to be in the next tournament. Levitt and his teammates, a group that includes including Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey, will open their Euro 2020 campaign on Saturday against Switzerland in faraway Azerbaijan. Baku is nearly 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles) from Wales on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Azerbaijan allows foreign fans to make the journey despite the pandemic, but there will be

European shares hit record high, bond yields fall as inflation fears ease

The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 49 countries, gained 0.1%. Wall Street futures were flat.

Fans are allowed at Uefa Euro 2020, even if stadiums aren't full

A full house doesn't mean a full stadium for this year's coronavirus-impacted European Championship. All 11 host cities from Glasgow to St. Petersburg, and Sevilla to Bucharest have agreed to allow at least some fans into their stadiums for Euro 2020 matches. Restrictions related to the pandemic, however, could still affect the final numbers even with the tournament set to open on Friday in Rome. The most should be in the east, with Budapest, Baku and St. Petersburg expected to fill between 50% and 100% of capacity. In Hungary, that means a possible 68,000 fans the full stadium capacity for the Puskas Arena could be there to watch matches involving the host nation taking on both Cristiano Ronaldo and European champion Portugal, and Kylian Mbappe and World Cup champion France. Portugal and France will also play each other in the city, on June 23, with advancement to the round of 16 possibly on the line. Baku and St. Petersburg want their stadiums half full. In Azerbaijan, that

Tech Mahindra plans acquisition in Europe, hire 250 people in Nordic region

IT company Tech Mahindra is looking for acquisitions in Europe to upgrade its capabilities in various segments, including cloud computing, 5G, SAP and Salesforce softwares

Google says rival search engines can appear on Android in Europe for free

The changes will come into effect in September

French President Emmanuel Macron slapped by man in crowd

Two people have been arrested in this regard, according to media reports.

Europe sees progress in latest rounds of talk with Iran on nuclear deal

European diplomats say latest round of talks over Iran's nuclear program has made progress, expressing hope that agreement could soon be reached for Tehran to comply with a 2015 deal

Iran fails to explain uranium traces found at several sites: IAEA

It will now be up to the three European powers to decide whether to revive their push for a resolution criticising Iran

Samsung ups presence in Europe, Middle East, Africa in Jan-Mar quarter

Samsung expanded its presence in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) smartphone market in the first quarter of the year, a report showed on Monday

Only 30% of firms in US, Europe to embrace full return-to-office model

As offices set to reopen after the pandemic and vaccination drive, only 30 per cent of companies in the US and Europe will embrace a full return-to-office model, according to a new report

Game changers

The last thing world football needs is more games

TCS sees pandemic-driven boost in Europe as clients adopt new technologies

Europe has been the fastest growing region for TCS from where it gets about a third of its annual revenue of $22.17 bn

England coach Southgate names 33-member provisional Euro squad

Ben White, Ben Godfrey and Aaron Ramsdale received their first England call-ups as Gareth Southgate selected Trent Alexander-Arnold among 4 right-backs in his provisional European Championship squad

Global rebound euphoria tests central bankers' nerves on economic risk

Central banks bear some responsibility for financial-market fervor after huge doses of stimulus and liquidity injections to keep economies afloat

Snapchat hits 500 mn monthly active users; India sees 100% user growth

Popular social media platform Snapchat has reached over 500 million monthly active users, with roughly 40 per cent of its community located outside of North America and Europe

Robust sustainable solutions segment to drive growth for UPL in FY22

Market share gains, margin improvement are other positives for the stock