Taxpayers footing £1400 bill for Edinburgh Lord Provost to watch Euro 2024 opener

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The UEFA Euro Championship features 24 teams representing multiple countries across Europe. The 17th edition of the soccer tournament takes place at stadiums across various cities — including Berlin, Munich, Dortmund, Frankfurt and others — in Germany starting on Friday, June 14 at 3 p.m.

It's a rarity for England to enter any major international tournament as the outright favourites, but this year could mark the end of 58 years of disappointment and see football finally come home.

The football season continues this summer for dozens of Manchester City and United players at Euro 2024.

Remote office workers who participate in sweepstakes during Euro 2024 have been warned that they could be violating the law, potentially facing hefty fines or even imprisonment.

After creating seismic activity at Taylor Swift concerts in California and Washington last year, Swifties have done it again — this time in Edinburgh. Seismologists at the British Geological Study have recognized Swift’s record-breaking June 7-9 shows as “ground shaking,” saying that earthquake readings were detected up to 6 kilometers (3.73 miles) from Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium.

Cristiano Ronaldo could break up to eight different records at Euro 2024 this summer. Roberto Martínez named the 39-year-old striker in the Portugal squad last month, alongside Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes, before jetting off to Germany to step up preparations for the tournament.

Footy fans heading to Munich to catch Euros can look forward to fine weather, but should take extra care to prevent sunburn.

Manchester City defender John Stones was absent from England training on Wednesday due to illness ahead of their Euro 2024 opener against Serbia on Sunday.

The waiting is almost over. Hundreds of thousands of Tartan Army have descended on Germany and millions more will watch around the globe as Scotland kick off Euro 2024 against the hosts in Munich's Allianz Arena.

Prince William couldn't resist sharing a cheeky piece of advice from his youngest child, Prince Louis, to the England football team, suggesting they should "eat twice the amount" during their Euro 2024 campaign. During his visit to St George's Park on Monday, the doting dad and FA president met with the squad and head coach Gareth Southgate, where he delivered an inspiring speech.

A die-hard Scotland fan is set to miss the opening two matches of Euro 2024 holed up in a dark German cell.

A newlywed couple are set to head to Germany for a romantic honeymoon - following the Tartan Army at Euro 2024.

Though the 2023–24 season finished last Saturday with the Champions League final, more football is swiftly on the horizon with this summer's European championships to begin in just over one week.

Is this the year that England finally bring it home? Will Scotland get out of the group stage at an international tournament? Will Italy defend their title?

England's WAGs are set to arrive at the Euros in massive style, having cleverly sidestepped past travel luggage disasters.To dodge the drama of lost luggage that has marred previous tournaments, some savvy spouses of England's footballers have enlisted a private courier service to ferry their belongings straight to Euros host country Germany.They're not skimping on packing either, each allowing themselves a whopping 200kg - that's about 31 stone of luggage allowance, or the equivalent of 10 full suitcases. That's nearly tenfold the usual airline limit, ensuring there's ample space for the kids' and nannies' essentials too.

Motorists are facing delays this afternoon after a collision on a busy Edinburgh road.

Philippe Clement has hit back at claims from Scotland boss Steve Clarke that Ryan Jack is fit to go — with the Rangers boss insisting it would be ‘impossible’ to start the midfielder at Hampden today.

Eurovision 2024 broke global viewing figures despite protests over the inclusion of Israel at this year’s event.According to figures from the EBU, 163 million viewers tuned into the three live events including the Grand Final.The total reach of the contest also increased by one million people compared to 2023 and has grown by two million since 2022’s event in Turin.The viewing share for the Grand Final was also 46.7 per cent – the highest since 2006 and almost triple the broadcast channels average (17.6 per cent).Germany recorded the highest audience for the Grand Final with an average of 8.1million viewers watching on Das Erste and ONE. The United Kingdom also had the second highest audience with 7.7 million viewers tuning in for the Grand Final on BBC One despite viewing figures being down compared to last year’s event in Liverpool.Online, the Eurovision Song Contest’s digital platforms had another record year with 486million unique accounts reached on TikTok, during the event weeks, more than four times as many as that in 2023.Up to 42million unique viewers across 231 countries and territories also watched content on the official YouTube channel during the week of the live shows.Speaking about the record results across the board, Jean Philip De Tender, EBU Deputy Director General said: “These incredible numbers show the Eurovision Song Contest’s huge global impact – online, on TV and importantly musically.

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has broken his silence after being snubbed from England's preliminary European Championships squad.

England manager Gareth Southgate has confirmed Marcus Rashford's uninspiring form was the sole reason behind his omission from the England provisional squad for the European Championship.