Everyone’s excitement about the EURO 2020 Championship reached fever pitch a few days ago when England claimed a narrow victory over Denmark 2-1 to progress to the finals against Italy, threatening to break a drought that has stuck around since 1966.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A thrillingly tense penalty shootout, however, saw Italy take the trophy 1-1 (3-2), disappointing heartbroken football fans across England. There has been no love lost on social media, with outpourings of support for the English team and their performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The English Football Association also copped a \u20ac30,000 ($36,000) fine after a fan aimed a laser pointer into the eyes of Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel during England’s semifinal victory at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other news, Novak Djokovic has taken the Wimbledon 2021 trophy, earning him 20 Grand Slam victories – which puts him on equal footing with tennis legends Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Djokovic started strong and held Matteo Berrettini at arm’s length with scores of 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to eventually claim the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conor McGregor suffered a devastating loss against Dustin Poirier in the lightweight UFC arena after a sickening broken leg put a doctor’s stoppage on the bout in the first round, with UFC president Dana White foreshadowing a rematch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The fight didn’t get finished. You can’t have a fight finish that way.”<\/p>Dana White<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
And finally, in other boring news nobody gives a shit about, more than half the countries on Earth are currently experiencing an average increase in COVID-19 cases of approximately 12%<\/a> when compared to the week prior, a(nother) billionaire is being investigated for massive financial fraud<\/a> and unlawful manipulation, Sir Richard Branson went to fucking space<\/a> just for the hell of it and the Sun emitted a giant X-class solar flare with the “energy equivalent of millions of 100-megaton hydrogen bombs exploding at the same time.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stay tuned for more breaking sports news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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