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Just in: Spain’s last minute move sink England’s hopes at Euro 2024 final
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By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Substitute Mikel Oyarzabal scored four minutes from time to give Spain a deserved 2-1 Euro 2024 final victory over England on Sunday and a record fourth European crown, as Gareth Southgate’s team lost in their second successive final.
Oyarzabal combined with Marc Cucurella on a swift counter-attack for the winning goal as Spain were crowned champions, having won all seven games they played in the tournament.
After an extremely cautious first half where Spain had more possession and their opponents got the only shot on target, it only took two minutes after the restart for the Spaniards to break the deadlock.
Teenager Lamine Yamal found space down the right and crossed for fellow winger Nico Williams to slot home as England fell behind for the fourth successive match.
Spain then enjoyed a purple patch with a series of attacks as England’s previously watertight defence fell apart.
England boss Gareth Southgate reacted by sending on Ollie Watkins, the goalscoring substitute hero of the semi-final, for an ineffective Harry Kane after an hour, with Cole Palmer, their most creative player for the last month, joining him 10 minutes later.
It paid off almost immediately when Jude Bellingham laid the ball back into Palmer’s path and the substitute curled home a precise low 20-metre shot in the 73rd minute.
The massed ranks of England fans, who vastly outnumbered their rivals, exploded and the whole feel of the night changed.
Spain, however, weathered the storm and, Oyarzabal who came on in the 68th minute, struck.
There was still time for more drama at the other end as Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon parried a Declan Rice header from a corner and Dani Olmo blocked Marc Guehi’s follow up on the line. [Reuters]
Israel has launched airstrikes on Iran in retaliation for waves of missiles fired at its northern regions on Sunday.
The development marked a day of renewed violence in the Middle East after a fragile ceasefire.
Iranian state television reports that the sound of explosions was heard in Isfahan, Karaj, Tabriz and Tehran.
The strikes occurred after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, said it had targeted the Ramat David Airbase in northern Israel with ballistic missile fire on the evening of June 7.
The IRGC claimed that Israel used air-launched ballistic missiles in its attack on Monday morning.
The Israel Defense Forces, IDF, said it identified missiles fired from Iran toward northern Israel and defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat.
“A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran,” the Israeli military stated.
Ex- President Goodluck Jonathan has criticized what he described as a growing culture among some government institutions of dismissing public concerns by directing aggrieved citizens to seek redress in court.
Speaking at a recent public event, Jonathan expressed concern over what he called declining standards in public institutions and the increasing tendency of officials to rely on the judiciary whenever allegations of wrongdoing are raised against them.
The former president cited an East African proverb to illustrate his point, saying, “If a thief tells you to go to court, he knows that his brother is the judge.”
According to Jonathan, the saying reflects public perceptions that some individuals who engage in wrongdoing may have confidence in receiving favorable outcomes through compromised systems.
“We see government institutions doing the wrong thing and telling people to go to court,” Jonathan said. “There is this saying in East Africa that if a thief tells you to go to court, he knows that his brother is the judge.”
His remarks come amid ongoing debates over accountability, transparency, and public trust in government institutions, with critics frequently raising concerns about the handling of political and administrative disputes through the judicial process.
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has announced a national industrial dispute with the Federal Government as it pushes for long-running welfare demands.
The OGM resolved that the Association hereby declares an industrial dispute with the Federal Government of Nigeria on the outlined matters above, and that the Association cannot guarantee industrial harmony after the 21-day window period given to address all the demands,” the association declared in a statement shared by Muhammad Usman Suleiman, its president, on Monday morning.
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