Defending champion England staged a remarkable late comeback to beat Sweden in penalties and advance to the semifinals.

Follow live reaction to England’s extraordinary penalty shootout victory over Sweden, in a game they trailed 2-0

Defending champion England staged a remarkable late recovery from two goals down to take its quarterfinal against Sweden to extra time on Thursday at the Women’s European Championship. England had been trailing almost from the start after Kosovare Asllani fired Sweden in front with less than two minutes on the clock and Stina

England’s Euro 2022 semi-final win against Sweden – also a primetime evening kick-off in midweek – was watched by 9.3 million people and their extra-time victory in the final against Germany reached a peak audience of 17.4 million, the highest-rated TV event of the year and the most-watched women’s game in UK television history.

England are through to the semi-finals of Euro 2025 after a quite ludicrous football match with Sweden. Not much of it made

Sweden embraces its underdog status at the Women’s European Championship but could change perceptions if it defeats England in Thursday’s quarterfinal in Zurich.

Players from England and Sweden heaped praise on each other for their bravery in a penalty shootout at the Women's European Championship on Thursday, despite a record-low conversion rate and criticism from fans.

Blackstenius is so good at running in behind. The way she took the first goal in Sweden's 4-1 win over Germany showed a real intelligence to keep onside. It was top-level forward play. She has been accused of missing clear-cut chances, but she executed that perfectly. That will have given her a real boost.

Sweden’s penalty takers were predetermined after the players asked the coaching staff to decide the order, but there was still shock as goalkeeper Falk stepped forward with the chance to send them tho

When Esme Morgan replaced Jess Carter in the 70th minute of England’s UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 quarter-final on Thursday, she was handed a tough task. She was making her major tournament debut –