IAN LADYMAN AT STADE VELODROME: Cristiano Ronaldo has been here before and made the wrong call. Portugal exited Euro 2012 on penalties to Spain without their great talisman taking a kick.

Portugal have become the first team in modern European Championship finals history to reach the semi-finals of without winning a single game in normal time, having beaten Poland.

European football's governing body announced the three countries had all 'expressed interest' in staging June 2019's semi-finals and final of the inaugural competition.

There are 12 arenas hosting World Cup games with Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium kicking things off as well as bringing the show to and end with the final on July 15. Here's our guide to them all.

The 2018 World Cup is just days away, but for the first time in decades Australians won't be able to watch all the games live on free-to-air TV.

Optus won the rights to stream all 64 games of the World Cup to Australian audiences via their online and mobile services. But thousands of viewers were left frustrated by a troubling error message.

Portsmouth striker Ronan Curtis has been drafted into the Republic of Ireland squad for Tuesday night's friendly in Poland. The 22-year-old has been added to a depleted party for the game in Wroclaw.

Portugal boss Fernando Santos felt his side deserved the point in Italy which earned them qualification for the Nations League finals.

Arkadiusz Milik's second half penalty cancelled out Andre Silva's opening goal for Portugal as the Nations League finalists were held in Guimaraes on Tuesday night.

Jude Bellingham became Birmingham's youngest ever player when he was handed his debut against Portsmouth on Tuesday night. The teenager beat the record set by Trevor Francis in 1970.

MATT HUGHES - AHEAD OF THE GAME: Joe Gomez was asked by the Football Association if he wanted to report Raheem Sterling to the police following their infamous clash last November.

The UN banned luxury goods from entering North Korea to punish the rogue state for its nuclear weapons tests, with luxury watches among the specific items named.

Crowds gathered on the streets and the bridge near Kim Il Sung square amid a heavy police presence in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday morning.

President Donald Trump claimed that reports of North Korea's Kim Jong Un being gravely ill was 'fake news' from CNN during Thursday's daily COVID-19 briefing

President Donald Trump on Friday refused to comment on reports out of North Korea that leader Kim Jong Un made a public appearance amid rumors the dictator was seriously ill or deceased.

JACK DOYLE: In the red corner stands Jeremy Corbyn, a friend to Britain's enemies, whose hard-Left prospectus would lay waste to Britain's economy.

Jeff Sessions was speaking ahead of the inspector general's report on the Clinton email investigation, which is expected to blame 'insubordinate' James Comey.

President Trump seemed to claim last week that Russia was not involved in a conspiracy to disrupt the election, but the White House says he 'feels' that Putin's government did and 'didn't question that.'

So it was all fake news…The entire two-year Russia collusion frenzy was based on an absolute falsehood that Donald Trump and his team had colluded with Russians to fix the 2016 election.

The Paralympics has been added to the 'crown jewels' list of sports events which must be broadcast live on free-to-air TV - but cricket has been controversially overlooked.

Capricorn 22 DEC-20 JAN Capricorns are always in search of another goal. The Sun in your sign and a Capricorn solar eclipse means you won't be short of opportunities this week

A new law to give the government more discretionary powers to deport convicted rapists, killers, pedophiles and violent thugs out of Australia may now be backed by Labor.

A grandfather has spent his first night behind bars after leading a double life as an interstate gun runner and becoming the first person in WA to be prosecuted with cross border firearms trafficking.

Australian grandmother Maria Exposto, who faced death by hanging after being found guilty of importing ice into Malaysia in 2014 has had her conviction overturned by the country's federal court.

British ultralight pilot Charles Batham flew out of Perth in February 2011  - just a week before he was due to face court on charges including allegedly having sex with a child under the age of 13.

Prince Charles, 71, arrived in style as he drove his vintage Aston Martin DB36 to a royal visit at the new brand's new factory in South Wales today. Earlier he visited a train factory in the area.

The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles were reunited on Monday after the 72-year-old duchess came out of a 14-day self-isolation on the Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire.

The Cambridge children all attended Billingbear Polo Club in Wokingham yesterday with their mother Kate to cheer on dad William. The trio all looked smart in their summer gear.

Frank Lampard and Prince William shared a pint at a recent Heads Up charity initiative. The Chelsea manager has admitted he tried to get Prince George to support Chelsea in a chat with William.

Royal expert Camilla Tominey appeared on This Morning where she said the Cambridge family would 'steal the show' on the walk to church at Sandringham on Christmas morning.

The Queen, 93, posed with her trusted Launer handbag in a new portrait released to mark the new decade. Her Majesty has carried near-identical versions of the bag for more than 60 years.

Prince George, 6, wore his signature style white shirt with blue piping for a new royal portrait released earlier today. The little royal paired the smart shirt with a pair of tartan trousers for the occasion.

The Perth schoolgirl sent a touching tribute to her supporters from a hospital bed on Wednesday morning before going back into the operating theatre with Dr Teo.

The outbreak triggered an abrupt stop to rock lobster exports in January when China scrambled to lockdown its borders

Tracy Vo made a welcome return to TV in Perth on Thursday, almost two weeks after it was revealed she had quit the Today show for good.

Coming to its embattled rival's defence, just days after it entered voluntary administration, Qantas called the move 'ridiculous' and 'extraordinary'.

A Sydney accountant who used a corkscrew to poke a Tony Abbott supporter has avoided jail time. 

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A giraffe was found dead today in swamp in Chachoengsao province,Thailand(left), just two days after it escaped from a truck bound for a zoo.

The forensic worker was infected in Bangkok in what is thought to be the first such case anywhere in the world, scientists wrote in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine (file photo).

The Love Island star, 26, continued to take advantage of the stunning island of Phuket in Thailand as she enjoyed a sunbathing session on Tuesday.

McLaren will not enter a bidding race to reunite Lewis Hamilton with the team that launched his career. Hamilton is almost certain to win his sixth Formula One world title at the US Grand Prix.

Naturally, the whole sporting shindig began with a song, a mournful dirge to my ear. The BBC, we have long realised, has given up comprehensive TV coverage of games.

Naomi Campbell, Winnie Harlow and Alessandra Ambrosio took to the runway at the glittering Tommy Hilfiger presentation during London Fashion Week on Sunday.

The pair pipped Tiger Woods, Rafael Nadal, Marc Marquez and Eliud Kipchoge for the honour. Messi won his sixth Ballon d'Or last year as Barcelona won La Liga for the 26th time.

A host of sporting greats were honoured for their achievements at the annual Laureus World Sports Awards, held in Berlin on Monday night, and Sportsmail's photographer Andy Hooper was allowed exclusive behind the scenes access to capture the glitzy ceremony in all of its glory.

With the first weekend of elite sport suspended as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic upon us, it is not just the regular-going fans who are seeking alternative ways to spend their weekend.

Beto O'Rourke reported a death threat against him to the FBI and his campaign is selling t-shirts with his breakout debate line vowing to take AR-15s.

Supermarkets in the United States are reporting their first employee deaths related to COVID-19. At least four employees at major chains like Walmart have died.

PETER HITCHENS: This newspaper has now obtained the team's original, uncensored interim report which differs sharply from all later versions, including the March document.

Patrick Ofori-Sampong, 50, said he was gay to take over his alleged partner's property in London then tried to take possession of a man's home while claiming to be his adopted son.