Spain and Sweden surge into semis

Lee James is joined by John Bennett and the former Nigeria international Daniel Amokachi for immediate reaction to Senegal winning the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after the final descended into chaos in added time of normal time after Morocco were awarded a penalty following an in ...  Show more

Lee James and John Bennett are joined by former Tottenham and Cameroon defender Sebastien Bassong, Afcon winning Nigeria midfielder Sunday Oliseh and Moroccan football expert Amine El-Amri to preview the Africa Cup of Nations final, host's Morocco versus 2021 champions Senegal. P ...  Show more

Katie Smith is joined by Spanish football expert Guillem Balague and reporter Antia Andre from RNE radio to react to the news that most of the Spain women's team have agreed to end their boycott.The deal was reached at 05:00 local time on Wednesday after more than seven hours of ...  Show more

Spain defeated Germany in extra time to book themselves a UEFA EURO semi-final spot. They’ll face France who beat Portugal on penalties. We react to both matches hearing from Spanish hero Mikel Merino, as well as German forward Kai Havertz. Plus, we look ahead to Saturday’s quart ...  Show more

Anton Toloui and Charlotte Marsh return for a final Essential Football podcast to reflect on England's defeat to Spain in the Women's World Cup final.

They discuss where the game was won and lost, whether Wiegman got her tactics right and the wider impact of Spain's w ...  Show more

We react as England and the Netherlands seal their place in the semi-finals of UEFA EURO 2024. We hear from the Netherlands’ player of the match Stefan de Vrij after Ronald Koeman's side recovered from a 1-0 deficit to see off a spirited Türkiye team 2-1. Plus, Gareth Southgate a ...  Show more