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 head coach Sarina Wiegman was thrilled with her team’s togetherness and fight after they came from two goals down to eventually defeat Sweden 3-2 on penalty kicks in their UEFA Women’s

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.

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.

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

England are prepared for another penalty shoot-out against Italy on Tuesday, although manager Sarina Wiegman is hoping it won't come to that. The Lionesses managed to claw back from a 2-0 deficit to force penalties against Sweden in the quarter-finals, despite only converting three of their seven attempts.