Italy will face the winner of tonight's clash between Denmark and England in Sunday's Euro 2020 final at Wembley. After 120 minutes of thrilling high-quality action ended in a 1-1 draw, Roberto Mancini's team edged the penalty shootout 4-2 to break Spanish hearts. Tonight, Denmark meet England hoping to summon the spirit of 1992: "There is one major similarity between the two Denmark teams: their biggest star was and is missing. But for very different reasons . . . maybe lightning can strike twice after all." Kick off is at 8pm.
Hubert Hurkacz stunned second seed Daniil Medvedev to book a Wimbledon quarter-final against his hero Roger Federer. The 24-year-old from Poland came from two sets to one down to win their rain-interrupted fourth-round match 2-6 7-6 (2) 3-6 6-3 6-3. Aryna Sabalenka has finally taken the next step in her career by piecing together a deep, authoritative slam run. It took a dominant performance under the centre court roof as she defeated Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-3 to reach her first semi-final at Wimbledon. Sabalenka will now face Karolina Pliskova, the No 8 seed, in the last four. The other semi-final will see top seed Ash Barty of Australia take on 2018 champion Angelique Kerber.
The British and Irish Lions game against the Bulls, scheduled for Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday, has been postponed, with SA Rugby and the tourists looking to reschedule the game at a later date. Gerry Thornley explains: "Beyond their second match on South Africa soil against the Sharks this evening, nothing is certain about the remainder of the tour. Covid-19 having hit the Bulls, Springboks and Georgians in significant numbers, all three squads are in isolation and have suspended training." Ireland head coach Richie Murphy has made nine changes to the starting team for his side's fourth match in the Under-20 Six Nations Championship against Italy tonight.
Meanwhile, Munster GAA has announced that both of its provincial football semi-finals on Saturday have been designated as test events and will be allowed attendances of 3,500 each. In his column this morning (Subscriber Only), Darragh Ó Sé writes that referee rage is an affliction which affects us all: "Referees have their biases and their favourites, the same as everybody. We all like to pretend that they don't but that's not living in the real world."
