Johan Djourou

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Emil Forsberg of Sweden scores his team’s first goal past goalkeeper Yann Sommer of Switzerland during the World Cup Round of 16 match at Saint Petersburg Stadium. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images
Sweden edge scrappy last-16 affair with Switzerland

Sweden 1 Switzerland 0 Anyone wondering ahead of kick-off how these two had avoided each other in all eight of the previous tournaments that they ha(...)

Switzerland coach Vladimir Petkovic gestures during a training session at the Saint Petersburg Stadium on the eve of the World Cup round of 16 match against Sweden. Photograph: Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images
Petkovic confident that Switzerland’s hunger is not sated yet

World Cup Round of 16: Sweden v Switzerland, Saint Petersburg Stadium, 3.0pm (Live RTÉ2/BBC1) While there is excitement in England over their way the(...)

Samir Nasri has left Man City for Turkish side Antalyaspor. Photograph: Ringo Chiu/Getty
Sami Nasri joins Turkish side Antalyaspor

Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has joined Turkish club Antalyaspor on a two-year deal. The permanent deal, which is subject to international (...)

Hamburg players stand on the pitch following their 8-0 Bundesliga defeat to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. Photograph: Günter Schiffmann/AFP/Getty Images
Hamburg haunted yet again at Bayern Munich’s house of horrors
  • Soccer
  • February 27, 2017, 16:44

“This is something that can’t be allowed to happen, but it has happened.” Just when life starts to look good again, along come Bayern Munich. Or more (...)

Poland players celebrate their penalty shoot-out win over Switzerland in Saint-Etienne. Photograph: Getty
Xherdan Shaqiri stunner not enough as Poland hold nerve

Switzerland 1 Poland 1 (Poland win 5-4 on penalties) Poland reached their first-ever European Championship quarter-final with a penalty shoot-out vic(...)

England’s Danny Welbeck scores his first goal against Switzerland. Photograph: EPA
Danny Welbeck puts England on the road to Euro 2016

Switzerland 0 England 2 The only disappointment for Roy Hodgson, perhaps, is that England could not conjure up this kind of football more often(...)

Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri celebrates his second goal against Honduras at the Arena Amazonia in Manaus. Photograph: EPA
Shaqiri comes alive to guide Swiss through

Honduras 0 Switzerland 3Four years ago to the day, Honduras held Switzerland to a scoreless draw in South Africa, denying Ottmar Hitzfeld’s side a pla(...)

Karim Benzema scores France’s fourth goal past Switzerland goalkeeper Diego Benaglio during the World Cup Group E match at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador. Photograph: Christopher Lee/Getty Images
France turn on the style in five-star showing

France 5 Switzerland 2Any notion that the World Cup is turning into a tournament for the smaller nations was banished when Switzerland received their (...)

Haris Seferovic of Switzerland scores the winner past Ecuador’s Alexander Dominguez at Estadio Nacional in Brasilia. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
Switzerland time it right against Ecuador

Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1A first stalemate of the World Cup beckoned but this World Cup is not ready for mundanity yet. In a sensational finish in Brasí(...)