The Three Lions needed penalties to get the better of Switzerland in Duesseldorf after the sides were level at 1-1 after 120 minutes.

Defeat for Portugal is set to spell the end of the 21-year international career of 39-year-old Ronaldo, who converted their first kick in the shootout but was also responsible for one of the night’s many glaring misses.

Spain were the better side for the first hour and wasted several opportunities before Olmo gave them a deserved lead six minutes after the break, drilling home a first-time shot into the bottom corner.

Germany and Spain clash in Stuttgart at 1600 GMT with the host nation putting their hopes on the line against probably the best-performing side at the tournament thus far.

"It is an honour. Everyone knows about my admiration for Cristiano," France captain Mbappe, 25, told reporters on the eve of the game.

Indonesia's  U-16 soccer national team managed to score five goals and kept a clean sheet against Vietnam in the third place play-off at Manahan Stadium in Surakarta, Central Java, on Wednesday.

The last-eight encounter in Hamburg brings together two of the most-fancied nations coming into Euro 2024, but two teams who have not completely convinced so far in Germany.

Zhang suddenly lost consciousness on Sunday while playing a match against Kazuma Kawano of Japan. He received first aid at the venue and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance but was pronounced dead later that night after repeated failed efforts to resuscitate him.

Seventeen-year-old Zhang Zhijie was playing at the Asia Junior Championships in Yogyakarta on Sunday when he suddenly fell to the floor.

Zhang was competing at the Asian Junior Championship in Yogyakarta when he collapsed on court.

Ronaldo had a chance to put Portugal ahead late in the first period of extra-time in a tense, goalless tie in Frankfurt.

It took an own goal, the tournament's ninth, with just five minutes remaining in Duesseldorf to give France a nerve-jangling victory that raised fresh questions about the form of their key forwards.

Zhang Zhijie was taken ill during a match late Sunday against Japan's Kazuma Kawano at the Asian Junior Badminton Mixed Team Championships.

Another embarrassing exit for English football at a major tournament was looming in Gelsenkirchen until Bellingham's acrobatic effort in the 95th minute broke Slovak hearts.

"I can imagine how everybody's going to react to that even though we've won, but we're still in there," Southgate said. "We want to be better, I'm not going to hide from that. But the spirit and the character was there for everybody to see."

Matches will be played on a home-and-away basis from this September to June 2025, with the top two in each group qualifying directly for the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and teams finishing third and fourth in their groups will advance to the fourth round of Asian qualifying.

While Zlatko Dalic's side were drawn in arguably the toughest group, alongside Spain, Italy and Albania, their return of two points was a disappointing haul for the 2022 World Cup semi-finalists. 

"Do you have quite some time? Because I can list quite a few mistakes," Koeman told reporters after Austria grabbed a thrilling 3-2 win over the Netherlands that sent them into the last 16 at Euro 2024 as group winners.

Gareth Southgate's side have struggled to find their best form in the tournament and delivered another unimpressive performance in Cologne, one that will do little to silence the mounting criticism back home.

The French are through to the last 16 after emerging unbeaten from the first round, but Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Poland in Dortmund meant they finished second in Group D behind Austria.

Kenyan runners won the top men's and women's divisions at the Jakarta International Marathon (JAKIM) 2024 on Sunday.

Mbappe watched from the bench as an unused substitute in Leipzig, the new Real Madrid recruit forced to wear a mask in training this week after breaking his nose in France's opening game of the tournament.

The Czechs had soaked up Portugal's first-half pressure under torrential rain in Leipzig before stunning one of the pre-tournament favourites early in the second period.

The Czech gamble - conceding possession and defending in numbers - looked set to pay off with a valuable point in their first group game, but a calamitous closing half-hour from defender Robin Hranac saw them leave Leipzig empty-handed. 

The much-fancied Belgians lost their opening Group E game 1-0 to Slovakia at the Frankfurt Arena, giving up an early goal and then being held at bay by some dogged defending.

Portugal won Euro 2016 and are spearheaded by 39-year-old superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo, preparing to play at a record-extending sixth Euros.

The France captain, to his credit, was sublime in creating the goal that beat Austria 1-0, but his failure to score at a Euros will weigh heavily on a player who has found the net 12 times at World Cups, including a hat-trick in the 2022 final.