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1) Italy will play England in Sunday’s European Championship final at Wembley. The last time the event took place at the same location was back in 1996 when Germany beat Czech Republic. There is plenty of debate when it comes to the best final, but Greece defeating Portugal in 2004 was pretty good fun. In 2000, Sylvain Wiltord waited until the 94th minute to equalise against Italy, David Trezeguet’s golden goal settled things in extra-time. West Germany won in dramatic fashion in 1980 when Horst Hrubesch headed an 88th-minute winner. Four years earlier, the West Germans witnessed the invention of the Panenka as the Czechoslovakians won on penalties.
2) It is a weekend of finals, as Wimbledon also concludes. Roger Federer v Rafa Nadal in 2008 is an obvious standout. Andy Murray taking down Novak Djokovic in 2013 was decent, too. Bjorn Borg v McEnroe in 1980 was so good they made a film about it (the plot was a bit more complicated than that). Venus Williams and Lindsay Davenport went the distance in 2005 in an all-time classic. Serena Williams had a less enjoyable time, losing to Maria Sharapova a year earlier. Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova delivered a real humdinger in 1988, too. Continue reading...