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Spain beat England 2-1 to win record fourth European Championship title

Published:Sunday | July 14, 2024 | 4:02 PM
Spain's Nico Williams celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the final match between Spain and England at the Euro 2024 football tournament in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

BERLIN (AP) — Spain won a record fourth European Championship title on Sunday after Mikel Oyarzabal's 87th-minute goal clinched a 2-1 victory over England, whose painful decades-long wait for a major trophy goes on.

Oyarzabal slid in to poke home Marc Cucurella's cross, just when the game at Berlin's Olympiastadion seemed destined for extra time after the latest show of resilience by England at the tournament.

Substitute Cole Palmer equalised for England in the 73rd minute to cancel out Nico Williams' opener in the 47th from 17-year-old prodigy Lamine Yamal's pass.

Spain also won the title in 1964, 2008 and 2012.

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