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The Daily Telegraph says Gareth Southgate is set for a knighthood after leading England to their historic achievements at the Euros.

The Daily Express: The BBC pundits disagreed in their analysis over Kane’s performance in the Euro 2020 final

The Daily Telegraph says twelve countries including Italy, Germany and Bulgaria are on course to join the quarantine-free green list this week

The Metro says: Jorginho and Leonardo Bonucci wasted little time in trolling England after Italy prevailed on penalties to win Euro 2020, with the pair proudly singing ‘it’s coming Rome’ during the visitors’ wild celebrations at Wembley.

The Metro says: Italy are European champions for the second time in their history after prevailing in a penalty shootout against England at Wembley.

“Heartbreak” says the i paper. It reports the young England squad fell short despite keeper Jordan Pickford’s shoot-out heroics. “Maybe next year,” it adds.

It was “one last fateful kick of a ball” that ended England’s dream, says the Times, describing the final as having “the cruellest of Hollywood twists”.

The Metro says: The majority of England’s players immediately took off their runners-up medals following the defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday.

The Daily Telegraph says football was almost home. In the penalty shoot-out it was almost home. And then it was gone. It was taken away.

The Daily Express says: The FA have released a statement after several players were racially abused following England’s Euro 2020 final defeat against Italy.

BBC News says England’s bid to end their 55-year wait for a major trophy ended in the familiar agony of defeat in a penalty shootout as Italy claimed the win.

France24 says the head of Haiti’s national police announced that officers arrested a Haitian man accused of flying into the country on a private jet.

The Sun says: A BRITISH soldier cheated death after smashing through a roof and landing in someone’s kitchen when his parachute failed to open fully on a Special Forces free-fall jump.

Arab News says Saudi Arabia is well on its way to herd immunity as members of the community continue to adhere to measures and register for vaccines.

Aljazeera says thousands have taken to the streets in rare anti-government protests in Cuba, chanting “down with the dictatorship” and “we want liberty.”

TRT World says authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse have said they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks.

The Sun says the England team were “the pride of the nation” says the paper describes a “penalties curse” as “striking again” at the Euro 2020 final against Italy.

“It hurts… but we’re so proud of you” the Daily Express declares. It describes the penalty shoot-out as “nerve-shredding”.”Our time will come,” it adds.

The Metro sums up the thoughts of a nation as it declares “Lions did us proud” after England’s 3-2 loss on penalties to Italy in the Euro 2020 final.

TRT World says firefighters are struggling to contain exploding California wildfires under blazing temperatures as another heatwave blankets the west.

Aljazeera says Australia has announced its first Covid death of 2021 as authorities in New South Wales struggle to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant.

Arab News says Lebanon’s power cuts have stopped the country’s vaccination campaign and also led to warnings about food poisoning.

BBC News says it is possible to catch two Covid variants at the same time, experts are warning after seeing it kill a 90-year-old woman.

Sky News says England are “here to win” in the Euro 2020 final and “want to go and bring the trophy home”, says manager Gareth Southgate.

The Sunday papers are unsurprisingly heavily dominated by England’s Euro 2020 final against Italy tonight at Wembley Stadium.