France 2016

The 2016 UEFA European Championship was the 15th edition of the UEFA European Championship. For the first time, the European Championship final tournament was contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format used since 1996. Everyone will remember Iceland fairy tail, Gareth Bale and Wales reaching the semi finals and other movie script stories. What an astonishing story Twelve years after their heartbreak against Greece, they have beaten the hosts 1-0 in the final This is a glorious triumph of the human spirit. Ronaldo limps and winces up the steps with his team-mates. For the first time in a while he is wearing the broadest smile. After a few selfies and a lot of jumping around, Ronaldo lifts the trophy, screams with delight and starts kissing it. He looks like he cannot believe this has happened. The worst moment of his career has turned into the greatest The Portuguese fans are still lapping this up. They are the 10th team to win the Euros. Renato Sanches named Young Player of the Tournament. The accolade caps a sensational breakthrough season for the teenager, whose performance was outstanding. He scored his first goal for his country against Poland, making him the third-youngest player to register in a Euro Finals fixtures. He became both the competition's youngest-ever finalist at 18 years and 328 days and its youngest winner. Antoine Griezmann may have drawn a blank in the final but he did win the UEFA EURO 2016 Golden Boot. He finished with six final goals. Only fellow countryman Michel Platini, in 1984, has scored more than Griezmann in one final tournament.