Thousands of fans lined the Mall in central London to celebrate England's Euro 2025 triumph. England successfully defended its title by beating world champion Spain in a penalty shootout in the final of the Women's European Championship in Basel on Sunday.

Royal Marines Band Service (RMBS) musicians lead the Lionesses football team down The Mall in London for their celebrations. England women beat Spain on penalties on Sunday (July 27) in Switzerland after drawing 1-1 in normal time.

An open-top bus parade will take place in central London following Sunday's victory against world champions Spain, which is set to get underway just after midday. It will get underway on the Mall before a staged ceremony takes place in front of the Queen Victoria Memorial at Buckingham Palace.

In the U.S., our relationship with women’s soccer is very different, and has dwarfed support for men’s soccer for decades (probably because the men’s team sucks). But for the rest of the world, the 2025 Women’s Euros seems to have made women’s soccer the worldwide phenomenon it should have been for the last 30 years.

Football bad boy Joey Barton is back in the news for a vile attack on England’s women’s team after their dramatic Euro 2025 win – and here’s the story of the day he was ‘strangled’ during a match in Doncaster.

Winning 3-1 on penalties, Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses will be bringing the trophy home on Tuesday 29 July as they have a homecoming celebration in London. Fans will have an opportunity to celebrate with the team as they travel down The Mall in an open-top bus before taking to the stage for a ceremony in front of Buckingham Palace.

England coach John Mitchell has named a vastly experienced squad for the Women's Rugby World Cup on home soil starting next month as the hot favourites aim to underline their dominance of the sport with the prize that so agonisingly eluded them in 2022.

England have become only the second team to retain their European trophy after edging out world champions Spain in a penalty shoot-out to settle an epic final in Basel; Sky Sports Laura Hunter reflect