The UEFA Euro 2024 final takes place in Germany this Sunday (July 14), as Gareth Southgate's England face an impressive Spain side.
Southgate has followed in the footsteps of England women's football coach Sarina Wiegman by taking his side to two successive European Championships finals (Wiegman not only coached the Lionesses to victory in 2022, of course, but was the manager of the Netherlands' successful women's side at the Women's Euro 2017 final).
And Southgate has also now reached more major men's international tournament finals than every other England men's team manager combined. It's also the first major international tournament final for the team that hasn't taken place in England.
It was a tricky journey for England to start with – underwhelming group stage performances attracted a lot of attention.
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But things stepped up a gear with a closely-fought quarter-final game against Switzerland (including a truly stunning equaliser from Arsenal superstar Bukayo Saka to take the game to extra time and penalties), and another gutsy performance against the Netherlands in the semi-finals with a late winner from Aston Villa's highly-regarded striker Ollie Watkins.
However, England's opponents in the final, Spain, are one of the teams of the tournament – Luis de la Fuente's side won every single match on their road to the Euro 2024 final.
They beat hosts Germany in the quarter-finals, then defeated France in the semi-finals – with a fabulous goal from teenage Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal rightly commanding widespread attention and making him the youngest goalscorer in the history of the men's UEFA European Championships.
Yamal marks his 17th birthday on Saturday – can he and his teammates secure the Spanish men's side's fourth Euros trophy and set an all-time tournament record for the ultimate celebration? Here's how to tune in.
Watch Euro 2024 final between England and Spain in the UK
The Euro 2024 final between Spain and England kicks off on Sunday, July 14 at 8pm UK time (9pm local time) at Berlin's Olympiastadion. You can watch on either the BBC or ITV.
Note that unlike the World Cup and the UEFA Nations League, there's no third-placed play-off at the European Championships.
BBC Euro 2024 final coverage of Spain v England
The BBC's TV coverage is scheduled to start at 6.30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. If you're in the mood for sport all day on Sunday, then before that it will air the Wimbledon men's singles final (the day's remaining tennis coverage is scheduled to move to BBC Two at 6.20pm).
The listing for the BBC's coverage confirms Match of the Day's long-serving host Gary Lineker will anchor the final broadcast.
He'll be joined by studio guests including pundits and former England internationals Rio Ferdinand and Micah Richards, plus former Spain and Manchester United star Juan Mata. Meanwhil,e another former England international, Alan Shearer, joins Guy Mowbray in the commentary box.
For those of you in the mood for an early morning replay, BBC One will start that at 1.35am on Monday morning (July 15).
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Meanwhile, Mark Chapman will anchor BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds' coverage of the big game from 6pm. He'll also host an hour's worth of preview programming between midday and 1pm on Sunday before 5Live broadcasts live from the Wimbledon men's singles final.
After the match, Robbie Savage, Chris Sutton and Clinton Morrison will host a two-hour edition of football phone-in Euro 606.
ITV Euro 2024 final coverage of Spain v England
ITV'1 and STV's coverage of the Euro 2024 final is also scheduled to begin at 6.30pm on Sunday evening, and the big match will also stream live on ITVX.
STV's listing for the game confirmed that the team will broadcast from the Olympiastadion – during the tournament, they've been in a purpose-built studio overlooking the Brandenburg Gate in central Berlin (as has the BBC).
Mark Pougatch will host, and he'll be joined in the studio by guests including Roy Keane and former England internationals Ian Wright and Gary Neville.
Commentators are yet to be officially announced but we do know that Clive Tyldesley won't be involved – he called his final match for ITV at the end of June, as his contract wasn't renewed by the broadcaster.
Where to watch the Euro 2024 final outside the UK
If you're not in the UK and looking to watch the Euro 2024 final, there's a full list of broadcasters on the UEFA website.
Those of you in Spain for Sunday's game will be able to watch on the country's public broadcaster RTVE (both broadcast and its streaming counterpart RTVE Play).
In the US, FOX has the rights to the Euro 2024 final and will also stream the game on the FOX Sports website and app. It's a big day for FOX, which also has the rights to the Copa América final between reigning champions Argentina and Colombia on Sunday evening.
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