Defending champion England staged a remarkable late comeback to beat Sweden in penalties and advance to the semifinals.

Defending champion England has staged a remarkable late recovery from two goals down to take its quarterfinal against Sweden to extra time at the Women’s European Championship.

Gerhardsson went out on a high by winning the Swedish Cup in 2016 (no other manager at Euro 2025 has won a senior trophy in men’s football).

England became the second team to qualify for the semi-final of the 2025 Women's European Championship. The Lionesses had to battle back from two goals

Lionesses count injuries after surviving penalty drama to progress at Euro 2025 - England 2-2 Sweden (3-2 on penalties): The Lionesses came from 2-0 down to beat Sweden on penalties and reach Euro 202

Follow live reaction to England’s extraordinary penalty shootout victory over Sweden, in a game they trailed 2-0

England are through to the semi-finals of Euro 2025 after a tense match with Sweden in Zurich on Thursday. It was truly a match of two halves, with Sweden leading 2-0 until the last few minutes of normal time. The Lionesses were able to equalise in the last 11 minutes of the match, which took the game to extra time.

Switzerland coach Pia Sundhage is leaning into soccer history to prepare for one of the toughest games in her storied career Friday at the Women's European Championship.