England's defence of their European title got off to a damaging start with a 2-1 defeat by France in their heavyweight group-stage match in Zurich. Widely considered England's toughest game of Group D, this was always going to be a test for Sarina Wiegman's side - and they were not up to the task.

England head coach Sarina Wiegman said that her side’s 2-1 defeat to France at UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 was of their own making.The Lionesses’ title defence got off to a terrible start in Zürich

England head coach Sarina Wiegman felt the defending champions created their “own problems” after opening their Euro 2025 campaign with a 2-1 loss to France in Zurich.The Lionesses were forced to regroup after Alessia Russo had an early goal chalked off following a VAR review for offside in the build-up and needed to dig deep after Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore scored within four first-half minutes.

ZURICH (AP) — England set a number of unwanted firsts as it began the defense of its Women’s European Championship title by losing to France 2-1 on Saturday. Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Sandy Baltimore scored two quickfire goals towards the end of the first half as France recorded a ninth straight win and stunned the defending champion.

It was a disappointing start for England and Wales at the Women's Euros. Find out what happened in both opening matches here and let us know if you have any advice or messages of support for the teams.

The dream start to the Netherlands' EURO 2025 campaign, with three goals, is now a reality. Vivianne Miedema opened the scoring, Victoria Pelova scored the second and Esmee Brugts closed the account