Desailly horse play
Marcel Desailly and French team are criticised by Italy's Fabio Cannavaro after elbowing incident in Euro 2000 final.

Wild welcome for Euro champions
Jubilant French fans throng central Paris in their thousands to give a rapturous welcome to their footballers, crowned as champions of Europe.

French passion fits final
Gerard Houllier believes France deserved to ride their luck against Italy and win Euro 2000.

England next for champions France
European Championship winners France start two years of friendly matches when they take on England in Paris in September.

Lemerre's plea to Deschamps
French coach Roger Lemerre begs his captain Didier Deschamps not to retire after he lifts the Euro 2000 trophy.

France win Euro 2000
David Trezeguet's golden goal gives France a 2-1 win over Italy in the final of Euro 2000.

Double delight for France
As football fans celebrate across France, the winning team start a party of their own in Rotterdam.

Euro woe for proud Italy
While France erupts in celebration, Italy and its dejected team can only reflect on what might have been.

Euro 2000 final clockwatch
All the key moments from France's dramatic victory over Italy in Sunday's Euro 2000 final at Rotterdam's De Kuip stadium.

Platini: Zidane no match for Maradona
French legend Michel Platini says that Zinedine Zidane is not in the same league as Diego Maradona.

France legends Platini and Zidane beyond compare
Gerard Houllier insists the talents of Michel Platini and Zinedine Zidane should be enjoyed, not compared.

Zidane out of O'Neill's range
BBC pundit Martin O'Neill admits he would love to be able to afford to bring Zinedine Zidane to Celtic.

Lemerre salutes 'great' referee
French coach Roger Lemerre salutes the referee who controversially paved his side's way to the Euro 2000 final.

Zidane sends France through
Zinedine Zidane strikes home a penalty in extra-time to send France into the final of Euro 2000.

Portugal coach resigns
Portugal coach Humberto Coelho resigns after his side's heartbreaking semi-final defeat at the hands of France.

France v Portugal clockwatch
All the major incidents from France's golden goal victory over Portugal in the first semi-final of Euro 2000.

Mabbutt: France deserved golden moment
Former England and Spurs captain Gary Mabbutt says France deserved their golden goal success against Portugal.

Deschamps slams retirement rumours
French captain Didier Deschamps hits out at press speculation that he will quit international football after Euro 2000.

Kluivert heads chase for Golden Boot
BBC Sport Online reviews the race for the tournament's top scorer as Euro 2000 nears its climax.

Trezeguet completes Juve move
David Trezeguet has moved from Monaco to Juventus in a deal reported to be worth over £15m.

Vieira: Zidane is my hero
Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira says that his international colleague Zinedine Zidane is an inspirational figure.

Leboeuf gets frank with Zizou
Frank Lebeouf tells BBC Sport Online that Zinedine Zidane needs to become even better to match Portugal's Luis Figo.

Raul miss sends France through
Zinedine Zidane inspires France to a dramatic 2-1 win over Spain in Euro 2000 - but only after a last-minute penalty is missed.

Zidane personifies France's quality
BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson says the quality of France's football in their 2-1 win over Spain confirms them as Euro 2000 favourites.

Camacho bitter at defeat
Defeat proves a difficult pill for Spanish coach Jose Antonio Camacho to swallow, especially after seeing Raul miss a final minute penalty.

Simply the best
BBC Sport Online's man in the Low Countries Pete Lansley has his breath taken away by Zinedine Zidane.

Spain v France clockwatch
All the action from France's thrilling 2-1 win over Spain in the quarter-final in Bruges.

France v Spain in pictures
France win 2-1 in a thrilling game after Raul misses a last-minute penalty for Spain

Italian giants eyeing Vieira
Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira has again been linked with a move away from Highbury with Juventus leading the chase

Golden oldie Blanc wants final goodbye
Euro 2000 has reached the golden goal stage, and Laurent Blanc would love to score another for France against Spain.

Travel is Leboeuf's England cure
France's Frank Leboeuf tells England's stars to take a leaf out of his book and continue their footballing educations abroad.

France confident despite Dutch defeat
Despite losing to Holland, coach Roger Lemerre insists France's display demonstrated his squad's grest strength in depth.

Final challenge for France
Edgar Davids has thrown out a challenge to world champions France: "Let's meet in the final of Euro 2000 - then we can really see who is stronger."

Group D goes Dutch
Co-hosts Holland clinch top spot in Group D as Boudewijn Zenden's goal seals a thrilling win over world champions France in Amsterdam.

Holland v France in pictures
Holland comes back from behind to beat second-string France 3-2

Dutch delighted to top group
Dutch goalscorer Frank de Boer insists winning Group D is crucial to the co-hosts progress at Euro 2000.

France v Holland clockwatch
All the live action from Amsterdam as the tournament favourites met to decide Group D.

England gone, party on
England may be out of Euro 2000 - but supporters of the teams left in the competition are getting more colourful by the day.

Houllier expects final dress rehearsal
Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier feels the showdown between Holland and France to be a meeting of potential champions.

French footballers 'face terror threat'
The Dutch authorities arrest three suspected terrorists who may have had plans to target French soccer stars at Euro 2000.