Italy won their second EUFA Euro soccer title after defeating England in penalty shootouts.
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A stampede at a soccer match killed forty-nine people in Cairo, Egypt.
The US won gold in the first-ever women's soccer at the Olympics.
The Inter Milan soccer club was formed.
England won the FIFA World Cup Final in London against Germany with a score of 4-2.
Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkurv (Reykjavík Football Club), was founded.