The Euro 2024 knockout-round bracket is starting to take shape, with Group A the first to finish play on a dramatic Sunday.
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Euro 2024 bracket and knockout round schedule
The top two teams in each group, along with the top four third-place finishers, advance to the 16-team knockout round, meaning Hungary will have to wait to see if its three points are enough. Ties are broken first by head-to-head results — or results against all the level teams, in case of a multi-team tie — followed by goal differential and total goals scored. Beyond that, the calculations get more complicated.
Group B will wrap up Monday. Groups C and D will finish play Tuesday, while Groups E and F will end the group stage Wednesday. The tournament’s knockout stage commences with round of 16 games beginning Saturday.
In addition to Germany and Switzerland, Spain and Portugal have already clinched spots in the knockout round.
All days and times Eastern.
Monday’s Euro 2024 games
- Albania vs. Spain, 3 p.m.
- Croatia vs. Italy, 3 p.m.
Group B, considered one of the most challenging in the tournament, concludes Monday, and neither Croatia nor Italy is in a comfortable position. Italy, the defending champion, lost to Spain previously and needs at least a draw against Croatia to ensure passage to the knockout round. Aging Croatia is still led by Real Madrid star Luka Modric but enters Monday ranked last in the group.
Spain, meanwhile, has impressed thus far and is yet to concede a goal. La Roja has already clinched first place in the group. Albania scored first in each of its first two games but likely needs an unlikely win over Spain to advance.
Groups C and D both conclude Tuesday, as the tournament barrels toward the knockout stage. Group D will finish first, with France meeting Poland at noon Eastern and the Netherlands facing Austria at the same time. Poland has yet to record a point and was the first team eliminated from the tournament, while the Netherlands and Austria are both in strong position to advance. France will finish in the top two with at least a draw against Poland, or with a loss and a Netherlands win or draw.
In Group C, Denmark faces Serbia and England meets Slovenia, both at 3 p.m. Eastern. England is assured a top-two finish with a draw or win against Slovenia, or with a Denmark draw or loss against Serbia. Denmark is guaranteed passage with a win, but has plenty of other paths. Slovenia will also advance with a win, while Serbia — which enters in last place — needs at least a win, or a draw and a Slovenia loss, to have a chance.
Looking ahead at the rest of Euro 2024
Here’s a look at the rest of the tournament schedule. All dates and times Eastern.
CLEVELAND, OHIO – MAY 26: James Wood #29 of the Washington Nationals celebrates after hitting a two-run homer during the second inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on May 26, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
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Washington Nationals slugger, James Wood, doesn’t get the credit he deserves.
But he’s turning heads. Opponents fear him. Fans love to watch him play.
The left-handed hitting Wood, only 23, is a clear 5-tool Major League Baseball player. He won’t turn 24 until September 17.
Wood hits for power, has a respectable batting average, has excellent speed, plays good defense, and has a strong throwing arm. Five tools.
Wood is getting every inch of power from his large, 6-6, 234 pound frame.
Not only has Wood hit 16 home rus so far this season, and he has walked 51 times in his 294 plate appearances.
At the start of play Friday June 5, Wood has compiled a very impressive stat line of .264.401.527/.929.
The Nationals have surprised plenty of MLB teams with their consistent power display, their excellent hard contact and extra base hit skills, and their overall offensive performance.
James Wood is a special player for the Washington Nationals.
It would not be out of question to see the Nationals claim a spot in the competitive National League playoffs.
Wood is clearly the leader of the surging Nationals.
Washington Nationals’ James Wood in action during a baseball game against the New York Mets, Thursday, May 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Wood hits in the leadoff position for Washington, and he sets the table for the team’s lineup. Using excellent hand-eye coordination, good pitch recognition, and an appropriately aggressive approach at the plate, Wood is a dangerous leadoff bat.
Wood has the ability to foul off plenty of pitches, until he finds the pitch he can drive.
In a series against the Cleveland Guardians May 25-27, Wood hit two home runs, while collecting eight hits in 12 plate appearances.
After the second game of the series, the Toronto Star said this: …”Wood’s towering, 401 foot drive to right field was his 15th homer of the season, and second in as many days…Wood leads the majors with 49 runs and ranks third with 29 extra-base hits.”
Wood was a 2nd round pick of the San Diego Padres n the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. He was chosen out of MG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Wood’s signing bonus was equivalent to the slot value of a first round pick.
Wood’s signing bonus encouraged him to sign with the Padres, as opposed to completing his plan to attend Mississippi State University.
LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 18: Juan Soto #22 of the Washington Nationals holds the T-Mobile Home Run Derby Championship Trophy and wears the championship chain as he poses for a photo with Bad Bunny after winning the final round during the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium on Monday, July 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
MLB Photos via Getty Images Wood never played for the San Diego Padres. He was traded to Washington in a blockbuster deal that sent budding star Juan Soto to the Padres.
As Baseballreference.com noted, in that August 2, 2022 transaction, the Padres sent Wood, shortstop CJ Abrams, pitcher MacKenzie Gore, outfielder Robert Hassell III, right-handed pitcher Jarlin Susana, and first baseman Luke Voit to Washington for Soto, and first baseman Josh Bell. It was the type of franchise-changing deal the Padres were noted for at the time.
Of course, Soto now plays for the New York Mets, and Wood is thriving as the team-leader of the Nationals.
Wood is only in his third year with Washington, and there is no telling how much more impact he will have when he reaches his baseball prime. That’s still some four years away, and already, Wood is busting fences, stealing bases, making outstanding defensive catches, and playing the game with passion.
Wood was an All Star for the National in 2025, when he hit .256/.350/.475/.825, with 31 home runs, and 94 RBIs in 689 plate appearances. He stole 15 bases.
The only blemish on Wood’s 2025 production, was his 221 strikeouts. He walked 85 times. While there is swing-and-miss in his game, Wood appears to have improved his contact this season.
Wood has also exercised good pitch selection, as his walk rate is climbing.
Wood has plenty of raw power, but an inside the park, grand slam home run he hit against the Mets May 19 exemplifies the type of season Wood is having. Here is a comment about Wood’s homer on msn.com, “Wood hit a Statcast measured 29.4 feet per second sprint speed. The Nationals Park crowd was on its feet, sensing something special.” The homer never left the park.
The Washington Nationals now find themselves with a highly competitive, highly entertaining team. Finally. They have waited a long time for this type of excitement in Washington.
5-Tool star James Wood is just the type of player to lead the Washington Nationals to great success in this 2026 MLB season.
About Washington Nationals James Wood:
As noted by MLBtraderumors.com at the time he sighed with the Padres, Wood received a massive $2.6M signing bonus from San Diego as the No. 62 player taken in the draft. That 62nd slot value was listed at $1.1M.
The San Diego Padres Traded James Wood to the Washington Nationals:
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – A request was approved for the Alabama National Guard to support operations surrounding the America250 events in Washington, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Thursday.
“One month from today, our nation will mark 250 years of freedom. Without hesitation, the Alabama National Guard is proud to support America250 events,” Ivey said.
As the nation prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence, 150 soldiers from the 123rd Quartermaster Company in Arab will assist with support operations connected to major public events in Washington, D.C.
The guard members will work alongside the D.C. National Guard and civil servants throughout the U.S. National Capital Region in coordination with the National Guard Bureau.
“From the founding of our country to the freedoms we are still blessed to defend today, America’s 250th anniversary is a powerful reminder of the service and sacrifice that make greatness possible,” said Alabama National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. David Pritchett.
The soldiers are expected to arrive in Washington before the 4th of July activities and serve a 90-day rotation.
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The Catholic archbishop of Washington DC on Wednesday removed a well-known priest as an exorcist of the archdiocese after he made public comments suggesting that UFO sightings were the work of demons.
Cardinal Robert McElroy said the archdiocese also was cutting ties with the St Michael Center for Spiritual Renewal, a Washington-based non-profit headed by the priest, Monsignor Stephen Rossetti.
The archbishop said Rossetti’s statements “linking UFOs to demonic presence and the Center’s recent use of social media gravely undermine the Church’s very precise teaching on the devil, demons and exorcism”.
“There’s a danger here,” Rossetti said in a 29 May video posted on his Facebook page addressing UFO sightings and the existence of aliens. “As an exorcist I wanted to raise that danger. And that is that demons like to hide … They don’t want us to know what they’re doing because they’re more effective when we don’t realize it.
“They can kind of get into your head, you know, and manipulate things in the world to influence us to do evil.
“It’s my personal belief that probably many if not most of these UFO sightings are in fact demons,” Rossetti added.
Rossetti also said that people can be good Catholics and believe there’s life on other planets, though he does not personally believe life exists elsewhere.
In a statement posted on the St Michael Center website, Rossetti said he was saddened by the action of the archdiocese.
“I ask forgiveness for any ways that I have not been faithful to the teachings of the Church’s Magisterium, particularly in the cited video on ‘aliens and the demonic’,” he said. “I believe it is of the utmost importance to be obedient to the Church and I will continue to endeavor to subject all that I do and the Center to be thus obedient.”
Rossetti, who has more than 148,000 followers on Instagram, is a prominent psychologist as well as an exorcist. His center has specialized in offering spiritual healing for priests troubled by various difficulties.
In 2023, he told the Associated Press there was increasing and renewed appetite for information about demonic possession and exorcism.
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