Euro 2025 final live: Defending champions England face Spain
England's Lionesses are bidding for back-to-back European Championships - and revenge - as they take on Spain in tonight's final.
The Lionesses, led by Sarina Wiegman, are competing in their third consecutive major final.
They secured Euros glory in 2022 by beating Germany, then lost the World Cup final a year later to tonight's opponents.
Captain Leah Williamson said ahead of the game that the players are not afraid of losing and will be focused on bringing the trophy home.
If the Lionesses emerge victorious, it will be the first time any England team - men or women's - has won a major trophy on foreign soil.
The game in Basel, Switzerland kicks off at 5pm UK time and is being shown on BBC One and ITV1.
Follow all the key moments in our live coverage below:
England boss Sarina Wiegman has opted for continuity in England's starting 11.
She makes just the one change from the line-up for the semi-final against Italy, with Jess Carter replacing Esem Morgan at the back.
Lauren James starts, having returned to training after being taken off early against the Italians.
Michelle Agyemang, who has been one of the breakout stars of the tournament with two crucial goals in the knockout stages, is on the bench once more.
Welcome to Yahoo UK's coverage of the Euro 2025 final.
Sarina Wiegman's Lionesses will be hoping to make it back-to-back Euros successes when they face Spain in a little over an hour.
But they face a tough task against the team that beat them 1-0 in the World Cup final two years ago.
Captain Leah Williamson says England are not scared of losing and will focus on the task at hand.
"I think this team is so task-focused. Whatever is in our way, we'll try and overcome that together. I don't think we're a team fearful of losing," she said.
"I think anything can happen in football, and there's so much out of your control. We focus on being the best people we can to each other, performing the best that we can, and hopefully that gives you the result that you want.
"But definitely not fearful of losing, because you expend energy in ways you don't want to."
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