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The Guardian's Euro 2016 team of the tournament so far

Euro 2016 has reached the halfway stage and although the group stage did not produce a standout team, there were some standout individual performances. Throughout the group stage the Guardian has rated every performance – from the opening game between France and Romania through to the drama of the Republic of Ireland’s game against Italy on Wednesday night – which means we can now pick our official team of the tournament so far.

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Iceland shirt sales up by 1800% on back of Euro 2016 success

Sales of Iceland’s home shirt have risen by an astronomical 1800 per cent on the back of their remarkable Euro 2016 campaign, one online retailer has revealed. The minnows sent shockwaves around the continent after booking their place in the knockout stages by going unbeaten in Group F, finishing above both Portugal and Austria.

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Iceland feel time is ripe to defeat the nation that inspired them | Andy Hunter

Man mountains at the foot of the French Alps, otherwise known as security staff at Iceland’s training camp in beautiful Annecy, joined the applause for England’s last-16 opponents as they disembarked from their team bus on Thursday.

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Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic on retirement: 'I made the country my country'

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has admitted he is proud of Sweden career after their exit from Euro 2016 was confirmed on Wednesday. The 34-year-old announced his international retirement earlier this week having scored 62 goals in 116 appearances for his country – more than any other Swedish player in history.

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Euro 2016 pundits: Slaven Bilic leads way in the battle between BBC and ITV

It’s got to the stage with Lineker where you can easily forget he is England’s third all-time highest goalscorer. For many he is now simply that man with the silver hair who presents football on the telly, partly because of how long he’s been doing it and partly because he’s rather good at it.

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