Ada Hegerberg scores and misses a penalty as Norway come from behind to beat hosts Switzerland on the first evening of Euro 2025 at a sold-out St Jakob-Park.

Switzerland's biggest test won't be winning Euro 2025, but figuring out how to make the most of the tournament

Norway star Ada Hegerberg has led her team to a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over host nation Switzerland despite missing a penalty in their opening game at the Women’s European Championship.

Host nation Switzerland gets its first action of the 2025 Women's European Championship when it faces Norway on Wednesday, July 2.

Spoiler alert: Euro 2025 went to a “small country”. The tournament starts on Wednesday, with Switzerland taking on Norway at St Jakob-Park on the opening day. For the next 26 days, Switzerland, a country that shares its borders with Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein, is at the epicentre of women’s European football.

BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) -With the temperature set to reach fever pitch in Switzerland when the hosts take on Norway in their opening game at the Women's Euros on Wednesday, fans spent the afternoon cooling off in the Rhine river as the mercury soared again in Basel.

Captain Ada Hegerberg scores a "towering header" to bring Norway levelagainst Switzerland in the second group A match at Euro 2025.

Ada Hegerberg scored a vital equaliser as Norway edged hosts Switzerland 2-1 on the opening night of Euro 2025, with the match decided by an own goal.

Switzerland took the lead against Norway but fell to a 2-1 defeat on home soil after scoring an own goal on the opening day of the Women's Euro 2025 championship on Wednesday, with Norwegian captain Ada Hegerberg netting the equaliser and missing a penalty.