Football Soccer - England v Iceland - EURO 2016 - Round of 16 - Stade de Nice, Nice, France - 27/6/16 England's Chris Smalling and Wayne Rooney react after Iceland's Kolbeinn Sigthorsson scores their second goal REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Livepic - RTX2IJON
NICE, France (Reuters) - England scored an ignominious double on Monday, becoming the first country to be dumped out of Europe twice in a week and in the process losing both its prime minister and national soccer team manager.
Just days after English voters steered the United Kingdom towards a "Brexit" from the European Union, England provided another shock, crashing out of the Euro 2016 soccer competition to Iceland - the smallest country ever to appear in a major tournament.
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