Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Euro 2016 final!

Another must-read piece via Eurosport's Tom Adams.

After starring for Wales during their historic run to the last four, Real Madrid star Gareth Bale has sent a Twitter to his Portuguese teammates via Twitter.

Some great articles on the site leading up to this final - here's one via former England and Manchester United defender, Paul Parker.

Can you imagine an England set-up getting an open top bus ready so brazenly before a tournament final?

Resignation speeches, yes... glory buses, definitely not...

The historical precedents for this clash favour France, who have a fine record against the Portuguese in major tournaments having enjoyed several semi-final wins over them.

The atmosphere has been hotting up in Paris...

As you can see there, no big surprises in the line-ups for the match - Pepe is back for Portugal having missed the semi-final against Wales with injury, while France stick with the same starting XI that they used in the semi-final. That means Umtiti and Sissoko - two players who were nowhere near the starting line-up a few weeks ago - will take to the Stade de France turf from the start.

France: Lloris; Sagna, Koscielny, Umtiti, Evra; Pogba, Matuidi; Sissoko, Griezmann, Payet; Giroud.

Portugal: Patricio; Cedric, Pepe, Fonte, Guerreiro; William, Adrien, Joao Mario, Sanches; Ronaldo, Nani.