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Long Flights Frustrate Some Teams at Sprawling Euro 2020

The distances between the 11 host cities make even the last two World Cups—when teams flew across the Amazon rainforest in Brazil or to Russia's Ural mountains—seem small by comparison.

    

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(AP) -- A sprawling European Championship like no other is racking up air miles like never before.

Some teams at Euro 2020, which is being held in various countries, have played most or all their games so far at home. Others are flying from one end of the continent to the other and back again.