She was hoping to make a mercy dash to Brazil with her children to see her dying grandmother.

Officials lifted the warning on Tuesday, saying more than 45 days had passed since they have found a new last local case of the mosquito-borne infection.

Lukas Podolski was born in Poland but plays for Germany, and Thursday's match between the countries at the European Championship promises to be another emotional experience.

Euro 2016 has been something of a feel-good tournament for Germany so far and Joachim Low's men are certainly optimistic they can keep that going when they face Poland on Thursday night.

Poland reached the knockout stages of the European Championship for the first time in their history following a 1-0 victory over neighbours Ukraine in the Stade Velodrome, Marseille.

The contrast in difficulty is summed up by the fact that the bottom half has nations with a total of 20 major titles (11 World Cups and nine Euros), while there is a total of none in the top half.

Fernando Santos took his Portugal side's practice session at the Centre National de Rugby in Marcoussis on Monday. The training base was a happy one after their last-16 win over Croatia.

After 17 days and 44 matches, Euro 2016 has now reached crunch time with eight teams left to battle it out for glory in France as the tournament reaches the finishing straight.

Despite Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo so far failing to produce a string of consistent displays, Portugal have recovered from a slow start to earn a place in the quarter-finals.

With seven games of the tournament remaining, kicking off with Poland's quarter-final clash against Portugal on Thursday night, three players sit top of the standings with three goals each.

Arkadiusz Milik is looking forward to playing against one of his footballing heroes, Cristiano Ronaldo, when Poland face Portugal in the European Championship quarter-finals in Marseille.

The Bayern Munich striker has become the forgotten man at Euro 2016, overshadowed as each of the other star attractions have stolen the headlines.

Lewandowski hasn't lit up Euro 2016 and will need to regain his form from qualifying if Poland are to have any chance of getting past Portugal on Thursday.

Renato Sanches insists any criticism of Portugal has no effect on the players as they reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016 after a penalty shoot-out victory over Poland.

Portugal have become the first team in modern European Championship finals history to reach the semi-finals of without winning a single game in normal time, having beaten Poland.

French side AS Monaco have signed Polish defender Kamil Glik on a four-year deal from Italian side Torino, the clubs confirmed on Monday.

Poland's World Cup qualifier with Romania had to be suspended when a firecracker exploded at the feet of striker Robert Lewandowski. The Bayern Munich man needed medical attention.

The 2014 World Cup Golden Boot was won by Colombia's James Rodriguez, who set the tournament alight with six goals and goal of the tournament before earning a transfer to Real Madrid.

Germany's home clash with France is the most mouth-watering tie on Thursday, as the reigning World Cup winners look to continue their dominance with victory over the 2014 champions.

Poland coach Jerzy Brzeczek has warned his players not to treat Tuesday night's friendly clash with the Republic of Ireland as a party for Robert Lewandowski.

Italy prepared for Sunday's UEFA Nations League clash with Poland with a training session in the Florence sunshine. Roberto Mancini watched on as the late afternoon sun beat down.

Gareth Southgate's men are among the top seeds and will be in a five-team group while Wales and Scotland will join Germany in pot two and Northern Ireland and the Republic in pot three.

Aidy Boothroyd's side are in preparation mode for the European Championship finals as they trained at St George's Park on Wednesday ahead of friendlies with Poland and Germany.

Moreno, who was formerly assistant manager, took charge of the national team when Luis Enrique stepped down in June due to the his daughter being seriously ill - she tragically passed away in August.

SPAIN 5-0 ROMANIA: Gerard Moreno scored a brace as Spain concluded their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with an emphatic 5-0 win at home to Romania.

Our scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week in search of the next big star. This week they give Sportsmail the low-down on Crystal Palace starlet NYA KIRBY.

THE SECRET SCOUT: Our scout is a top football expert who attends matches each week searching for the next star. This week they give the low down on Cardiff midfielder Gavin Whyte.

The title hopes of jump jockey Brian Hughes have been hit after he was suspended for three days for weighing in light on Carlisle winner Bingo D'Olivate.

The former TOWIE star, 32, continued to showcase her impressive one stone weight loss as she holidayed in the Spanish island of Lanzarote on Monday.

Gregg Wallace has revealed how he maintains his three-stone weight loss - something that's made harder by working as the co-host of MasterChef.

He recently lost an impressive three stone by overhauling his diet and sticking to a gruelling work out regime. 

She's been working hard at the gym this year, after saying that she wants to put her health first in 2020. 

The aspiring singer, 30, who was previously 28 stone when she appeared on The X Factor in 2007, looked incredible as she unveiled her slimmer frame.

She's the former Biggest Loser trainer who has a host of nonfiction and children's books published under her name.  

Married At First Sight alum Sam Ball offered a shady response to his ex-'wife' Elizabeth Sobinoff's return to the franchise on Saturday.

The former X Factor star, 28, shared a photo of herself pulling the waist of her trousers out to reveal how much weight she has shed over the last eleven months.

He's the former TV Gladiator who lost 13kg during his stint on Australian Survivor: All Stars.

The MasterChef star, 55, revealed he's taking a break from his gym workouts as he encouraged self-isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic on Instagram on Sunday.

Walking toward the camera and throwing her hands in the air, Alexandra, who recently unveiled the results of her two stone weight loss, let her brunette locks fall loose in the clip.

The Love Island star, 28, looked amazing as she displayed her incredible figure in black lingerie on Instagram stories on Thursday amid coronavirus lockdown.

The Love Island star, 28, donned a blue bikini with straps across her abdomen and a knot tied around her waist as she showed off her modelling prowess.

Cardi B has revealed in a deleted tweet that she lost five pounds in four days while 'throwing up everything I swallow' because of the stomach illness that landed her in the hospital last week.

The Masterchef judge, 55, got up at the crack of dawn to work out, while his son Sid, 11 months, was asleep on Friday.

Jackie 'O' Henderson once came close to signing up as an ambassador for weight loss program Jenny Craig several years ago.

Married At First Sight's Cathy Evans found herself at the centre of controversy earlier this week.

An Australian personal trainer has shared how it's possible to get the body of your dreams in just six weeks - with her at-home workout plan you need to follow each day for results.

The Black-ish star recalled the amusing story of when she first met the late great pop superstar during a visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday.

The former Spice Girl admitted that the singer was 'like a little kid at heart' and possessed a children's playground in his back garden.

Pills that were seized from Prince's Minnesota estate on the day he died have shed a new light on the singer's very private battle with drug addiction - and the possible risks he could have been taking with pills

A woman from the southernmost town in New Zealand has claimed Prince is the father of her adult son, and he's getting a DNA sample in an attempt to prove it.