--- title: Google Doodle Marks Start of Euro 2016 Soccer Competition description: With the UEFA European Championships about to begin, Google has scored with soccer fans by putting up a celebratory Doodle canonical: https://time.com/4363845/google-doodle-euro-2016-france/ author: Simon Lewis article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-10T03:46:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:14.215Z og:title: Google Doodle Marks Euro 2016 Soccer Competition og:description: The tournament kicks off on Friday in France og:url: https://time.com/4363845/google-doodle-euro-2016-france/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt947dc31ee25d8f62/6988973c8e06011ade466409/screen-shot-2016-06-10-at-10-34-13-am.png?branch=production&width=549&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 549 og:image:height: 309 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2016-06-10 at 10.34.13 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Google Doodle Marks Euro 2016 Soccer Competition twitter:description: The tournament kicks off on Friday in France twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt947dc31ee25d8f62/6988973c8e06011ade466409/screen-shot-2016-06-10-at-10-34-13-am.png?branch=production&width=549&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Google Doodle Is Getting Us Ready for the Euro 2016 Soccer Competition > Sponsored content. 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The animated Doodle depicts a Parisian cityscape with an anthropomorphic, smiling Eiffel Tower playing keepie-uppie. 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