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Google has revealed its most searched for term in the UK this year was 'Euros', following the England team's run to the final in July.
Football dominated the search engine's 2021 list, with 'Premier League' and the Danish player Christian Eriksen, who collapsed on the pitch during the tournament, coming next.
The first pandemic-related search, 'Covid vaccine', came in fourth while Jackie Weaver, made a surprise entry on the list of most searched for political figures. Handforth Parish Council's finest came eighth on the list after featuring in a hostile Zoom meeting that went viral.
Football dominated the search engine's 2021 list. Pictured: Luke Shaw (right) celebrates putting England 1-0 ahead against Italy in the final of the Euros
Last year the list was dominated with searches about the pandemic, with coronavirus-related terms made up three of the five.
This year, it was football that the nation were most keen to know more about following the England team's heroic run to the final, only narrowly losing on penalties to the winners Italy.
The pandemic did still feature heavily on several lists - particularly travel-related
