England are through to the semi finals

England are through to the semi finals.....yes.

England is also through!

The England football team is through to the semi-finals - not England!!! It slightly gets under my skin - if the subject of a news item is football, then fine; but a news headline to the same effect is just plain daft!

In answer to your actual question - "is" is what is needed.

Signed Grumpy Old Lady!

what Luckygirl said

Though it is the England team through not the physical country so you could argue that” are “ is correct?

Does it really matter to you?

Though it is the England team through not the physical country so you could argue that” are “ is correct? Well no, since 'The England team' is a collective noun and is therefore singular. whereas if it were 'the members of the England team...

who cares - they're through!!
which sounds better than 'it's through'!!

Totally agree Jalima. (I was playing Devil's advocate, only because this is, after all, Pedants Corner )

Or Pedants' Corner, even.....

I am sure #GarethSouthgate would .....know [gin]

"I have read England are through to the semi finals and England is through to the semi finals.
I am discombobulated- which is correct??"

In all but three of the World Cups going back to 1950, neither would be correct.