Tag: Euro 2012
2014 World Cup Up Next For Spain
By thrashing Italy 4-0 in Sunday’s Euro 2012 final in Kiev, Spain staked a claim to the title of the…
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Champion Spain spank Italy to retain title
It was a final touted to be a tight game. But defending champions Spain made it look so easy as…
France’s Skipper Defends Teammates
Captain Hugo Lloris has leapt to the defence of his France team-mates, saying they should not be judged on reports…
Balotelli’s brace lands Italy in final…Germans out
Striker Mario Balotelli struck twice to seal Italy’s 2-1 semi-final win over Germany on Thursday to leave the Germans’ Euro…
Fabregas shoots Spain into final
Defending champions Spain Wednesday night advanced to the final of the EURO 2012 championships, after defeating Portugal 4-2 via a…
‘Italy Can Shock Germany’
Italy midfielder, Thiago Motta believes the Azzurris have the momentum to beat favourites, Germany in the Euro 2012 semi-finals. Germany…
Bastian’s Injury Gives German Machine Headache
Germany’s Bastian Schweinsteiger has been troubled by an ankle problem. The nagging ankle problem for Bastian and the continuing issue…
‘Spain Won’t Focus On Ronaldo Only’
Spain’s players say that halting Cristiano Ronaldo will not suffice if they are to overcome Iberian rivals Portugal in Wednesday’s…
Italy advance for Germany, England go home
England’s penalty curse struck again in Kiev Sunday as a far superior Italy advanced to the semi-finals of Euro 2012…
Germany beat Greece for Euro 2012 semi
Football: Germany outclass Greece to make Euro 2012 semis – Wrap Germany showed their class in Gdansk, Poland on Friday…
Press mixes sports, politics as Greece, Germany clash
German newspapers Friday light-heartedly mixed politics and football with an eye on Germany’s Euro 2012 encounter with Greece, suggesting the…
Ronaldo shoots Portugal to Euro 2012 semi-final
Portugal has eliminated Czech Republic to make the semi-final of Euro 2012, courtesy of Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal on the 79th…
Ronaldo Can Stop Our Fun —Czech Coach
Czech Republic coach, Michal Bilek, says his team must stop Cristiano Ronaldo running at them or he will be “impossible”…
Srna Claims Officials Favour Spain
Croatia’s Darijo Srna has accused officials of showing bias toward Spain during his side’s 1-0 Euro 2012 loss. Slaven Bilic’s…
Italy’ll Be Tough For England—Rooney
Wayne Rooney has warned his teammates that their EURO 2012 quarter final clash with Italy would not be a sttroll…
England, France in the last eight at Euro 2012
Final Scores: England 1 Ukraine 0 (Goal scorer: Wayne Rooney 48th minute Sweden 1 France 0 Scorers: Ibrahimovic 54th minute;…
Spain, Italy In, Croatia, Ireland out
Football: Spain, Italy through, as Group C concludes – Wrap, Lead 06/18/2012 21:38 GMT – FBL-EURO-2012 – World Sports –…
Holland, Denmark home as Portugal, Germany qualify
Germany eliminated Denmark 2-1 and Portugal ensured that Holland went back home without a point, by similar margin. It was…
Poland coach, Smuda resigns
Poland coach Franciszek Smuda resigned after the Euro 2012 co-host was eliminated from the championship on Saturday in a 1-0…
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Poland, Russia exit, Greece, Czech into Q-Finals
Co-hosts Poland and Russia have crashed out of the European Championship in the matches concluded tonight. Poland lost 1-0 to…
Arsenal’s Rosicky out of Poland match
Czech captain Tomas Rosicky failed to recover from a calf injury to take his place in the starting line-up for…
Portugal’s coach attacks Ronaldo’s critics
Portugal coach Paulo Bento turned his ire on critics of misfiring captain Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday, the day before his…
Torrential rain halts France-Ukraine match
The Ukraine v France Euro 2012 Group A match was suspended because of torrential rain in Donetsk on Friday. The…
Euro 2012: Warsaw Turns War Zone
Riot police fired plastic bullets and tear gas to quell violent scenes at the Euro 2012 venue of the match…
Mixed Fortunes For Businesses In Kyiv
Euro 2012 is turning out to be a disappointment for some restaurants and pubs in the city center, while other…
Schmeichel Rates Ibra High
Legendary goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel has compared AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Eric Cantona and expects the Swede to shine at…
Day 3: Euro 2012 Round Up
Italy showed great character after a traumatic run-in to Euro 2012 by holding defending champions Spain to a 1-1 draw…
German machine upset Portugal again
A second-half header from striker Mario Gomez was enough to give Germany a 1-0 win over Portugal on Saturday in…
Denmark upset misfiring Dutch
Denmark claimed the first upset of Euro 2012 by overcoming a badly misfiring Netherlands side 1-0 in their opening Group…
Russia win, Poland draw
Russia thrashed the Czech Republic 4-1 while co-hosts Poland drew 1-1 with Greece, as the first European championship in eastern…