Residents of Euro 2008 host city
Vienna have reacted angrily on learning they must pay more for
their beer in the city's official fan zone than people at venues
in tournament co-hosts Switzerland.
A large beer will cost 4.50 euros ($7.09) in the fan zone in
the historic centre of Vienna, whereas the same drink will cost
5.0 Swiss francs or 3.10 euros in the Basel, for example.
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Thu, 22 May 2008 10:29:43 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Senegal could face possible
sanction if they go ahead with the selection of French under-21
international Issiar Dia in their team for next weekend's World
Cup qualifier at home to Algeria.
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Thu, 22 May 2008 10:58:22 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Manchester United fans prepared Thursday to welcome home their heroes after a dramatic Champions League victory in Moscow, as bitterly disappointed Chelsea fans began arriving back in London. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 02:44:12 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
German police stand ready to help
co-hosts Switzerland and Austria in the event of a
security-related emergency during next month's Euro 2008 soccer
tournament, the country's top police officer said.
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Thu, 22 May 2008 02:47:08 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Cristiano Ronaldo refused to commit his long-term future to Manchester United in the aftermath of Wednesday's Champions League final triumph. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 02:59:07 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Sir Alex Ferguson hailed Edwin van der Sar's penalty shoot-out heroics as "no accident" after the Manchester United goalkeeper clinched the Champions League trophy with his stop from Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka. -- read full article
Thu, 22 May 2008 02:59:53 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The Asian Football Confederation wants the Iraq government to reinstate the nation's soccer association. The Iraq Football Association, which had overseen the Iraq team's climb to reigning Asian Cup champion despite the difficulties faced by the war-torn nation, was disbanded by the government Tuesday. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 06:51:12 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Germany are preparing for Euro
2008 with basketball workouts at a pre-tournament training camp
in Spain, their coach Joachim Loew said on Wednesday.
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Wed, 21 May 2008 06:55:19 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Switzerland's
injury-plagued team have added two more players to the casualty
list after Tranquillo Barnetta and Steve von Bergen picked up
knocks at their Euro 2008 training camp.
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Wed, 21 May 2008 07:07:46 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
