Defender Jacek Bak will take the skipper's armband for Thursday's match against co-hosts Austria in Group B in place of the injured Maciej Zurawski, coach Leo Beenhakker said Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:48:32 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
UEFA president Michel Platini
said on Wednesday he was delighted with the first week of action
at Euro 2008, both in terms of football and behaviour.
-- read full article
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:58:20 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
For Germany,
Thursday's Group B game with Croatia in Klagenfurt is not just
about qualifying for the quarter-finals, it is about proving
they are serious contenders for their first title since 1996.
-- read full article
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:00:02 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Coach Josef Hickersberger has
told Austria to throw caution to the wind against Poland in a
Group B game on Thursday that will leave the losers perilously
close to a Euro 2008 exit.
-- read full article
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:00:32 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Only four days after kicking off
Euro 2008, co-hosts Switzerland could be out of the competition
after their second match against Turkey on Wednesday (1845 GMT).
-- read full article
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:00:03 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The final round of World Cup
qualifying beckons for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and South Korea on
Saturday, although with two games remaining the Asian race for
2010 places looks to be going right down to the wire.
-- read full article
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:52:38 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
A superb hat-trick from Spain's
David Villa and goals of beauty from Portugal, Germany,
Netherlands and Sweden have put an extra sheen on a bright
opening round of matches at Euro 2008.
-- read full article
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:10:44 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
With a thumping 4-1 win over
Russia and a hat-trick from striker David Villa, Spain could
hardly have got their Euro 2008 campaign off to a better start.
-- read full article
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:31:48 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Turkey captain Emre Belozoglu has
been ruled out of Wednesday's Euro 2008 Group A match against
Switzerland after tearing a hamstring muscle, Turkey coach Fatih
Terim said on Tuesday.
-- read full article
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:16:07 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Sweden coach Lars Lagerback
selected Henrik Larsson to play up front with Zlatan Ibrahimovic
in their Euro 2008 Group D match against holders Greece on
Tuesday.
-- read full article
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:20:44 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Spain fired a warning shot to their Euro 2008 title rivals with a stunning dissection of Russia here on Tuesday, winning their Group D clash 4-1. -- read full article
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:33:29 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
William Gallas had earlier in the day called for goals after Monday's drab 0-0 draw with Romania and France produced them here on Tuesday - albeit against a side made up of local youngsters. -- read full article
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:45:06 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
