There are clear winners and losers emerging as Swiss cities and traders seek to profit from the business of co-hosting the European Championship. Officials in the capital city of Bern will set up a third giant TV screen to cope with an expected invasion of Dutch football fans later this week. Around 25,000 people turned the federal parliament square into a joyous sea of orange Monday evening to... -- read full article
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:06:46 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Turkey coach Fatih Terim made
four changes to his starting lineup for Wednesday's Group A
match against Euro 2008 co-hosts Switzerland.
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Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:20:20 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Portugal's play-maker Cristiano Ronaldo hit a second-half goal to all but book his side's place in the Euro 2008 quarter-finals in a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic here on Wednesday. -- read full article
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:24:00 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:16:07 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
