Already considered one of soccer’s greats at age 24, Lionel Messi on Monday became the first to win FIFA player of the year three times in a row. The Barcelona and Argentina forward received the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2011, beating club teammate Xavi Hernandez and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo. “It’s a huge honor,” Messi said after accepting the trophy from retired Brazilian great Ronaldo. The only other three-time winners are Ronaldo (1996-97, 2002) and Zinedine Zidane (1998, 2000, [...]
The aim of the Project EuroFashion is to invite to Ukraine the best designers-representatives of 16 countries which will take part in the UEFA EURO 2012 Championship. On March 19-20, 2012, sixteen Fashion Ambassadors will present their new collections to Ukraine and its visitors. We have invited to our Project not only designers and journalists, but also members of football, public and charity associations, sportsmen, diplomats, and other renowned persons. Hundreds of journalists will cover this Project; about a thousand [...]
A coach should have a detailed plan for every group match. Franciszek Smuda, 63, has been leading the national team for 25 months. – In the clubs he used to be adamant. He worked hard for a great respect and recognition, because he focused on the work with the team and he wasn’t interested in nothing else – says Marek Koźmiński, 46-time representative, a silver Olympic medalist from Barcelona from 1992, who played over 100 matches in Series A and [...]
For some SPA was important, for others it was a golf course and a private beach. All of them wanted luxury hotels and even pitches. What were the national football teams driven by when choosing residential bases for Euro 2012 UEFA announced the official list of centres in October this year. It included 21 offers from Poland and 17 offers from Ukraine. For the last twelve months, representatives of football teams taking part in Euro 2012 have been traveling around [...]
UEFA has announced a list of twelve referees who will lead 31 matches of the Euro 2012 played at stadiums in Poland and Ukraine. Among referees there are Howard Webb who refereed in a controversial match of Polish and Austria at the Euro 2008. The reserve list includes the polish referee Marcin Borski. European Championships will begin on June 8 with the match of Poland and Greece at the National Stadium in Warsaw. A final match is scheduled for July [...]
PGE Arena is a football stadium in Gdańsk’s Letnica neighborhood, Poland, which is constructed for the UEFA Euro 2012. The stadiums’ exterior is designed to resemble amber; which has long been extracted on the Baltic coast. Construction started in 2008, completed in 2011. It is used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 44,000 people. Construction cost 623 million PLN Architect RKW Rhode Kellermann Wawrowsky Capacity 44,000 Field dimensions 227 x 197 x 45 metres PARKING: on [...]
The moment has arrived. All football fans, just six months before the curtain goes up. Excitement will reincarnate as the Euro 2012 knocks at the door with all the pleasantries. the door is hard but it will break, soon enough on June 8 when the world welcomes Euro Cup 2012, a much anticipated contest after the WORLD CUP 2010. The qualifying rounds are still in progress and so far Germany and Spain has showed great class with zero defeats and [...]
