EURO 2012

… Ekstraklasa football clubs to talk about stadium safety and a proposed crackdown on hooliganism.

Sports Minister Adam Giersz and Deputy Interior Minister Adam Rapacki were also present…s premier league, told Polish Radio that while he supports a crackdown on hooliganism, closing stadiums is out of the question.

“We sent a very clear…from the Masovian and Wielkopolska provincial governors, that the best way to combat hooligans who are present at, or in the vicinity of stadiums is not the…

… – is perhaps some small consolation for European football administrators.
UEFA have reacted with appropriate firmness, but concerns about the hooligan element in Poland surely remain. Frankly, Legia Warsaw fans have been notorious for such behaviour in the past (on…, as neanderthal).

An article published prior to last year’s World Cup gave a bleak outline of the hooligan problems in Poland. Sure enough, there were scuffles between Polish and German fans at the tournament itself (although, in…

… As he writes the organization of the football World Championships in 2010 by the Republic of South Africa is a similar adventure.

“Poland can still provide its part of the project of Euro 2012 with a firm footing despite the internal problems with corruption and hooligans. But in the Ukraine almost everything is missing at the moment,” “FAZ” assesses.

The UEFA lost a lot of it’s trust in Poland.

The spokesman of the UEFA, William Gaillard declared, that Poland won’t loose the right to …

…The main contender and favourite was Italy, which already has the necessary infrastructure in terms of arenas, airports, roads, etc. However, what in the end seems to have turned the tide against Italy, are the recent bribery scandals and hooligan riots that so has tarred the image of Italian soccer internationally. This was not the case with with Poland and Ukraine, but this positive image may also prove an unwelcome blessing for Warzaw and Kiev.

Without the necessary infrasctructure, Poland…