EURO 2012

…, Webber, who is 16/1 with bet365 to win the 2012 drivers’ world championship with team-mate Vettel 11/2 to retain his crown, is looking to get his season on track in the heat of Bahrain.
“We haven’t been to the circuit for two years and the last time we raced on the current track layout was in 2009,” said the Australian.
“It’s a hot race, hotter than it was in Australia and Shanghai and more like the temperature in Malaysia. It would be nice to get a podium before we go back to Europe.”

Fellow managers on Friday tipped defending European champions Spain and Euro 2008 second-placers Germany as hot favorites to win this year’s tournament.

After wrapping up a two-day meeting of all 16 Euro 2012 qualifier nations in tournament co-hosts Poland, managers were pressed by reporters to give their forecasts for the final outcome.

“I think everyone knows who the favorites are. For me, they are Germany and Spain,” Poland manager Franciszek Smuda said.

Even Germany boss Joachim …

… off the pitch after the loss and the club decided it was time for a change at the top, with Neil Warnock at 10/1 with bet365 to succeed the former Republic of Ireland boss. Steve Bruce and Alan Curbishley are joint 4/1 favourites to take the hot seat.
A club statement confirmed: “The Board took the difficult decision to terminate Mick’s contract after a run of form which has seen Wolves pick up only 14 points in the last 22 League games, after a promising start to the season, culminating in …

…enough and called it a day.
Kukushkin struggled to cope with the soaring temperatures in Melbourne and retired from the contest with the score at 6-1 6-1 1-0.
Murray, who is 4/1 with bet365 to win the Australian Open, said after his easy win: “I played him a few weeks ago (in Brisbane) and it was a tough match. I expected another one today but it’s so hot. I get to conserve a bit of energy but he was obviously struggling.”
The Scot is 1/14 to beat Nishikori and win through to the semi-finals.

…they are to win the Premier League title this season.

City, who are 4/7 with bet365 to take the crown, will top the table at Christmas after easily defeating Stoke 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night. However, champions Manchester United are hot on their heels.
The gap between the city rivals is still at two points after United thumped Fulham 5-0 at Craven Cottage and Mancini believes his players will have to maintain their impressive form until the end of the season if they are to …

Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez is content to fight for a regular starting spot at Old Trafford, with competition for places having hotted up.

Hernandez, 16/1 with bet365 to be the leading scorer in the Premier League, made a massive impact during his first season in England, but has had to be more patient this term, especially with Danny Welbeck emerging as a major player.
“You look around on the training pitch and there are almost 30 players, but only 11 can start a game so it’s …

Arsene Wenger is determined to remain in the Arsenal hot-seat even though recent results mean they are 7/4 with bet365 to finish in the top four of the Premier League this season.

The 61-year-old Frenchman has been in charge of the Gunners since 1996 and guided them to great success in his first nine years with the club.
However, since winning the FA Cup in 2005, Arsenal have failed to claim a trophy and results such as the 8-2 mauling at Manchester United and 4-3 loss at Blackburn have added…

… hundreds of hoses are planned to place on pontoon bridges and be moored, Delovaya stolitsa newspaper reports with reference to director of commercial enterprise Khozkomobsluzhyvanie Alexander Diachenko.

Every house will consist of 1 room for 4 people with bathroom unit, hot and cold water supply, TV set. The enterprise is going to make power line or equip wind energy device. The modern water-purification system will allow taking the water from the Dnieper River. The company is planning to …

… and risky step of awarding the championships to Poland and Ukraine two years ago, the right-wing government of the time promised to build 3,000 km of highways and less expensive and slightly slower expressways by 2012. The man in the hot seat now is infrastructure minister Cezary Grabarczyk, who is coming under increasingly intense pressure from Donald Tusk, the prime minister, to ensure that the road programme is not a disaster. Grabarczyk has already toned down his predecessor’s promises, …

… he had been reassured to learn that the opening match venue – the national stadium in Warsaw, long a major worry – would be built in time.

Platini’s visit to Poland and Ukraine – he is bound for Kiev on Thursday – has been hotly-awaited amid rumours that they could be stripped of the championships.

Platini had one-on-one talks with football-mad Prime Minister Donald Tusk, then President Lech Kaczynski, and was due to hold similar meetings Thursday with their Ukrainian counterparts Yulia …