EURO 2021

Roberto Di Matteo hopes that Fernando Torres has refound his goalscoring touch at exactly the right time for Chelsea.

The Spanish striker netted twice in the 5-2 FA Cup sixth round win over Leicester City and is expected to start against Manchester C…

The project of the stadium was executed by the Rhode-Kellermann-Wawrowsky company from Dusseldorf, which has also built the famous stadium in Gelsenkirchen and in Hanover. In April 2008, works on the preparation of the ground for the construction of the stadium began and a few months later ground works were started. The official commencement of construction of the stadium was in May 2009. The works were to be finished at the end of 2010, but this deadline was not met due to various reasons. On 9 June 2011 PGE Arena […]

We have been waiting very long for really well-prepared football stadium. We were jealous of other countries, but in the end we constructed beautiful stadiums. We have in Gdansk, Poznan and Wroclaw modern facilities for Euro 2012, but the real showcase is the National Stadium in Warsaw. The National Stadium was built in place of the former Tenth Anniversary Stadium, which in recent years has had nothing to do with sports. A place of the largest bazaar in Europe was occupied by an impressive stadium with a red and white […]

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 appeared at the World Cup in Korea. – In the […]

Wayne Rooney is the only Englishman to have been included on the 23-man shortlist for this year’s Ballon d’Or.

The 26-year-old, who is expected to start Wednesday’s Champions League clash against Otelul Galati, a game Manchester United are 9/2 with b…

Ukrainian hoteliers are missing out on early bookings for Euro 2012 with reservation databases in host-city hotels still closed for the dates of the event, according to www.booked.net. Less than 250 days from the kick-off of Europe’s top international soccer showcase almost all host-city hotel booking systems in Ukraine, which is co-hosting the tournament alongside Poland, remain closed. Meanwhile, preparations for the 14th European Championship is continuing at pace across Ukraine. Reconstruction of stadiums and key improvements to infrastructure is almost complete in the host-cities of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv and […]

President Viktor Yanukovych hopes that the Euro 2012 European Commission will decide on the visa-free regime with Ukraine. He said this to journalists in Bratislava after talks with President Ivan Gasparovic of the Slovak Republic, UNIAN reports. Yanukovych expressed his hope that Ukraine before the end of the first half of this year, will fulfill the first part of a plan of action towards the agreement on visa-free regime. He added that considerable work has already been done and it will in the second half to start the second part […]

What has been firing the imagination of fans across Europe for many months is now a fact. UEFA has launched a website where anyone can create fan accounts. Why? Because starting 1 March football fans can apply championship tickets. Getting them is going to be a difficult task, but residents of host cities (including Poznań) will find it much easier than others. UEFA has prepared a special batch of tickets available only to residents of the cities where the finals are to take place. An although the distribution procedure is […]

Heavy snow falls in Trójmiasto have not stopped construction works of PGE Arena Gdańsk. “We do not have delays. Almost all the works are going according to our plan” – assured Michael Fijalkowski, spokesman of the European Investment Office Gdańsk 2012. In accordance with the schedule of works we systematically remove supports supporting steel structure and polycarbonate plates on the stadium covering and cables are being installed. Finishing works are carried out on the western grandstand, this is the VIP area, Fijałkowski said to PAP. Was suspended only the works […]

As UEFA president Michel Platini warns Ukraine that time is running out to complete its Euro 2012 preparations, the co-hosts announced today the opening date for the much-delayed Lviv stadium. Lviv city authorities confirmed it will open next August, reports BSANNA News. Two major football matches would be held in the 33,400-capacity venue before the Euro 2012 competition that is also being staged in Poland. The new-build venue was one of UEFA’s chief concerns earlier this year, along with the rebuild of Kiev’s stadium. Construction of the stadium started in […]