EURO 2021

Amid fears the Euro 2012 finals were in jeopardy, UEFA has granted tentative approval for Poland and Ukraine to maintain hosting rights for what is one of world soccer’s most important events. Despite the backing, UEFA warned the joint hosts to speed up their preparations, insisting the hosting deal could still be annulled, sources from European soccer’s governing body said Friday. Poland and Ukraine were given the reprieve after UEFA’s executive committee met in Bordeaux to discuss a progress report on preparations for the tournament.

UEFA President Michel Platini has urged the international community on Thursday to help Poland and Ukraine in their preparations for the Euro 2012. Poland and Ukraine need support of international community – quotes the National News Agency of Ukraine “Ukrinform”. In the last few months German and Italian media speculated about taking the preparation of EURO 2012 away from Poland and Ukraine. According to western press former communist countries will not manage such a huge project. Italians, who lost the battle to organize this event, were first to criticize. Platini, […]

The tender on purchase of 20 so-called joint gravimetric compositions, which are expected to achieve the speed from 190 to 250 km/h. According to Czesław Warsewicz, the chairman of PKP Intercity, they go on Polish railway tracks at the latest in April 2012, just before European Championships in Football. The railway branch has been waiting for announcement of this contest for months, because the value of order can achieve 400 million euro. It is not a small amount, but according to Intercity, there should not be a problem with financing […]

Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko of Ukraine has participated in a meeting of the Polish-Ukrainian Committee for the organisation of the EURO 2012. While in Warsaw she also held talks with Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the preparations to the championships. Both premiers assured that stadiums in Warsaw and Kiev will be built on time and added that both countries will intensify cooperation in the preparation to the championships. Danuta Isler reports It was in April 2007 that Ukraine and Poland were named co-hosts for the prestigous tournament. Since then little […]

In 2012 the football European championships eventually will take place in Italy and France – on Tuesday on its pages a daily newspaper is writing hair “Il Giornale”. According to the Italian newspaper soon the boss Michel Platini will go by the UEFA to Ukraine and officially he will accept after the visit of inspection, that “an organization is impossible Euro” in this country and in Poland.

Poland is ready to help Ukraine, if the one won’t be in time with preparations for final championships of the football European championships in 2012 – on Thursday an Ukrainian newspaper wrote in “Siegodnia”, citing the statement of the Polish minister of sport, Mirosław Drzewiecki. – Theoretically everything is possible, although today it is (defeat of Ukrainian preparations for ME 2012 – PAP) unlikely, improbable. But if something happens, we are ready to think about different plans – a, quoted by the daily newspaper, being responsibility of the richest Ukrainian, […]

Controversial British judge Graham Poll thinks, that with one’s attitude on Euro 2008 Howard Webb proved that he was the best English arbiter and on the next Euro he can take even some of three most important meetings. However Euro 2012 will take place in Poland and in the Ukraine, and taking into consideration the real hostility Polish fans treat Webb with which, they could treat it as the malice on the part of the UEFA what isn’t a good idea for calm carrying out championships. Howard Webb wasn’t appointed […]

Coach: Leo Beenhakker Group B: Germany, Croatia, Austria, and Poland Introduction Cause For Optimism There has never been a better time to be a Polish football fan. A burgeoning squad developing in self belief under the guidance of one of the shrewdest managers around, the time is right for Poland to shake off their tags as international under achievers at Euro 2008. Qualification for the tournament already indicated that Poland are becoming a force to be reckoned with. Drawn into Group A, with 8 teams, it was always going to […]

Jewhen Czerwonenko – the boss of the Ukrainian National Agency for Euro 2012 said on Wednesday, that if works connected with preparation for Euro 2012 in Lvov will not speed up, the role of the host Odessa or Charkow – reserve cities can get. Visiting Odessa Czerwonenko said this city have great chances to be the host for future finalists of the European championships. It is already next, after the UEFA representative Matteo Gambuto, statement giving the distinct signal that Lvov can lose the status of the city – host. […]

The Silesian stadium has more and more chances for matches of Euro 2012. Above faults in the stadium a great infrastructure overbalanced. And very object is supposed to be restructured by a renowned company from Germany Chorzów has great chances for organizing at least one match, and Cracow will be the hotel-tourist back – we managed to confirm such information in a few sources on Wednesday. Meanwhile less than the month ago seemed, that already everything was wasted. From it, what until now we thought, is our advantage i.e. the […]