EURO 2021

Capital and largest city of Lower Silesia Region, fourth largest city in Poland (630 000 citizens) and biggest economic, academic and cultural centre of Silesia Region. Oldest preserved record of Wrocław may be found in the papal edict from 1000 under which the bishop’s office was established in the settlement. Over its rich history the city was incorporated within borders of Poland, Czech, Habsburg Kingdom, Prussia, France, Germany, and finally after World War II again fell to Poland. Wrocław is distinguished by unique and original architectural style. Despite major devastation […]

Gdańsk Capital of Pomorskie Voivodship and the largest city in Pomerania Region (450 000 citizens). Wraz z Gdynią i Sopotem tworzy Trójmiasto – główną polską aglomerację nad Morzem Bałtyckim z ponad 1 mln mieszkańców. Its history dates back over 1000 years ago and the most significant historic sites are located in Główne Miasto (Main Town) in Gdańsk (such as medieval Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary – one of the largest brick churches in the world). Read more… Poznań Capital of Wielkopolska Region and Wielkopolskie Voivodship, fifth largest […]

Dick Avocaat, a Dutch selector of the team of Russia, believes that the 2:0 victory over Denmark on Wednesday in Copenhagen means that his team will be very “dangerous” for each participant in the European Championships. The Russian team will be group rivals for Polish football players. The victory over Denmark gives pleasure to everyone because it is a very strong team. Full control over the game for the first 20 minutes with a scored goal of Roman Szirokow already in the fourth minute may be too short, but all […]

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…

St Helens hope that by parting company with head coach Royce Simmons, they will improve their chances of winning this year’s Grand Final.

Saints are 7/1 with bookmaker to win the Grand Final in October after losing their last four games, including the w…

All other stadiums for the Euro 2012 were constructed under pressure, apart from the stadium in Donetsk, whose construction was financed by the Ukrainian oligarch – Rinat Akhmetov. “Donbass Arena” is certainly the most modern sports facility in Eastern Europe, on which the Akhmetov – Shakhtar club plays its matches. Donbas-Arena was designed by ArupSport company, which had accomplished such prestigious projects as the City of Manchester Stadium, the Allianz Arena in Munich and the National Stadium in Beijing. Construction began on 27 March 2006 as it had not been […]

Repeatedly modernized facility, on which there be played a final match of the EURO 2012 organized jointly by Poland and Ukraine already raises great respect. Right now this is one of the most modern facilities in the Old Continent, which was constructed based on a completely modernized stadium. The pompous opening of the Olympic Stadium in Kiev was a great success. The ceremony of the rebuilt stadium in Kiev was to be held in August, however, due to delays in the delivery of an important element of the roof structure […]

Municipal Stadium in Poznan at Bułgarska street was the first Polish facility ready for the Euro 2012. Each of the three group matches of the finals of the Europe championships will be watched by 41 000 spectators. The construction of the stadium in Poznan started in the ’60s, and the opening ceremony was held in August 1980. Since that time the facility has been modernized. The beginning of last reconstruction was in 2002. When Poland received the right to organize Euro 2012, it was decided to introduce changes. Plans of […]

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 […]