EURO 2021

Former England captain David Beckham has his sights set on one final recall to the international fold.

The ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid ace has not featured in coach Fabio Capello’s plans since a 3-0 victory over Belarus at Wembley in October…

During the next year’s European Football Championships in Poland and Ukraine there will be a total ban on smoking in all stadiums. It will not be allowed to sell or promote tobacco in the stadiums and their surroundings – announced UEFA on Thursday. It is the joint action of UEFA, the World Health Organization, the World Heart Organization, the European Network of Healthy Stadium, Organising Committees in Poland and Ukraine as well as local health support groups. Euro 2012 free from tobacco – this slogan makes us think about the […]

Members of the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association held meetings with authorities and civil society leaders in several cities across the Russian Federation between 26-30 September 2011. They discussed future cooperation and exchange of experiences in the struggle against racism and xenophobia in the lead up to the 2018 World Cup to be held in Russia. Among others, they visited Kazan – the home of FC Rubin and a 2018 World Cup host city – where they were received by the leaders of the Parliamentary Civic Chamber of the Republic of Tatarstan […]

Joachim Loew, Germany’s national team coach, assured during an interview with the Polish Press Agency that the friendly match with Poland on 6 September in Gdansk was of great importance for him. On Friday his team, as the first one from eliminations, may secure promotion to the Euro 2012. For Polish fans and players the match with the German team is very important due to, among others, the history and proximity of Germany and the fact that Poland has never won with the team. Does the German team also have […]

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger completed several deals on deadline day, including the £10million capture of Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta.

Wenger watched on helplessly last weekend as his side were routed 8-2 at Manchester United. The Gunners are now …

Tottenham – 7/2 with bookmaker to finish in the top four of the Premier League – playmaker Luka Modric is not going anywhere in the transfer window despite Chelsea courting the midfielder, according to assistant boss Kevin Bond.

Bond, who was speaking o…

On 18 August 2011, at the invitation of the Polish Parliament’s National and Ethnic Minorities Committee, the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association presented its activities against racism and xenophobia in football stadiums in the lead up to EURO 2012. – ‘Polish football is often quite multi-cultural, which is emblematic of broader demographic changes across Europe, but the situation in many stadiums still gives reasons for concern’ – said Dr Rafal Pankowski, the coordinator of the East Europe Monitoring Centre set up by ‘NEVER AGAIN’ in cooperation with the FARE Network and UEFA. […]

David Taylor, the UEFA chief executive, assessed the progress of works of Ukraine for Euro 2012 in 80%. Taylor said on Wednesday in Kiev: “The main problem? In view of the fact that I represents the football side, it is important for me to finish the construction of the stadiums in Kiev and Lviv”. As Taylor pointed out the another issues are airports of the host cities and infrastructure. Ukraine has already prepared two stadiums – in Kharkiv and Donetsk. The Stadium in Kiev is now being modernized and in […]

The opening ceremony of the stadium will be held in Lviv on 28 October with the participation of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych – said Borys Kolesnikov Deputy Prime Minister. The stadium in Lviv will be one of the four Ukrainian stadiums for Euro 2012. The President of Ukraine will open the stadium on October 28, and the first match of Ukraine and Austria will be held on November 15 – said Deputy Prime Minister, responsible for preparing for the final tournament of European Football Championship. Kolesnikov said that […]

Ukrainian sky during Euro 2012 will be protected by the NATO aircrafts U.S. military aircraft is expected to protect the skies over the country during Euro 2012,  says  “Vzglyad.” Work of Ukrainian and Polish patrol of the airspace of the U.S. Air Force began as early as this weekend. Airplanes Air Force of Ukraine, the United States and Poland on Monday are to conduct probe flights on the protection of Ukrainian and Polish airspace. According to the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine,  training will be attended by aircraft and helicopters […]