EURO 2021

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed the spirit of his side after seeing them defeat Chelsea 5-3 at Stamford Bridge.

The Gunners endured a poor start to the season and were rocked by the losses of Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas in the summer.
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The ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association co-organized the high-profile ‘Poland for All’ event together with the Polish Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Sports and Tourism, the City of Warsaw and the Polish Association of Former Players. It took place at the Warsaw Agrykola stadium on 14 October. The event formed a part of the Football Against Racism in Europe Action Weeks. One of the event’s attractions was a match involving players of Warsaw’s multicultural Ethnoleague and Polish football stars, including legends such as the former internationals Dariusz Dziekanowski, Radoslaw Majdan and Roman […]

Fabio Capello says Wayne Rooney will not start in any of England’s friendlies ahead of the 2012 European Championships.

Rooney will be suspended for at least the first game of the finals in Poland and Ukraine after being red carded against Montenegro…

With the Polish venues on track in their preparations for co-hosting Euro 2012, the lingering concern for the country’s football fans is whether they will have a national team capable of putting up a respectable performance. Coach Franciszek Smuda has seen his side fall as far as 73rd in FIFA’s admittedly farcical ranking system, with the dearth of playing talent a regular topic for the country’s footballing media. Many wonder what happened to the squad that won the European Under-18 Championship in Finland in 2001. That team included Tomasz Kuszczak, […]

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie says he is not ready to open discussions on a new contract extension.

The 28-year-old insists he is happy with his current deal, which has just over 18 months left to run, but his decision has led to speculation over …

Thanks to the Euro 2012 Adidas wants to be the leader in the market of football clothes in our country. The company will take a lot of marketing and promotional activities. – Warsaw has changed. Trends from the West are very visible in the city. Your capital city looks like major cities in Europe. Young people look the same and have fashionable clothes – says Herbert Heiner, Adidas Managing Director. Adidas is, of course, number 1 when it comes to soccer in the world and European championships are one of […]

A new report from a Warsaw based anti-racism group documents the number of racist and discriminatory incidents in the host countries for the 2012 European Championships. The report called ‘Hateful’ has been produced by the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association in cooperation with Football Against Prejudices (Ukraine), as part of the FARE network Eastern European Monitoring Centre. It covers an 18 month period from September 2009 to March 2011, detailing 195 individual incidents involving football in Poland and Ukraine. The authors describe the numbers of incidents reported as ‘giving cause for concern’ […]

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CNN’s new series i-List takes you to a different country each month. In June, we visit Poland focusing on changes shaping the country’s economy, culture and its social fabric. Warsaw, Poland (CNN) — Football fever is already gripping Poland ahead of co-hosting the European Championships in 2012. Despite the national team’s absence from the World Cup in South Africa, the country’s sports fields are packed with children and amateur footballers getting into the mood. When Poland and Ukraine host Euro 2012, they will be the first Eastern European countries to […]

After a stuttering start, Poland has, unlike Ukraine, finally gained the confidence of UEFA, the governing body of European football, which recently confirmed that four Polish cities will host matches during the Euro 2012 football championships. Following early delays, Poland is likely to have acceptable stadiums in six cities, and the airport and hotel infrastructure looks to be in good shape as well. The problem, as ever in Poland, is with building a modern system of highways and expressways that would allow fans to move easily from venue to venue. […]