EURO 2021

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 […]

Poland – Poland and Portugal drew 0-0 on Wednesday in the first match at National Stadium, the venue for the opening game at the European Championship in 100 days’ time. Portugal dominated the slow-paced game with striker Cristiano Ronaldo twice threatening to score. He shot just past the left post from a narrow angle in the 38th minute, and then forced goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny to save his long-range free kick in the 69th. Poland clearly missed injured star striker Robert Lewandowski, who has been riding high with his German club […]

British number one Andy Murray should be refreshed for his Australian Open quarter-final clash against Japan’s Kei Nishikori after his fourth round opponent Mikhail Kukushkin retired after only 48 minutes of action.

After Murray had broken Kukushkin’…

200 days before the beginning of the European Football Championship UEFA sees progress in Ukraine in preparations and has no significant objections to the preparations – said Markiyan Lubkivskyi, director of the Organizing Committee of the Euro 2012 at a press conference in Kiev. ‘We will do everything to make next year’s tournament the best event’ – he stressed. The greatest achievement of the past hundred days, mentioned by Łubikowski, is completion of stadiums in Kiev and Lviv. At these stadiums first matches have already been played. – They have […]

Hull FC centre Tom Briscoe hopes to feature in Saturday’s Four Nations Final between England and Australia at Elland Road.

The 21-year-old was outstanding in the weekend win over New Zealand, crossing for the crucial opening try, as England, 7/2 with…

In 2012, the completely redesigned National Sports Centre “Olympijski” in Kiev should earn 110 million hryvnias – believed Viktor Kolesnikov, the Minister of Infrastructure and Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister responsible for preparations for the European football championships and. The plans for the commercial use of the main stadium for the Euro 2012 were announced during the stay of Kolesnikov in Kharkov, where he participated in the opening of “Shakhtar Plaza”. The high-class hotel, located near the football stadium, serves as accommodation for the guests of the EURO2012. According to our […]

Daniel Sturridge and Jack Rodwell have been included in Fabio Capello’s England squad for the first time and could feature in the friendly internationals against Spain and Sweden.

The pair have won their first call-ups after impressing for Chelsea an…

England’s playmaker Sam Tomkins is already talking up his team’s chances ahead of the Four Nations clash with Australia at Wembley on Saturday.

Both nations won their opening fixtures, although Australia were given a tougher workout than England, hol…

Caroline Wozniacki will end 2011 as world number one for the second successive year after Maria Sharapova pulled out of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships.

World number two Sharapova was hampered by an ankle injury as she lost her opening two m…

In four Polish host cities three thousand volunteers will help guests of the EURO 2012. The recruitment officially began on Wednesday. The “Volunteer Work of Host Cities” programme is independent of the similar one organized by the UEFA and is directed mainly to fans and tourists, not only to team players of the EURO 2012. In Warsaw there will be a group of thousands of volunteers, in Wroclaw – 650 people, and, in Gdansk and Poznan – 600 people per each city. In order to become a volunteer, you need […]