EURO 2021

Aston Villa striker Darren Bent is a major doubt for England’s Euro 2012 bid for glory after being ruled out for three months due to an ankle injury.

Bent had been expected to be a key figure for England, who are 9/1 with bookmaker to win the European C…

England are expected to name an unchanged line-up for the second one-day international against Pakistan even though several players struggled in the first game between the two teams.

After being thrashed 3-0 in the Test series by Pakistan, England bo…

Polish football fans have celebrated the launch of the biggest stadium for this year’s Euro 2012 finals with a free music festival and fireworks display. The newly-constructed National Stadium in Warsaw will host the opening match of the four-yearly tournament on June 8 when co-hosts Poland take on Euro 2004 winners Greece in Group A. The first 40,000 fans to arrive on Sunday were given the chance to see Polish pop acts including VooVoo i Haydamaky, Zakopower, Coma, T. Love and Lady Pank. The at the 50,000-seat arena, which will […]

Samir Nasri is pleased to have silenced his critics after scoring the opening goal in Manchester City’s crucial 3-2 victory over Tottenham.

Roberto Mancini’s side, who face Liverpool in the second leg of the Carling Cup semi-final at Anfield on Wedne…

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’…

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has backed his side to knock Manchester City out of the FA Cup.

United are 5/2 with bookmaker to win the third round tie while Rooney is 6/1 to net the opening goal at the Etihad Stadium.
Rooney admits Sir Alex Fe…

Jonny Evans is edging closer to opening his goal account for Manchester United after very nearly breaking his duck in the win over QPR.

The Northern Ireland international, who is 20/1 with bookmaker to score at any time against Fulham on Wednesday, has …

South African duo Ernie Els and Retief Goosen could miss the opening Major of the 2012 season, the US Masters, as they have slid down the world rankings.

Both have played a central role in Masters history over more than a decade, but the 42-year-olds…

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 […]

National Stadium has already become a part of the landscape of Warsaw. Tourists at the Castle Square (Plac Zamkowy) are taking photos with the Stadium almost as often as with the column of King Sigismund. Construction of the Stadium ends on November 29. That day the general contractor, a consortium of companies under the command of Hydrobudowa, will finish works and the operator of the stadium, the National Sports Centre, will formally became its user. The user will be like a client of a developer who bought a house in […]