EURO 2021

New England captain Steven Gerrard believes revitalised striker Andy Carroll can terrorise opposing defences during Euro 2012 if he repeats the end-of-season-form shown at Liverpool. Carroll has been thrust to the forefront of England’s attacking options with Wayne Rooney suspended for the first two games, Darren Bent out through injury and Danny Welbeck struggling to be fit. He has failed to live up to his £35 million price tag since moving from Newcastle 16 months ago but will now lead the England attack in tomorrow’s friendly with Norway in Oslo. […]

Craig Hall is aiming to hit the heights once more for Hull KR after being frustrated by injury earlier in the season.

Hall moved to the Robins, who are 11/10 with bookmaker to defeat Hull FC on Saturday, from their cross-city rivals before the start of …

Luke Donald is looking forward to defending the BMW PGA Championship title he secured last year and is aiming to return to the top of the world rankings.

Donald, 15/2 with bookmaker to retain his crown, beat fellow Englishman Lee Westwood in a play-off …

Rio Ferdinand, former England’s national team captain, defender of Manchester United, wasn’t nominated to the European football championships in Poland and Ukraine roster. On Wednesday, the head coach Roy Hodgson announced the names of 23 squad players. According to British Isles media speculations, Hodgson should have selected for Euro 2012 roster only one player from the pair John Terry (Chelsea London) – Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United). The reason should have been a conflict between both players, an aftermath of events from October 23, 2011. During a league match, defender of […]

With teams hard in training, and managers constantly refining their tactics, the buzz around Euro 2012 is getting bigger and bigger. With just over three weeks until the kick off of Euro 2012 (June 8th), those of you lucky enough to be visiting Poland and Ukraine for the matches are probably thinking of nothing else. For those that haven’t managed to get any tickets to the live games, however, help is at hand from those nice folk at talkSPORT Radio and talkSPORT.co.uk. Both online and on-air, talkSPORT will be providing […]

Poland’s debut at the European Championship four years ago ended in disappointment: three games, zero wins. The Poles have shaken things up since then – they’ve hired a new coach, revamped much of the squad and uncovered a trio of players who have found success in one of Europe’s toughest leagues. As co-host of Euro 2012, Poland is hoping the changes make a difference when they take on Russia, Greece and the Czech Republic in Group A. ”It is our goal to advance from the group and I am convinced […]

Blackpool manager Ian Holloway is overjoyed to be returning to Wembley after his side defeated Birmingham in their Championship play-off semi-final.

The Seasiders, who are 11/8 with bookmaker to go back up to the Premier League at the first attempt, he…

Richard Cockerill believes Leicester have what it takes to overcome Saracens when the pair clash in their Aviva Premiership semi-final this weekend.

The Tigers sealed a home tie with last Saturday’s 28-3 defeat of Bath and they are 1/3 with bookmaker to…

Ernie Els, 50/1 with bookmaker to win the tournament, is determined to try and improve on a poor record at The Players Championship at Sawgrass.

Els has finished in the top ten on only four occasions in his 18 appearances at the self-styled ‘fifth Major…

With Arsenal, Spurs and Newcastle all failing to win this weekend, the fight for fourth place in the Premier League will go to the final day of the campaign.

The Gunners were held 3-3 at home by Norwich City on Saturday, but a day later Spurs had to …