EURO 2021

Scotland v Poland – 8 October This is a crunch match for Scotland in a group where qualification seemed a distinct possibility for so long only for an unexpected defeat away to Georgia swept the rug from under their feet. However if Scotland can defeat Poland at Hampden and Republic of Ireland fail to beat Germany in Dublin, then there is a very real chance that the Scots would sneak into the third qualifying place in the last round of games thanks to what would be their superior head to […]

With Euro 2016 around the corner, this week brings the next round of qualifiers. We take a look at some of the more interesting fixtures below. Cyprus v Wales – Thursday 4th September It’s been awhile since Wales qualified for the finals of a major international tournament. In fact they’ve only done it once, and that was many decades ago. Currently Chris Coleman’s side are sitting pretty at the top of Group B, and they need just two wins from their next four games to see them through. First up […]

The Poland-Ukraine World Cup qualifying game at the National Stadium in Warsaw provided an opportunity for both nations to celebrate the legacy of Euro 2012 through anti-racism and pro-diversity activities organized by the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association. Thousands of fans and hundreds of journalists received Polish and Ukrainian-language leaflets with information about anti-racist activities run by ‘NEVER AGAIN’ and the FARE network. An anti-discrimination manifesto was read out on the stadium tannoy shortly before kick-off and a video reminding of the Euro 2012 ‘Respect Diversity’ message was shown on the big […]

England international defender Ryan Bertrand has been rewarded for his fine recent form by signing a new five-year contract with Chelsea.

The 23-year-old was a surprise starter in midfield for the Blues’ Champions League final victory over Bayern Mun…

Liverpool have been paired with Hearts in an all-British Europa League play-off clash, while Newcastle will take on Greek side Atromitos for a spot in the group stages.

The Reds, who are 28/1 to win the Premier League with bookmaker, overcame FC Gomel …

The USA will have high hopes of a gold medal in the triple jump after Phillips Idowu failed to reach Thursday’s Olympic final in front of his home crowd.

Idowu, a silver medallist in Beijing four years ago, finished in 14th place in qualifying, missi…

Sir Chris Hoy has the chance to win the sixth gold medal of his career when he takes part in the keirin on Tuesday.

The 36-year-old Scot claimed his fifth gold in the team sprint with fellow cyclists Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny on Thursday and has …

Rebecca Adlington admits she will have to battle to retain her Olympic 800m freestyle title after claiming bronze in the 400m on Sunday.

The Great Britain swimmer, who is 4/11 with bookmaker to hold on to her 800m crown, lost her 400m title to Camille M…

Ross Brawn admits Mercedes have much work to do following the team’s disappointing performance in Hungary at the weekend.

Mercedes are now 150/1 with bookmaker to win the Constructors’ Championship after winning a single point on Sunday. Nico Rosberg ma…

Brendan Rodgers should have an easy first competitive game in charge of Liverpool after the Reds were drawn to play either FK Renova from FYR Macedonia or FC Gomel of Belarus in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.

The two legs are schedu…