EURO 2021

Bonuses for winning the title of a champion for Euro-2012 should be maintained at the same level as for the World Cup 2010 and Euro-2008, this is 250.000 EUR for each player – stated Oliver Bierhoof, chairman of the German Football Association. 250.000 EUR will get every player of the German team. The amount of the bonus is negotiated, but Bierhoff does not think that the amount will be higher than a year and three years ago. Funds provided by the UEFA for the European Championship for all teams is […]

Head coach Shaun Edwards has left Wasps, who are 25/1 with bookmaker to win the Aviva Premiership Grand Final this season, after a decade of service.

Edwards has spent the last ten years with the London club, where he helped the side to four league titl…

Team director Andy Flower will ponder changes for the New Year series against Pakistan as he bids to make England top dogs in all forms of the game.

A 5-0 one-day series whitewash in India has left Flower with much to mull over, with England’s long-t…

Winger Stewart Downing and midfield ace Steven Gerrard aim to give Fabio Capello a perfect send-off as England head coach next summer.

England, who are 10/1 with bookmaker to triumph at Euro 2012, hope to be crowned European champions for the first time…

Gethin Jenkins will captain Wales in Friday’s bronze-medal match against Australia at Eden Park as Sam Warburton is serving a three-week ban after being sent off during the semi-final defeat to France, who are 13/2 with bookmaker to beat New Zealand in th…

The Euro 2012 playoff draw was held Thursday in Krakow, Poland. The winners of these four home-and-home series will get the final four berths at next summer’s tournament, joining the 12 teams that have already qualified. The entire tournament will be televised on ESPN networks. Here are notes and Soccer Power Index projections for the four matchups. Turkey vs. Croatia This is a rematch of their dramatic Euro 2008 quarterfinal, when Croatia’s Ivan Klasnic scored an apparent winner in the 119th minute. But Turkey’s Semih Senturk tied it in stoppage […]

England head coach Martin Johnson has warned his players to expect a backlash when they face France, 9/5 with bookmaker to win Saturday’s quarter-final.

Johnson has urged his team to stay focused even though Les Bleus suffered two defeats in Pool A at t…

Members of the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association held meetings with authorities and civil society leaders in several cities across the Russian Federation between 26-30 September 2011. They discussed future cooperation and exchange of experiences in the struggle against racism and xenophobia in the lead up to the 2018 World Cup to be held in Russia. Among others, they visited Kazan – the home of FC Rubin and a 2018 World Cup host city – where they were received by the leaders of the Parliamentary Civic Chamber of the Republic of Tatarstan […]

Mike Tindall has been recalled by England in one of seven changes for Saturday’s game against Romania.

The centre was captain for the opening win over Argentina but was rested against Georgia and has come under scrutiny following reports of a night o…

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has backed either Barcelona, 15/8 with bookmaker, or Real Madrid (9/2) to win the Champions League this season.

Wenger believes that the Spanish giants are some way ahead of all the other hopefuls, including the likes of Chels…