Mike Martin analyses the Croatia squad along with coach Slaven Bilic ahead of a Euro 2008 tournament where the nation is expected to impress.
Romania’s reward for qualifying for their first major tournament in eight years is a place in the ultimate European Championship Group of Death along with World Cup finalists France and […]
GROUP A
Two goals from prolific forward Ebi Smolarek gave Poland a 2-0 win and the three points they needed to seal qualification. Despite having finished third in the World […]
GROUP A
Portugal left it late it Almaty to beat Kazakhstan 2-1. Hugo Almeida had a goal disallowed in the first half before young striker Azila Makukula finally headed Portugal […]
Group A
Portugal got their campaign back on track with a 2-0 win in Azerbaijan. Bruno Alves headed in a Deco corner before Hugo Almeida turned in Miguel’s cross before […]
Sprouting from the mouth following the end of sport’s greatest tournament were calls that the World Cup did not live up to its early promise; it cannot be reckoned to […]
World Cup 2006: The Review
After the mind-blowing number of upsets at the previous World Cup, the 2006 tournament - with the odd exception - saw football’s established names rule once […]
Harry Kewell, perhaps a little harshly, has a reputation as a good player who fails miserably on the biggest stage. But Kewell’s goal 11 minutes from time saw Guus Hiddink’s […]