Euro 2008 Who’s Who - CROATIA

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 land Group of Death - Euro 2008 Draw

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 Italy, as well as group seeds Holland.
Holland, who will be based in Swiss capital Berne, were the fourth seeded team along with co-hosts Switzerland and [...]

England Fight On - International Review

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 Cups of 1974 and 1982 and qualifying also in 1978, 1986, 2002 and 2006 it is the first time Poland have ever made the European [...]

Brits Blow It: International Update

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 in front in the 84th minute. Cristiano Ronaldo doubled the lead in the last minute before a stoppage time Dimitri Byakov header gave the [...]

Euro 2008 Round-Up

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 half-time to seal the win against ten-man Azerbaijan. Serbia have it all to do after being held goalless in Armenia, whilst Poland gave their [...]

Matches of the World Cup: Part One

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 be one of the best; there were very few shock results; and diving along with yellow and red cards ruined the spectacle.
But in the mix [...]

Old order reasserts itself

Tim Wigmore reflects on World Cup 2006 as the established nations dominated once again and Italy emerged triumphant after a month of scintillating football.

Happy Harry

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 side scrape into the last 16 at the expense of Croatia, after an enthralling 2-2 draw awash with intriguing sub-plots.

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