European Football Championship

New surgery offers hope for knee injuries

Swiss footballer Alex Frei's knee injury, luckily not to his ACL, kept him out of the Euro 2008 football championships (Keystone) A Bern medical team has developed an exciting technique for treating anterior cruciate ligament...

Michael Owen factfile

TEAMtalk takes a look at the career so far of Michael Owen, following the England striker's shock free transfer to Manchester United. Scores twice in the last seven minutes as Liverpool come back to beat Arsenal 2-1 in the FA...

Press: Platini says Berlin, Leipzig could replace Ukrainian cities for staging Euro 2012

UEFA President Michel Platini has not ruled out that Ukraine might be deprived of the right to stage the Euro 2012 European Football Championship. "We need to pass a decision early in December on Madeira. December is the...

Ukraine's national football team is 19th in FIFA rating

Ukraine's national football team remains 19th in the FIFA rating for July, according to the official Web site of the international football organization. Brazil tops the table after climbing from 4th position. UEFA Euro 2008...

Ukraine pumps funds into Euro 2012

KIEV, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - The Ukrainian parliament passed on Wednesday budget amendments that will see the national bank provide an extra $1.3 billion for Euro 2012 preparations. The move came less than a week after...

German Under 21's take Euro crown (AFP)

AFP – Germany's Sandro Wagner celebrates after scoring during the UEFA Under 21 Championship Final against … MALMO, Sweden (AFP) – A double by Sandro Wagner rounded off a stunning 4-0 success for Germany over England in the...

Stuart Pearce aims for Euro utopia as England Under21s face Germany in final

The road to Malmo and Monday's final of the Uefa Under-21 Championship has been an exhausting, eye-opening one for England. After negotiating a route scarred with shoot-outs, suspensions and a failure to keep possession, it was...

RONALDO DEAL SEALED

Real Madrid and Manchester United have finalised an agreement for the £80million transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo to the Spanish club. A statement on Madrid's website on Friday evening read: "Real Madrid and Manchester United have...

Leverkusen midfielder Schneider forced to retire

Bernd Schneider has announced his retirement from football with immediate effect. The Bayer Leverkusen midfielder missed almost all of last season after slipping his disc a month before Euro 2008, for which he was expected to...

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