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France freezes Euro 2012 players’ bonuses
Jul. 3 | PARIS, France, July 3 – Bonuses owed to the France team for having made the quarter-finals of the recently-concluded European Championships have been frozen, the French football federation announced on Tuesday. Each member of the French team, which...
Tiki-Takatiful party greets Euro kings Spain
Jul. 3 | MADRID, Spain, July 3 – Spain’s triumphant Euro 2012 heroes parted a red-and-yellow sea of fans in central Madrid on Monday in a giant, deafening national fiesta that swept aside all thoughts of economic crisis. An open-top double-decker bus...
Iniesta named player of Euro 2012
Jul. 2 | KIEV, Ukraine, July 2 – Spanish left wing Andres Iniesta was named player of Euro 2012 on Monday by European football governing body UEFA. The 28-year-old – who was man of the match in Spain’s historic 4-0 win over Italy in Sunday’s...
Red fury to return to heroes’ welcome
Jul. 2 | MADRID, Spain, June 2 – Spain’s footballers were on Monday expected to make a glorious home-coming, after successfully defending their European championship title and making history as the first team to record back-to-back wins in the competition. Just...
Redemption but no glory for Italy
Jul. 2 | KIEV, Ukraine, July 2- Italy may have suffered a footballing lesson in the hopelessly one-sided Euro 2012 final against Spain but before a ball was kicked in that game they had at least achieved some sort of redemption. Italy arrived at the tournament...
Spain crush Italy to win historic Euro crown
Jul. 2 | KIEV, Ukraine July 2nd – Spain confirmed their status as one of the greatest national teams in football history by overwhelming Italy 4-0 in Sunday’s Euro 2012 final in Kiev to retain their European crown. Vicente del Bosque’s team...
Prandelli Azzuri exit plan, Del Bosque eyes history
Jun. 29 | WARSAW, Poland, June 29 – Italy coach Cesare Prandelli hinted on Friday he may not look to stay at the helm after Sunday’s Euro 2012 final against holders Spain, saying he had found the job gruelling against a backdrop of match-fixing allegations...
Enfant terrible Mario conquers man’s world
Jun. 29 | WARSAW, Poland, June 29 – Mario Balotelli finally delivered on his promise as he took centre-stage in the biggest match of his young life to send Italy into the Euro 2012 final against Spain on Sunday. The Azzurri proved once again they have the...
‘We were not clever enough’- Lahm
Jun. 29 | WARSAW, Poland, June 29 – Germany captain Philipp Lahm has admitted they were not “clever enough” after Joachim Loew’s team was found wanting in their 2-1 Euro 2012 semi-final defeat to Italy. It ensured their trophy drought dating...
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