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LITTLE CHANGE IN FIFA WORLD CUP RANKINGS 2008-05-08 19:05:05 Argentina remain top of FIFA’s world soccer rankings in an unchanged top 10 following the publication of the latest standings on Wednesday.
With none of the leading countries in action, the only change in the top 20 was Cameroon’s climb of one place to 16th at the expense of Mexico, despite the Central Americans’ 1-0 [...]
FRANCOIS STERCHELE KILLED IN CRASH 2008-05-08 19:03:02 Belgian striker Francois Sterchele (pictured, right) was killed on Thursday morning in a car crash, local media reports said.
The 26-year-old, leading scorer in the Belgian top flight with Germinal Beerschot in the 2006-2007 season, was also leading scorer for Club Bruges this term with 11 goals.
Sterchele made his international debut in March 2007.
LIVERPOOL WILL SELL CROUCH FOR £15 MILLION 2008-05-08 19:00:59 Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez put a 15 million pound ($29.30 million) price tag on England striker Peter Crouch on Thursday and said he could leave at the end of the season.
Crouch, who joined from Southampton in 2005, has struggled to nail down a place in Liverpool’s first team and Benitez said he would [...]
GUARDIOLA TO SUCCEED RIJKAARD AT BARCELONA 2008-05-08 18:58:42 Frank Rijkaard will leave Barcelona at the end of the season and former captain Pep Guardiola will take over as coach of the team, club president Joan Laporta announced on Thursday.
Former Netherlands international Rijkaard took charge of Barcelona in 2003 and led them to back-to-back league titles and victory over Arsenal in the [...]
POLAND TEAM TAKES SHAPE 2008-05-08 13:31:01 Poland coach Leo Beenhakker has cut his provisional 32-man squad for EURO 2008 squad by six players, with the remaining 26 to attend a training camp in Donaueschingen, Germany, from 19 to 31 May.
Korona Kielce goalkeeper Wojciech Kowalewski and Austria Vienna defender Arkadiusz Radomski are among those to miss out.
Kowalewski played in three qualifiers, [...]
KURANYI WILL BE AT EURO 2008 2008-05-08 13:18:26 Germany coach Joachim Low has assured Kevin Kuranyi that his place in his countires Euro 2008 squad after the striker’s return to form with 4 goals this weekend. The 26-year-old looked back to his best as he smashed four of Schalkes five goals against Energie Cottbus and it proved a timely reminder to the national [...]
POSSIBLE RETURN FOR NEDVED FOR EURO 2008 2008-05-08 13:16:06 Czech Republic manager Karel Bruckner is believed to have begun talks to bring back Juventus midfielder Pavel Nedved for the Euro 2008 championships.
A top official at the Czech FA said; “I believe that some communication is going on there…But the situation is not so advanced that I could say that Nedved is returning [...]
ANTI DOPPING ON THE AGENDA 2008-05-08 13:12:19 Preparations continue to run smoothly for the anti-doping programme at Euro 2008. The finalists recently signed an ‘Anti-Doping Charter’ enabling blood tests to be carried out on players for the first time ever. The presidents of the national associations of the 16 teams signed the charter in Vienna last month, allowing for both [...]
SCOLARI ANNOUNCES PORTUGAL SQUAD FOR EURO 2008 2008-05-08 13:06:23 National coach of Portugal, Luiz Felipe Scolari has announced his squad which he plans to take to the Euro 2008 which starts 7 June 2008. Portugal seem to have an extremely strong side, and the final lineup will be released closer to the time. The Portugal Euro 2008 team profile page has been updated, make [...]
LUIS ARAGONES ANNOUNCES SPAIN SQUAD FOR EURO 2008 2008-05-08 12:56:12 The national football coach for Spain has announced his squad which he will take to the Euro 2008 which starts a month from now. The Spanish team will be under great pressure to perform well at the Euro 2008, with football tickets for the national starting lineup always being sold out. Amongst the big names [...]
IAQUINTA INJURY CONCERNS ITALY 2008-05-10 01:49:13 Juventus have confirmed that Vincenzo Iaquinta will miss the rest of the Serie A season – and possibly Italy’s UEFA EURO 2008™ campaign – with a thigh injury sustained in April.
Cautious approach The 28-year-old striker, who has scored eight goals in 24 league appearances this term, was injured in [...]
FUNNY FOOTBALL VIDEO 2008-05-10 19:59:38 Because we must be entertained waiting Euro Cup 2008
FATIH TERIM ANNOUNCE THE TURKEY NATIONAL TEAM SQUAD FOR EURO 2008 2008-05-10 19:48:19 IT IS PAST MIDNIGHT IN TURKEY AND FINALLY FATIH TERIM JUST MAD THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE TURKISH FOOTBALL FEDERATIONS WEBSITE. THE PLAYERS WILL MEET IN ANTALYA AND SPEND FIVE DAYS IN MINI-CAMP. Following their five-day camp in Antalya, Turkey squad will travel to Marienfeld, Germany where they will make their [...]
HAKAN SUKUR WILL NOT BE IN EURO 2008 2008-05-10 19:39:46 According to the recent news article by Tayfun Bayindir from "Vatan" Turkish Daily newspaper, Turkish National Team coach Fatih Terim will not inculude Hakan Sukur in Euro2008 Turkey Roster. We will wait and see… Later on Friday, Fatih Terim will anounce the 28 players that will train in [...]
WENGER CONFIRMS ROSICKY TO MISS EURO 2008 2008-05-10 19:09:27 Tomas Rosicky will miss Euro 2008 this summer. The Arsenal midfielder, who is the captain of the Czech Republic, has not played since January 26 when he limped off after five minutes against Newcastle with a hamstring problem. Arsène Wenger described the injury as "not a serious one, [...]
RADOMSKI IS OUT FROM POLAND’S TEAM FOR EURO 2008 2008-05-10 16:19:55 Arkadiusz Radomski has asked to be removed from Leo Beenhakker’s list of six reserves for Poland’s UEFA EURO 2008™ squad.
Injury problems The versatile 30-year-old was one of the half-dozen players cut from the initial 31-man party on Thursday but the spokesperson for the national team confirmed that "Radomski has [...]
TOMAS ROSICKY IS OUT FROM EURO 2008 2008-05-10 16:18:01 The Czech Republic will go into the UEFA EURO 2008™ finals without their talismanic captain Tomáš Rosický after the Arsenal FC man ruled himself out ahead of surgery next week.
‘Lowest point’ The 27-year-old Rosický has been sidelined since January with a hamstring problem that was initially expected to clear [...]
EURO 2008 OFFICIALS (REFEREES) 2008-05-10 15:59:34 Refereeing teams
UEFA’s Referees’ Committee has designated 12 referees and 24 assistants (along with eight fourth officials) to take charge of the 31 matches from 7-29 June 2008. The referee ‘trios’ comprise referees and assistant referees from the same country, all of whom have been on constant duty as a team in European club matches – [...]
NETHERLANDS - HOLLAND - THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM 2008-05-10 15:54:40 Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly match against Austria on March 26, 2008.
Caps and goals as of March 26, 2008, included against Austria.
No.
Pos.
Player
DoB (Age)
Caps
Goals
Club
GK
Edwin van der Sar
29 October 1970
122
0
Manchester United
GK
Henk Timmer
3 December 1971
5
0
Feyenoord
GK
Piet Velthuizen
3 November 1986
0
0
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ROMANIA - THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM 2008-05-10 15:50:27 Current squad
The following players were named for the friendly against Russia on 26 March 2008.
Caps and goals correct as of 1 April 2008.
No.
Pos.
Player
DoB (Age)
Caps
Goals
Club
1
GK
Razvan Stanca
January 18, 1980 (1980-01-18) (age 28)
1
0
Dacia Mioveni
2
DF
Cosmin Contra
December 15, 1975 (1975-12-15) (age 32)
62
7
Getafe CF
3
DF
Răzvan Raţ
May 26, 1981 (1981-05-26) (age 2 Read more:ROMANIA
WILL SILVESTRE BE LEFT OUT OF EUROS? 2008-05-12 14:42:31 Mikael Silvestre has all but conceded he will be overlooked by France for the European Championship.
The Manchester United defender returned to action last month against Roma following a cruciate ligament injury sustained at the start of the season.
Silvestre has looked sharp since his return but with the season fast running out [...]
SCOLARI DENIES MANCHESTER CITY TALK 2008-05-12 14:35:56 Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has denied reports that he has agreed to take over at Manchester City.
Scolari has strongly been mooted as a possible replacement for Sven Goran Eriksson at Eastlands, with the Swede facing the sack.
Eriksson looks likely to be relieved of his duties over the summer by City [...]
HOFFER FELPS AUSTRIA WIN 6 - 0 2008-05-12 08:10:04 Austria made a fine start to their pre-UEFA EURO 2008™ training camp with a 6-0 victory against third division side SV Spittal in an unofficial friendly game on Saturday.
Comfortable success A crowd of 5,000 saw an Austria side composed of locally-based players take the game to their [...]
ZENIT ST PETERSBURG - WINNERS OF UEFA CUP 2008 2008-05-14 22:51:39 Igor Denisov’s 72nd-minute goal broke Rangers’ stubborn resistence as Zenit St Petersburg ground out a 2-0 victory in a predictably tight UEFA Cup final at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Denisov slotted past Neil Alexander with 18 minutes to go to break the hearts of Walter Smith’s men and the estimated 100,000 fans they [...]
WHERE WILL WE SEE THE EUROS? 2008-05-14 16:36:57 At home, of course and these are the TV Stations to be watched:
Albania: Top Channel / DigitAlb Armenia: ArmTV Austria: ORF Azerbaijan: Lider TV Belarus: ONT Belgium: VT4 Bulgaria: Diema Croatia: HRT [...]
CROATIA IS PREPARED FOR EURO 2008-05-14 16:31:08 Slaven Bilic named the official squad for the EURO 2008, resigning Eduardo Da Silva: Goalkeepers: Stipe Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Vedran Runje (Lens) y Mario Galinovic (Panathinaikos).
Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Manchester City), Dario Simic (AC Milan), Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Dario Knezevic (Livorno), Hrvoje Vejic (Tom Tomsk). [...]
ROMANIA’S SQUAD FOR EURO IS HERE 2008-05-14 16:24:14 We are the first to give you the players selected by Victor Piturca to be part of Romania’s team in the Euros:
Romania coach Victor Piturca has named 26 players who have chances to be part of the most difficult group of EURO 2008. They will play vs. France, Italy and Netherlands. Before the tournament [...] Read more:ROMANIA
EURO MASCOTS HISTORY 2008-05-14 16:19:44 ITALY 1980 - PINOCCIO
FRANCE 1984 - PENO
GERMANY 1988 - BERNI
SWEDEN 1992 - RABBIT
ENGLAND 1996 - GOLIATH
HOLLAND AND BELGIUM 2000 - BENELUCKY
PORTUGAL 2004 - KINAS
AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND 2008 - TRIX AND FLIX
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RETURNING FROM INJURY AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR GREECE 2008-05-14 13:53:31 With less than a week until Otto Rehhagel names the 23-man Greece squad which will attempt to defend the Henri Delaunay trophy won at UEFA EURO 2004™, the German coach can take satisfaction from the timely return to fitness of a number of his key players.
Coming back The 69-year-old coach [...]
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