Andrei Arshavin Arsenal shirt
Andrei Arshavin, the newest arrival at Arsenal, burst on to the world stage with two dazzling performances at Euro 2008 for Russia against Sweden and the Netherlands. After Euro 2008, he was linked with a move to a host of top European clubs, with Arsenal, Tottenham and Barcelona all being interested in him.
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European Championships 2008 quiz
Alright folks, Euro 2008 has ended, and Spain have broken their 44 year old title drought. Here are a few questions from the three week extravaganza in Austria and Switzerland.
1.) Name the top scorer of the tournament
2.) Spain won the tournament by going through the group stages unbeaten. Which was the last team before Spain [...]
Euro 2000 quiz
Here is a quiz on the European Championships held in Belgium and Netherlands in 2000- the first Euro to be co hosted. The next Euro to be co hosted, as you might be knowing, is this summer’s event in Austria and Switzerland.
Turn the clock back by eight years, and attempt to answer these questions. Answers [...]
Czech Republic Euro 2008 squad
No changes from the 23 member provisional squad that Brückner took to South Austria for a training camp. With Daniel Pudil’s withdrawal, Czech champions Slavia Prague will not have a single player from their club playing at Euro 2008.
Czech Republic 23 member Squad for Euro 2008
Switzerland squad for Euro 2008 announced
Hosts Switzerland have announced their 23 member squad for the upcoming European Championships, and there were no major surprises. Veteran Patrick Muller gets another shot at glory with the national side, making it ahead of Mario Eggimann. Thomas Haberli, called up as a replacement for the injured Blaise Kufo misses out. Joining the veteran Young [...]
Euro 2004 quiz
We begin our countdown to Euro 2008, by having a quiz on previous editions of the tournament.
Here is a quiz on Euro 2004. Please post your answers as comments, or e-mail me using the contact page, and I’ll let you know how well you have done.
Euro 2008 groups announced
Here are the groups for next summer’s European Championships to be held in Austria and Switzerland.
The draw was held in the Swiss town of Lucerne, and a host of great names from yesteryear participated in conducting it- Peter Schmeichel, Didier Deschamps, Franz Beckenbauer, Dino Zoff and Jurgen Klinsmann.
Group A : Switzerland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Portugal
England’s Euro dreams shattered, McLaren shown the door
To track the last time that England failed to qualify for a major international event, we need to turn the clock a decade and a half back to USA ‘94. England finished third behind Norway and Netherlands in their group, and as a result never made the trip across the Atlantic. This time around, Steve [...]
Russia lose to Israel, England handed lifeline, Scotland dream over
Here are the results from European qualifying on Saturday, 17th November.
The teams which have confirmed their place in next summer’s European Championships are
Group B – Italy and France.
Group D- Germany and Czech Republic.
Group E- Croatia through. Battle between England and Russia for the other spot.
Where do the Three Lions go from here ?
A loss to Russia away means that England’s dreams of European qualification are now hanging by a thread. The race in Group E has come down to three teams- Croatia, England and Russia, out of which only two can qualify. Four minutes of madness at the Luzhniki Stadium made what seemed to be three points [...]
Euro 2008 qualifying results October 13
Saturday night was witness to some crucial games in European qualifying. Here are the results from those games.
Group A :
Armenia 0-0 Serbia
Poland 3-1 Kazakhstan ( Ebi Smolarek*3/ Dmitriy Byakov)
A hattrick from Racing Santander forward Smolarek sees the Poles take all three points and retain their spot at the top of Group A.
Azerbaijan 0-2 Portugal ( [...]
Ashley Cole may miss game against Russia
Chelsea and England left back Ashley Cole might miss his country’s crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against Russia on the 17th of October in Moscow. The former Arsenal defender suffered an ankle injury in yesterday night’s game against Estonia, which the Three Lions won 3-0 thanks to goals from Shaun Wright Philips and Wayne Rooney and [...]
Squad for the games against Estonia and Russia announced
England have announced their squad for their two European Championship qualifying games against Russia and Estonia. The game against Estonia is at Wembley on October 13 and the game against the Russians is in Moscow on October 17. Michael Carrick misses out due to hs injury in the Roma game. Other absentees due to one [...]
Euro 2008 qualifying results- 8 September
Group A :
Serbia 0-0 Finland
Portugal 2-2 Poland ( Maniche, Cristiano Ronaldo / Lewandowski, Jacek Krzynowek)
A late goal from Krzynowek keeps Poland at the top of Group A .
Group B :Â
Scotland 3-1 Lithuania ( Boyd, McManus, James McFadden/ Danilevicius)
Georgia 1-1 Ukraine ( David Siradze/ Oleh Shelayev)
Italy 0-0 France
Group C :Â
Hungary 1-0 Bosnia Herzegovina ( Zoltan Gera)
Malta [...]
Euro 2008 qualifying results- August 22
Results from the Euro 2008 qualifying games held on August 22. There were six games in all, three in Group A, and one each from Groups D, E and F.
Group A :
Finland 2-1 Kazakhstan ( Eremenko Jr, Teemu Tainio/ Byakov)Â
Belgium 3-2 Serbia ( Moussa Dembele *2, Kevin Mirallas/ Zdravko Kuzmanovic*2)
James Morrison to miss game against South Africa
West Bromwich Albion midfielder James Morrison will miss Scotland’s international friendly against South Africa on Wednesday due to a hamstring injury. The 21 year old Darlington born player was due to make his debut for Scotland against the Bafana Bafana. Morrison has played for England at every youth level, but chose to play for Scotland’s [...]
Ryan Giggs retires from international football
The Czech Republic- Wales European Championship qualifier ( Group D) saw the curtains go down on the international career of a very brilliant player named Ryan Giggs.
Giggs scored 12 goals in 65 appearances for country ( correct me if these stats are wrong :p). The Welsh Wizard, as Giggs is fondly known, will continue to [...]
Poland and Ukraine win bid for Euro 2012
The venue for the 14th European Championships has been decided- it will be held in Poland/Ukraine. The Poles and the Ukranians made a joint bid, and were awarded the tournament ahead of Italy and Croatia/Hungary.
The number of teams for the quadrennial event will be 16- UEFA voted on the 17th of April against the expansion [...]
European Championships 2008 qualifying results
Here are the results from the Euro 2008 qualifiers held on the 28th of March
Group A :
Serbia 1-1 Portugal ( Bosko Jankovic/ Tiago)Â
Lyon medio Tiago’s first international goal, which came in a rather unexpected manner, gave Portugal the lead before Jankovic levelled things 8 minutes from the interval.
 Poland 1-0 Armenia ( Maclej Zurawski)
Fifth consecutive Euro [...]
England have defensive worries ahead of the Israel game
England have big defensive problems to sort out ahead of their crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel on Saturday.
Gary Neville is injured, Micah Richards hasn’t recovered from a shin injury he suffered in the game against Middlesbrough. That means that the two first choice right backs are ruled out.
Jonathan Woodgate has been ruled out of [...]
England squad for games against Israel and Andorra
Here is the England squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Andorra. England are currently third in Group E, behind Croatia and Russia.
Goalkeepers : Paul Robinson, Ben Foster, Scott Carson
Defenders : Jamie Carragher, Micah Richards, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Phil Neville, Jonathan Woodgate, Ashley Cole
Midfielders : Owen Hargreaves, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Aaron [...]
