UEFA European Football Championship

UEFA European Football Championship

• Italy is taking the Confed Cup seriously this time

  Expect Italy to treat the Confederations Cup more seriously this time. Four years ago, the Azzurri went to the World Cup warm-up tournament in South ... 

• UEFA gives bid info to Euro 2020 host candidates

  UEFA has given potential bidders details about staging matches at the 13-host 2020 European Championship. UEFA says two slots are reserved for ... 

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  England faces tough qualifier against Montenegro

  England will face hostile crowds, an ambitious opponent and some bad memories for Wayne Rooney in a World Cup qualifier at Montenegro on Tuesday. 

• Malta footballer appeals to CAS in fixing case

  Malta footballer Kevin Sammut has appealed to sport's highest court against a lifetime ban imposed by UEFA for helping fix a European Championship ... 

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  France sees Germany as good preparation for Spain

  For France coach Didier Deschamps, Wednesday's friendly against Germany is just the kind of tough test his side needs to be ready for next month's ... 

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  Hodgson wants Scolari's Brazil squad quandaries

  The selection dilemmas Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari faces ahead of Wednesday's friendly at Wembley are ones England counterpart Roy Hodgson wants. 

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  Sagna and Alessandrini called up to France squad

  France coach Didier Deschamps recalled Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna on Thursday and handed a first call up to winger Romain Alessandrini for next ... 

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  UEFA to choose 13 cities as Euro 2020 hosts

  Thirteen countries will host the 2020 European Championship, UEFA decided Friday, with each host providing a single stadium for the 24-team tournament 

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  Euro 2012 final gets TV audience of 299 million

  UEFA says Spain's 4-0 victory over Italy in the European Championship final attracted an official television audience of 299 million viewers worldwide 

• Deschamps steadily making France competitive again

  France coach Didier Deschamps has been successful wherever he's played and coached. In attempting to turn the national team back into the force it ... 

• FIFA punishes Bulgaria, Hungary for racial abuse

  FIFA denounced "abhorrent, shameful" racist and anti-Semitic abuse by Bulgaria and Hungary fans at opposing teams on Tuesday, and ordered each team ... 

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  Messi aims for historic 4th world player award

  Lionel Messi can break another footballing record on Monday by being named the world's best player for an unprecedented fourth time. The Barcelona and ... 

• UEFA to appeal for tougher sanctions on Serbia

  UEFA has responded to widespread outrage against the racism sanctions imposed on Serbia for the abuse directed at England players during an under-21s ... 

• Fomenko appointed Ukraine national team coach

  Former Soviet footballer Mykhailo Fomenko has been appointed coach of the Ukraine national team. Ukraine's football federation announced the ...