Spain deafeated Germany 1-0 to win the 2008 Euro Cup. Fernando Torres of  Spain scored the only goal of the match  during the 33rd minute. It was a momentous victory for Spain as the 1964 European Championship was the last important title it had brought home. "It ...

Spain has been favourite among bookies before the tournament and Spaniards are not putting them wrong too. In the semifinal of Euro 2008 played at Vienna, Spain defeated Russian team by 3-0. Spanish team has made to the final after a gap of 24 years.  Spain di not do too well in first half but ...

A score during the 90th minute by Germany’s Philipp Lahm provided his team a cruising victory against Turkey on Wednesday, June 25 in the semi-final round of the ongoing 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. This win has now propelled the German team into the finals of the 2008 Euro Cup. ...

The coach of the Italian football team Roberto Donadoni will be sacked the coming week and it will probably be Marcello Lippi, who guided the team to victory in the 2006 World Cup, who will replace him. This information was made public by the Italian press on Tuesday, June 24, ...

Spain defeated Italy in Euro 2008 quarterfinals played at Vienna. The game was destined to be decided in penalty corner as both the teams were defensive since start of the match. Penalty shoot round was thrilling and it was Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas who saved penalties from Daniele De Rossi ...

Russia entered the semi finals of the Euro 2008 after beating the Netherlands 3-1 on Saturday, June 21, 2008. The game went on to extra period after the stipulated time of 90 minutes was over and both the teams were tied at 1-1. Goals from the Russian substitute Dimitry Torbinsky and Andrei ...

In the match played at Vienna, Turkey defeated Croatian team by 3-1 in Euro 2008 quarterfinals. The result of the match was decided by penalty shoot out. Earlier, Croatia played well in the first half of the game and most of the time ball was in their possession. But both the teams were unable ...

Talking on the sidelines of dismal performance by his team Portugal in Euro 2008, star striker Cristiano Ronaldo has indicated that he might join Real Madrid and leave current team Manchester United in future. He said that the possibilities of going to Real Madrid are big but it is not in his ...

Germany defeated Portugal 3-2 in Euro 2008 and reached to semi-final of the championship. The match was played at St Jacob Park and saw some exciting performances from both the sides. German forward Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the first goal and Miroslav Klose did another goal within four minutes ...

Russia got the best performance when it needed badly. More interestingly, Russia, which has never won any match in its last five encounters with Sweden, defeated Scandinavians with ease. While Russia needed a definite win in the match, a draw could have made Swedes to reach onto quarterfinals. For ...

Daniel Guiza made a goal just two minutes before time to provide Spain a 2-1 win against the rival team Greece at Salzburg on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. This assured that the team of the Spanish coach Luis Aragones ended at the summit of the Group D with 100 per cent record, whereas the defending ...

Holland fielded a second string in the Group C final round match of the ongoing Euro 2008 but a quite capable team against Romania and managed to win the game 2-0 on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Even for the match against France, the coach of the Holland team Marco van Basten had done nine changes to ...

World champions Italy beat world cup finalist France in another nailbiting match in the Euro Cup 2008 in Zurich on Tuesday, to advance into the quarterfinals. The world champions beat old foes France 2-0 as the latter exited from the European championship. Italy opened its account in the 25th ...

With the Croatia reserves beating Poland 1-0 on Monday, June 16 in their final Group B game of the ongoing 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, it clearly indicates that they are very much capable of winning the coveted Euro 2008 title. Luck definitely is in favor of Croatia, which is already ...

Germany defeated co-host Austria 1-0 in a smashing performance late on Monday night, advancing their way into Euro Cup 2008 quarterfinals. The Germans secured their victory in the Group B match owing to Michael Ballack’s free kick against Austria. With this defeat, Austria too is eliminated ...

Turkey has reached into quarterfinals of Euro 2008 after defeating Czech Republic by 3-2. Now Turkey will meet Croatia in quarterfinals of the tournament. In this dramatic match Czech Republic was 2-0 until first half of the game. For Czechs Jan Koller and midfielder Jaroslav Plasil did the goals. ...

Switzerland on Sunday defeated group winners Portugal in their Euro 2008 group A match. The Swiss departed the European Championship with their heads held high, with Hakan Yakin scoring twice in the second half. A 71 minute goal and a penalty in the 83rd minute by playmaker Yakin helped the co-host ...

Russia, late on Saturday defeated defending champions Greece 1-0 at the Wals-Siezenheim Stadium in Salzburg, Austria. The last European champions were eliminated from the Euro Cup 2008 after losing to Russia, its second straight defeat in Group D. Greece will now face Spain on Wednesday in an ...

Spain defeated Sweden 2-1 in Group D in the Euro Cup 2008, late on Saturday to advance in the tournament and book their place in the quarterfinals. It was Spain’s David Villa, who scored in second-half injury time to secure a 2-1 win against Sweden. Fernando Torres put Spain ahead in the ...

The Netherlands after defeating France became the third team to advance into quarterfinals of the Euro Cup 2008, after defeating World Cup finalists France on Friday, June 13, 2008. The Dutch join Portugal and Croatia in the quarterfinals after handing France their worst defeat in the championship. ...

A late penalty from Romanian striker Mutu Adrian was saved by Italy’s goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon to provide Italy a 1-1 draw against Romania on Friday, June 13, 2008 during the ongoing 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. It was Christian Panucci’s being dragged down by Daniel ...

Austria with the help of single goal from Croatian-born Austrian player Ivica Vastic stopped Poland to draw in their Euro Cup 2008 match. Ivica has become the oldest scorer in Euro championships history when he converted an injury-time penalty to give the co-hosts a 1-1 draw with Poland. Though the ...

Germany is stunned after losing to Croatia by 2-1 in Euro Cup. Darjjo Srna and Ivica Olic scored goals for Croatia in each half. With this victory, Croatia stands at the top of Group B. Croatia has already been considered the dark horse for this tournament and doing well. Croatia has reached the ...

Co-host Switzerland’s chances of advancing in Euro Cup 2008 were thwarted by Turkey on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 as the latter defeated Switzerland by 2-1. Turkey can now join Group A leaders Portugal in the quarterfinals after defeating Czech Republic in the final match. Turkey coach Fatih ...

The victory of Portugal over the Czech Republic, 3-1 in a Group A game played in Geneva, has brought it closer to the quarter final round of the ongoing 2008 UEFA European Football Championship (2008 Euro). It were the goals secured by players - Deco (8th), Cristiano Ronaldo (63rd) and substitute ...

Indian cricket team’s vice captain Yuvraj Singh has been invited for the Euro 2008, which is now underway in Austria and Switzerland. The cricketer is now set to rub shoulders with the top footballers of Europe, rather the world. Yuvraj may now be seen with top class players like Cristiano ...

Euro Cup 2008 is all set to begin on Saturday, June 07, 2008 at Basle, Switzerland’s St Jakob Park. The tournament will get underway, with the first match being played between host Switzerland and Czech Republic. The European Championship features numerous teams that look capable of winning ...