EURO 2021

David Strettle has been recalled to the England starting XV to take on Ireland at Twickenham on Saturday after recovering from a sternum injury.

Interim coach Stuart Lancaster still retains a small hope of winning the Six Nations title following Engl…

The fourteenth finals of the UEFA European Football Championship will be held in Poland and in Ukraine between 8 June and 1 July 2012. For the third time the right to organize the tournament was given to the two countries. Sixteen teams divided into four groups will compete in eight stadiums for the final triumph. Cities in which the matches will be held in Poland – Gdańsk, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław – and in Ukraine – Donetsk, Lviv, Kharkiv and Kiev. Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated in the previous […]

Fellow managers on Friday tipped defending European champions Spain and Euro 2008 second-placers Germany as hot favorites to win this year’s tournament. After wrapping up a two-day meeting of all 16 Euro 2012 qualifier nations in tournament co-hosts Poland, managers were pressed by reporters to give their forecasts for the final outcome. “I think everyone knows who the favorites are. For me, they are Germany and Spain,” Poland manager Franciszek Smuda said. Even Germany boss Joachim Loew said the 2008 victors were the team to beat. “It’s Spain, in any […]

South Africa’s 2007 World Cup-winning coach Jake White has opted to stay with ACT Brumbies after being linked with becoming England’s next head coach.

White was sounded out about becoming Martin Johnson’s permanent successor, with interim coach Stuar…

Head coach Warren Gatland is backing Wales, 1/2 with bookmaker to win the Grand Slam, to be ruthless when they take on Italy at the Millennium Stadium.

A win over the Azzurri will set up a final-day showdown with France in the Welsh capital, with Gatlan…

Bath flanker and World Cup winner Lewis Moody has announced that he is retiring from rugby union with immediate effect.

The 33-year-old, who has won 71 caps for his country and spent most of his club career with Leicester Tigers, suffered a shoulder …

Both Ireland and France are unhappy with the decision to reschedule their Six Nations clash for Sunday 4th March.

The two nations were supposed to meet at the Stade de France last weekend but, because of the freezing conditions in Paris, the match ha…

England interim coach Stuart Lancaster has signalled a new era ahead of the Six Nations clash with Scotland, with Owen Farrell, Phil Dowson and Brad Barritt set to make their Test debuts.

Lancaster, whose side are 4/6 with bookmaker to win on Saturday, …

Andy Murray, 5/1 with bookmaker to win the title, is hoping to improve as the tournament goes on after winning his first round match at the Australian Open.

Murray needed four sets to subdue American teenager Ryan Harrison, with the world number four ma…

Already considered one of soccer’s greats at age 24, Lionel Messi on Monday became the first to win FIFA player of the year three times in a row. The Barcelona and Argentina forward received the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2011, beating club teammate Xavi Hernandez and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo. “It’s a huge honor,” Messi said after accepting the trophy from retired Brazilian great Ronaldo. The only other three-time winners are Ronaldo (1996-97, 2002) and Zinedine Zidane (1998, 2000, 2003). The FIFA award was renamed last year when it […]