Iker Casillas, Spain national team goalkeeper, equaled the world record of Dutchman Edwin van der Sar in the number of matches without a goal. The match with Venezuela (5-0) was the 72nd match with no goal scored. The “Marca” newspaper reported that after Wednesday’s triumph the 30-year-old Casillas needs only one victory to reach the record of Lilian Thuram, who in the matches with France gain victory 94 times in 142 matches. Casillas, who has been in Real Madrit since 1999 (first-team debut) has played 128 matches so far. The […]
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The project of the stadium was executed by the Rhode-Kellermann-Wawrowsky company from Dusseldorf, which has also built the famous stadium in Gelsenkirchen and in Hanover. In April 2008, works on the preparation of the ground for the construction of the stadium began and a few months later ground works were started. The official commencement of construction of the stadium was in May 2009. The works were to be finished at the end of 2010, but this deadline was not met due to various reasons. On 9 June 2011 PGE Arena […]
UEFA approved the schedule of UEFA Euro 2012 in Minsk, Belarus on October 4, 2010. Below you can find information about all the Euro 2012 schedule, dates of matches, fixtures, results. All times are in BST. Local time in Poland is in UTC+1 so local kick-off times in Poland are 18:00 and 20:45. Local time in Ukraine is one hour ahead in UTC+2, so local kick-off in Ukraine are 19:00 and 21:45. In Poland, Wroclaw and Poznan will host three group stage matches, while Gdansk will stage three group stage […]
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 […]
Both Manchester City and Manchester United have first-leg deficits to make up if they are to progress to the quarter-finals of the Europa League.
City, who are 3/1 with bookmaker to win the competition, lost out 1-0 away to Sporting Lisbon, while United…
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea, whose side are 7/2 with bookmaker to win the Europa League, believes that the competition is almost on a par with the Champions League.
The Red Devils dropped into the Europa League after being dumped out of th…
Scotland’s record points-scorer Chris Paterson has brought down the curtain on his long and distinguished international career.
The 33-year-old made 109 appearances for Scotland, who are 20/1 with bookmaker to win the Six Nations next year. He scored 80…
The moment has arrived. All football fans, just six months before the curtain goes up. Excitement will reincarnate as the Euro 2012 knocks at the door with all the pleasantries. the door is hard but it will break, soon enough on June 8 when the world welcomes Euro Cup 2012, a much anticipated contest after the WORLD CUP 2010. The qualifying rounds are still in progress and so far Germany and Spain has showed great class with zero defeats and victories in all of their qualifying matches. Former world Champions […]
Bastian Schweinsteiger, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Xavi Hernandez and Cristiano Ronaldo – these are five players mentioned by Pele when asked about it who might be the biggest star of the Euro 2012. Although seven months remains for the EURO 2012, the British “Sky Sports” today decided to ask the legendary Brazilian footballer about it who, in his opinion, would be the star during this tournament. Triple world champion pointed to five players and justified his choice. Unfortunately, the list did not include any players of the Polish national team. […]
Wayne Rooney will be able to play in England’s Euro 2012 game against Ukraine after having his ban cut from three to two matches.
The 26-year-old Manchester United star was shown a red card in the qualifier against Montenegro after kicking out at Mio…