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Captain Steven Gerrard said England were finally a team playing at their potential after a 1-0 win over co-hosts Ukraine set up a Euro 2012 quarter-final tie with Italy....
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settings.Wayne Rooney returned from suspension on Tuesday and scored the lone goal to give England a 1-0 win over Ukraine and a spot in the European Championship quarter-finals.Ukraine should have equalised in the 62nd minute when Marko Devic's looping shot crossed the line before it was hooked clear by John Terry. But the goal was missed by the referee and his extra assistant behind the goal.The ...
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swimmer Jazz Carlin failed in her bid to claim an individual 200 metres Olympics place at London 2012.Carlin needed a time of one minute 58.33 seconds in Tuesday's final at the National Championships in Sheffield.But the Swansea 21-year-old finished fourth in 2:00.01, a time that also missed a place in the 4x200m squad.Ieuan Lloyd also failed to grab an individual spot despite finishing second in the...
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Karim Benzema and Franck Ribery, the misery goes on. The France forwards came into the European Championship full of confidence after career-best goal hauls for their clubs last season.However, neither player has scored in France's three group-stage matches and coach Laurent Blanc will need them to produce much more in the quarterfinal against Spain in Donetsk on Saturday.Widely considered France's...
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end of the group stage, Euro 2012 is more than two-thirds complete, with 24 matches played and just seven left, culminating with the July 1 final in Kiev. And, like a regular service on a car, this European Championship has provided a neat opportunity to lift up football's lid, inspect its innards and assess its health.So, in 12 days between co-host Poland's opening 1-1 draw on June 8 with Greece to...
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Kicking off the Euro 2012 quarter-finals are Portugal and the Czech Republic – two teams that have stormed back into contention for the title after losing their opening matches. Portugal will still consider themselves unfortunate to have lost to Germany, but the Czech Republic looked clueless in a 4-1 defeat by Russia. Since then, however, the Czech coach Michal Bilek has helped turned around the team’s...
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Timeline.Warsaw, Jun 20: The first quarter-final of Euro 2012 between the Czech Republic and Portugal marks their reunion in previous European Championships back in Euro 1996 and 2008.The Czechs famously won 16 years ago thanks to a Karel Poborsky goal and will aim to repeat their '96 heroics despite a 3-1 loss during the group stage of Euro 2008.The Narodak recovered from a humiliating 4-1 opening...
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players might have felt exhausted after beating Ireland on Monday but that was nothing compared to the staff, who walked 21 km to a monastery in the middle of the night to celebrate their Euro 2012 quarter-final berth.The Camaldolese monks, whose origins are in Italy but who run a monastery 21 km from Italy's base outside Krakow, met the squad before the tournament and the team staff promised to make...
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British government will not send any ministers to watch England play Italy in the Euro 2012 quarter-final in Kiev, a spokesperson for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday as Britain continues a diplomatic boycott by Western countries.European leaders have stayed away from the tournament's group matches held in Ukraine in protest at the jailing of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, but...
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boost with crocked Italy defender Chiellini ruled out of quarter-final clashDefender Giorgio Chiellini will miss Italy's European Championship quarter-final against England on Sunday, their team doctor has confirmed.But Enrico Castellacci refused to rule out the Juventus centre-back recovering from a left-thigh injury if the Azzurri progress further.Chiellini, the most experienced defender in Italy's...
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Czech Republic have received a huge boost after captain Tomas Rosicky resumed training a day before the European Championship quarter-final match.Rosicky picked up an achilles tendon injury during the 2-1 win over Greece on June 12 and hasn't trained since.The injury forced him to miss his team's 1-0 victory over Poland on Saturday and was replaced in midfield by Daniel Kolar.It was initially feared...
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Take a hike, Prandelli! Italy boss walks 21km to monastery to celebrate Euro victoryItaly boss Cesare Prandelli led staff in an unusual celebration after reaching the Euro quarter-finals: they walked 21km to a monastery in the middle of the night after beating Ireland.The Camaldolese monks - whose origins are in Italy but who run a monastery outside Krakow - met the squad before the tournament and...
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want to face and beat Parker, roars former Hammer Diamanti ahead of quarter-final clashItaly midfielder Alessandro Diamanti is relishing the chance to face former club-mate Scott Parker in Sunday's Euro 2012 quarter-final meeting against England in Kiev.Diamanti played alongside Parker at West Ham during the 2009/10 campaign and is hoping to put one over his old colleague.'I would really like to face...
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won't want to play us! Returning hero backs Roy's boys after setting up Italy clashGoal hero Wayne Rooney hopes England can finally break their quarter-final hoodoo in major tournaments at Euro 2012 and claimed: 'I don't think any team will fancy playing us.'Rooney returned to the side after a two-match ban to net the only goal in the win over co-hosts Ukraine in the Donbass Arena.His 49th-minute header...
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Italy will knock England out of Euro 2012 (well, according to the Capello Index)England are going to be beaten by Italy in the European Championship quarter-final on Sunday according to the Capello Index at least.The Three Lions topped Group D on Wednesday night after victory over Ukraine and France's defeat to Sweden set up a mouth watering tie with the Azzurri.But according to the former England...
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already out Sweden ended their Euro 2012 campaign on a high note by upsetting France 2-0 in the final round of Group D clash...
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Timeline.here after a goal-line refereeing blunder helped them to a 1-0 win over Ukraine which sent the co-hosts crashing out.was enough to see England finish top of Group D yesterday and send them into a quarter-final in Kiev on Sunday against Italy.England's journey through to the quarter-finals was never a easy task. It was similar with Ukraine as they forced their forward dominating possession...
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Sweden`s Zlatan Ibrahimovic (R) is challenged by France`s Adil Rami during their Group D Euro 2012 soccer match at the Olympic stadium in Kiev June 19, 2012.France cannot say they were not warned about the dangers of underestimating Sweden, but sometimes arrogance makes young men deaf.Time and time again their manager Laurent Blanc urged them not to believe they had already done enough to finish as...
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England striker returned from a two-match suspension to head in the lone goal Tuesday and give his team a 1-0 win over Ukraine and a spot in the European Championship quarterfinals. The co-host Ukrainians, however, will leave the tournament knowing that things could have been different.Needing a win to advance, the Ukrainians thought they had equalized in the 62nd minute when Marko Devic's looping...
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UEFA fined Croatia’s football association ¤80,000 ($101,000) on Tuesday after fans racially abused Italy forward Mario Balotelli at a European Championship match.The charges related to “the setting-off and throwing of fireworks, and the improper conduct of supporters (racist chants, racist symbols),” UEFA said in a statement.The fine is ¤20,000 ($25,000) less than the UEFA disciplinary panel ordered...
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Ukraine's Marko Devic calls for referee's attention after firing a shot on goal during the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group D match between England and Ukraine in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 19, 2012.Photo: Matthias Schrader/ APUkraine's Marko Devic, left, shoots past England goalkeeper Joe Hart, second right, before John Terry, unseen, cleared the ball behind the goal line during the Euro 2012...
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England's John Terry clears a ball that went over the line during the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group D match between England and Ukraine in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 19, 2012.Photo: Vadim Ghirda/ APEngland's Wayne Rooney, right, celebrates after scoring a goal during the Euro 2012 soccer championship Group D match between England and Ukraine in Donetsk, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 19, 2012.Photo:...
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England captain Steven Gerrard has warned his team-mates that the Euro 2012 quarter-final against Italy on Sunday will be a massive test. The Liverpool midfielder produced a man-of-the-match performance as England beat Ukraine 1-0 to top Group D and avoid a last-eight meeting with world and European champions Spain. Continue reading the main story “We're lucky to have a player like Steven Gerrard...
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Giovanni Trapattoni has persuaded Richard Dunne to ditch international retirement and is prepared to offer him the Ireland captaincy.Current captain Robbie Keane is among three players on the verge of quitting the Ireland team following the debacle of Euro 2012, along with Damien Duff and Shay Given.But Trapattoni feels their positions can be covered by the younger generation of players who hardly...
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1 Ukraine 0: Rooney fires Hodgson's heroes through as group winners it's Italy up next for Three LionsA goal that was more poacher than Pele was not what Wayne Rooney would have visualised when he retired to his hotel room on the eve of this European Championship encounter.But it was a goal that propelled England into a quarter-final few thought Roy Hodgson would reach when he was parachuted into Wembley...
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Bonkers Blokhin loses rag with journalist, asking him outside for a 'man talk' after Ukraine defeatUkraine coach Oleh Blokhin was involved in an amazing row with a local journalist after his side's 1-0 defeat to England in Donetsk.In his post-match press conference, Blokhin felt the questioning had become personal and suggested the journalist should 'come outside and have a man talk'.Then, when the...
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