While the television at home satiates the appetite of middle class football fans, the affluent are turning to luxury hotels, where coffee shops and restaurants are abuzz after midnight ever since the

With Euro 2012, the biggest event after World Cup, in knockout stage, football fever has reached a high point in Vyasarpadi, called Brazil of Chennai.

For teens of Kalyana-puram in Vyasarpadi, Ger-m

The beautiful game has been tarred again. For the second time in a row, a major football tournament — Euro 2012 on this occasion — has been mired in a goal-line controversy.

It seems these debates h

France qualified for the knockout stages of a major finals for the first time in six years here on Tuesday despite losing their final Euro 2012 Group D match 2-0 to already eliminated Sweden.

A brill

A goal at the start of the second half from the recalled Wayne Rooney lifted England into the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over co-hosts Ukraine.

Roy Hodgson's England, who n

Euro 2012 is poorer with the exit of Russia who thrilled fans and neutrals alike with a 4-1 destruction of the Czech Republic on the first day of the tournament.

Russia’s ouster has got as much to d

Alan Dzagoev of Russia and Denmark’s Michael Krohn-Dehli have used Euro 2012 to showcase their talent. The duo weren’t universally well known before the tournament.

Conversely, quite a few big names

Defending champions Spain are into the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 after replacement Jesus Navas hit the late winner in their nervy 1-0 victory over Croatia, who bowed out on Monday.

Spain qualify as

Antonio Cassano and Mario Balotelli scored the goals as Italy beat 10-man Ireland 2-0 at the Municipal Stadium here on Monday to reach the Euro 2012 quarter-finals.

Spain's 1-0 win over Croatia meant

Germany advanced to the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 on Sunday as defender Lars Bender scored his first international goal to seal their 2-1 win over Denmark which put the Danes out.

After Portugal's