It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the Euros is a World Cup without Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, the only non-European countries that have won Fifa’s showpiece event.

The European Champions

Poland get the honour of opening Euro 2012 on Friday against surprise 2004 winners Greece but it would take a major upset to see either team or co-hosts Ukraine progress as far as the July 1 final in

The Czech Republic turned around their flagging fortunes just in the nick of time to earn their spot at Euro 2012 through the play-offs.

Two second-half goals gave the Czechs a well-deserved first-l

Greece were in one of the easiest groups in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. They got off to a poor start dropping two valuable points against lowly Georgia after being held 1-1 at home.

But they recovered

Goal-machine Cristiano Ronaldo is at the peak of his career but the world's most expensive player still has one unfulfilled ambition - to win a major international trophy for Portugal.

The 27-year-ol

A BBC documentary telecast on Monday to flag up Poland and Ukrainian football’s problems with racism and violence on the backdrop of the upcoming Euro-2012 has footage of two Malayalis being hit by th

Ukraine's sex industry is banking on pulling in clients and cash during Euro 2012 but campaigners paint stark warnings given that the championship co-host has the highest rate of HIV infection in East

The country that gave football to the world has ironically only perpetuated despair to their passionate fans.

What is likely to cause further anguish to a nation that has inured itself to years of i

Unlike the World Cup, the European Championship has always been kinder to underdogs.

It has treated lesser teams with a kid's glove instead of felling them with a ruthless knockout punch.

The triu

Always be wary of a cornered tiger. The above statement certainly holds credence in the case of the Italian football team of the 2006 Fifa World Cup.

At the time of their departure to Germany even t