The Czech Republic kept alive their hopes of reaching the Euro 2012 quarterfinals as they beat Greece 2-1 in their Group A clash here on Tuesday.

The Czechs made a dream start scoring twice in the op

Holders Spain were held to a 1-1 draw by a dogged and determined Italy at the Arena Gdansk here on Sunday in the opening Group C match at the European Championship.

Italy took the lead on 61 minutes

Croatia dealt a major blow to Ireland's hopes of reaching the Euro quarter-finals beating them 3-1 in their Group C opener here on Sunday, with Mario Mandzukic scoring a double.

Keenly aware that on

A 'psychic' raccoon at a British zoo has predicted that England will beat France in their opening Euro 2012 match on Monday, his keepers said.

Rocky the raccoon is the latest in a string of animals h

A second-half header from striker Mario Gomez was enough to give Germany a 1-0 win over Portugal on Saturday in their opening Euro 2012 match.

After victories both in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008

Denmark claimed the first upset of Euro 2012 by overcoming a badly misfiring Netherlands side 1-0 in their opening Group B match at Metalist Stadium here on Saturday.

Brondby forward Michael Krohn-De

Euro 2012 being co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine got under way on Friday here as European football's showpiece international competition came behind the former Iron Curtain for the first time.

The mon

Co-hosts Poland and Euro 2004 champions Greece fought out an incident-packed 1-1 draw here on Friday in the opening game of the Euro 2012 championship in which both sides finished with just 10 men.

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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

After the FIFA World Cup 2010, football fans in Kerala have had another opportunity to cheer for world leaders with the kick-off to Euro 2012 on June 8.

Though the cup is being held thousands of kilo