Editorials

First tournament:The first tournment was held in France, 1960.The Trophy:For Euro 2008, the trophy has been remodeled and is now slightly larger. The trophy is made of sterling silver and weights 8 kilograms. It is 60 centimeters tall.Winners on home soil throughout history:Only three sides have ever won the UEFA European Championship on home soil: […]

I was 15 years old. My summer fad was to collect the stickers to fill the Panini Euro 88 album. After a lot of disappointing trips to the store with only duplicates, I finally managed to score the last piece and complete the collection. This little hobby also boosted my interest in the actual tournament. […]

Greece shocked the footballing world in 2004 when they became European Champions in Portugal winning the final against the much fancied hosts.It was the year that the Olympic Games was to return to its earliest home, but the football team were merely a distraction for the Greek people before the games began. They entered the […]

Video interview with Spain and Valencia player David Villa.

Video interview with Italy and Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.

Jose Mourinho achieved miracles with Porto and laid the foundations for his reputation as one of the world’s finest coaches. Although not believed to be involved, the news coming out of Uefa yesterday has to cast a shadow over those achievements.The reporting of the ‘match fixing’ scandal in Portugal in 2003-04 has been very minimal. […]

Video interview with Sweden and Inter Milan player Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The news that Andres Iniesta has been stricken by a bout of gastroenteritis and will miss the build up to the European Championships, will be a bitter blow to the Spanish players, management and fans. The Barcelona star should be fit for the tournament, but is unlikely to be in peak condition for the opener […]

Italian football has been rocked by the news that inspirational captain Fabio Cannavaro will not be able to play in the European Championships.Cannavaro collided with teammate Giorgio Chiellini in training and landed awkwardly on his ankle, causing substantial damage to his ligaments and ruling him out of the tournament.Italy have called up Fiorentina’s Alessandro Gamberini […]

You’ll have to forgive me today and allow me to write about England. Whilst the rest of Europe is looking forward to the wonderful forthcoming tournament in Switzerland and Austria, England played a ‘crucial’ friendly in Trinidad and Tobago.Over the next few weeks England will rightly not get a mention in the media and I […]