Lithuania 1-4 Czech Republic | Euro 2012 Group I qualifier match report
The Czech Republic secured a Euro 2012 play-off place with a convincing 4-1 win in Lithuania.The Czechs headed into their final qualifier in Group I knowing they had to achieve a better result than second-place Scotland against Spain in Alicante. As it...
Scotland 1-0 Lithuania | Euro 2012 qualifier match report
Scotland's slender hopes of a play‑off place for Euro 2012 were helped by this victory. Amid jittery closing moments from the hosts at Hampden Park, the same could not be said for Craig Levein's blood pressure.After the wounding circumstanc...
Scotland v Lithuania – as it happened | Barry Glendenning
Scotland took the points courtesy of Steven Naismith's winner, leaving their slim hopes of qualification aliveGood evening all. With the Republic of Ireland having used up the planet's entire reserves of good luck in their heroically jammy stalemate w...
Serbia making strides under Vladimir Petrovic as they target Euro 2012 | Jonathan Wilson
Friday's win over Northern Ireland has given the underrated coach a huge boost in Group CIt may be that Vladimir Petrovic made more of an impact on Friday than he had done on any previous visit to the United Kingdom. The Serbia coach played 13 league g...
Lithuania 1-3 Spain | Euro 2012 qualifier match report
Spain overcame a cut up, muddy pitch in Kaunas to beat Lithuania and maintain their perfect record in qualifying for Euro 2012.Xavi scored the visitors' first goal with a shot that ballooned off a defender's leg and over the keeper after 19 minutes.Mar...
WikiLeaks cables, day 9: summary of today’s key points
There are no fewer than 251,287 cables from more than 250 US embassies around the world, obtained by WikiLeaks. We present a day-by-day guide to the revelations from the US embassy cables both from the Guardian and its international media partners in t...
Euro 2012 Preview and U.S. T.V. Listings for Spain vs. Lithuania
Spain limps into their second Euro 2012 qualifiers against Lithuania, as injuries forced five of their usual call-ups from participating in La Furia Roja's two upcoming fixtures. Cèsc Fabregas, Fernando Torres, Pedro Rodríguez, and Jesús Navas all have different knocks and nicks, but the man that Vicente del Bosque will miss the most is the...
Euro 2012 Qualifiers, Matchday 2: Five Games to Watch
The Road to Euro 2012 continues on Tuesday…
Euro 2012 qualifying continues tomorrow (Tuesday, September 7) after the most countries kicked off their qualification campaign last Friday. And even though we are two years away from the final tournament and its only matchday 2- some countries are already under pressure to get results.
FIVE QUICK FACTS
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Levein defends inclusion of veteran Weir
• Coach praises 40-year-old defender's professionalism• Veteran claims he is only focused on Lithuania clashDavid Weir's age has been a point of fascination for everyone except David Weir this week. The Rangers captain's name has been predominantly...
UEFA Euro 2012 Draw: A Spanish Perspective
The Congress Hall of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland held the draw for UEFA Euro 2012 on Sunday afternoon, and while there is no clear consensus about a “group of death” among the nine groups, Spain’s group would not be considered in contention for that infamous moniker.
Spain was chosen in one...
