KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Heading into Sunday's European Championship final between Spain and Italy, 72 goals had been scored by the 16 ...
Ahead of Sunday's Euro 2012 final against Italy, Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas admitted he still had difficulty taking in the scale of h...
Mario Balotelli struck twice to seal Italy's 2-1 semi-final win over Germany to leave the Germans' Euro 2012 ambitions in tatters while t...
WARSAW (Reuters) - A touch of star quality from Mario Balotelli plus a familiar mixture of experience and canny defending saw Italy quash...
WARSAW (Reuters) - Striker Mario Balotelli, whose mercurial talent and off-field antics have generated admiration and scorn, scored two s...
WARSAW: Germany captain Philipp Lahm has admitted they were not "clever enough" after Joachim...
WARSAW: Mario Balotelli flexed his muscles in more ways than one.
The 21-year-old striker quieted his of critics by leading Italy...
DONETSK (Reuters) - A disappointing semi-final between Spain and Portugal served again to highlight the dearth of quality strikers at Eur...
Two Cesc Fabregas penalties, four years apart, tell the story of Spain's recent history in the European Championship.
In 2008, in...
DONETSK (Reuters) - Portugal left Euro 2012 with their heads held high having improved beyond recognition from the start of the qualifyin...
DONTESK, Ukraine (AP) — Miraculously, even out here amid the belching smokestacks and coal mines on the furthermost eastern fringes...
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque hailed the impact of his three substitutes after seeing his side edge Portugal 4-2 on penalties to reach t...
DONETSK (Reuters) - Holders Spain needed a stuttering penalty shootout win over Portugal on Wednesday to reach the Euro 2012 final, a soc...
Spain star Andres Iniesta insisted ahead of his country's Euro 2012 semi-final penalties nerve-shredding win over Portugal that high-temp...
DONETSK: Sergio Ramos admitted that the chipped penalty that gave Spain the initiative in their 4-2 penalty shoot-out win over Portugal i...
DONETSK: Still not pretty to watch, still just as effective.
Spain again failed to dazzle at the European Championship yet still ...
Andres Iniesta believes Spain are only accused of playing boring football because their opponents are too defensive, ahead of Wednesday's...
Eight goals in four games - albeit half of those against Ireland - and Spain are moving on towards their date with destiny as they target...
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — With Germans wowing like Brazilians, the attack-minded Italians shedding their defensive skins and the Spanish...
British Prime Minister David Cameron said the England football team had made "the country proud" following their exit from Euro...
KIEV: Italy needed penalties to eliminate England and reach the semi-finals of Euro 2012 on Sunday after the match finished goalless at t...
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In world soccer, there surely is no greater anguish than a penalty shoot-out involving England.
It's ag...
Italy's players celebrate victory against England after penalty shoot-out of their Euro 2012 quarter-final soccer match at Olympic Stadiu...
In the Beauty and the Beast fairytale the two protagonists fall in love before living happily ever after - once the beast has turned into...
KIEV: The agony and the ecstasy of the first penalty shootout at Euro 2012...
KIEV: England's penalty curse struck again here Sunday as Italy advanced to the semi-finals of Euro 2012 with victory in a shoot-out afte...
DONETSK (Reuters) - Xabi Alonso marked his 100th Spain appearance by scoring both goals as the holders eased to a comfortable 2-0 win ove...
Spain moved a step closer to an unprecedented treble of consecutive major international honours by beating France 2-0 in Donetsk to...
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Even if Spain failed to live up to expectations, Xabi Alonso exceeded them.
The defending champions...
DONETSK (Reuters) - Holders Spain strolled into the Euro 2012 semi-finals after two goals from Xabi Alonso on his 100th appearance secure...
ATHENS/GDANSK (Reuters) - Germany humiliated Greece in the Euro 2012 soccer tournament on Friday, rubbing salt in the wounds of a nation ...
GDANSK, Poland (AP) — With Chancellor Angela Merkel cheering every step of the way, Germany dominated Greece — on the soccer ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — After his powerful header lifted Portugal into the semifinals of the European Championship, Cristiano Ronaldo...
WARSAW (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo, reveling in the showman role that has become his natural domain, again underlined his billing as th...
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - With every determined night's work and each slice of good fortune that passes their way at Euro 2012, the Engl...
GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - Players, officials and fans took a breather on the first blank day of the European soccer Championship on Wedn...
England manager Roy Hodgson has praised his squad's burgeoning team spirit as they prepare for the challenge of Sunday's Euro 2012 quarte...
DONETSK (Reuters) - From the moment Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored the opening goal of the tournament with a brilliant header a...
WARSAW (Reuters) - England and France took the last places in a heavyweight final eight at Euro 2012 on Tuesday, with Ukraine joining co-...
England scraped into the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 after a goal-line refereeing blunder helped them to a 1-0 win over Ukraine whi...
France qualified for the knockout stages of a major finals for the first time in six years despite losing their final Euro 2012 Group D m...
GDANSK (Reuters) - Substitute Jesus Navas tapped home two minutes from time to snatch a 1-0 victory over Croatia and send holders Spain t...
POZNAN (Reuters) - Italy never do things easily and although the 2-0 scoreline suggests they comfortably beat Ireland on Monday to reach ...
WARSAW (Reuters) - Greece and the Czech Republic, written off after poor starts to Euro 2012, completed astonishing turnarounds on Saturd...