Euro Preview: Turkey hope to seize last chance against Czechs

‘Maybe we don't have much of a chance this time, but we will still do our very best’ IMAGE: Turkey players look on during the Euro match. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty......

World Cup Qualifiers: Volatile Balotelli grabs winner and headlines

Italy qualified for next year's World Cup with two games to spare on Tuesday but almost inevitably it was volatile striker Mario Balotelli who grabbed the headlines. Balotelli missed a host of easy......

Euro 2012 play-offs: Ireland, Croatia all but seal places

Ireland led the way on Friday as they and Croatia reeled off convincing away wins to move within reach of booking their places in the Euro 2012 soccer finals. Ireland won 4-0 in Estonia in the......

Czech Republic score 4-2 win over shaky US

The United States were given an early World Cup wake-up call when they were beaten 4-2 at home by the Czech Republic in their opening warm-up game on Tuesday. US coach Bob Bradley rested many of......

Smicer ruled out of World Cup

Czech midfielder Vladimir Smicer has been ruled out of the World Cup finals due to a leg injury, the CTK news agency quoted the player as saying on Thursday."This morning I sat down with the......