UKRAINE 0, ENGLAND 1 Wayne Rooney created positive headlines on his long-awaited return to action as he steered England into the quarter finals of Euro 2012. The striker, back after a two-match international ban, made up for lost time scoring the matchwinning goal against hosts Ukraine in his first appearance in the tournament. Most importantly, […]
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England incentive to top Group D
Under-par Spain left it late to score and top group C but Jesus Navas finished off a hard working Croatia side who had their chances to take a shock lead and perhaps even condemn Spain to an ignominious exit as Italy beat the Republic of Ireland, who had Keith Andrews sent off, 2-0 in the […]
England finally beat Swedish hoodoo
ENGLAND 3, SWEDEN 2 It was a game made all the more exciting by a litany of mistakes on both sides but England finally put their decades long hoodoo against Sweden behind them with a nail biting win in Kiev after Theo Walcott came on to rescue them from a losing position. Olaf Mellberg thought […]
Solid start for England
It finished a well deserved 1-1 for England against France in the opening match of their group in Euro 2012. Manchester-based players were heavily involved in the first half of the England v France match. James Milner could have opened the scoring after running onto a through ball by Ashley Young. He was forced wide […]
Team news for England v France
The BBC reports the teams are as follows: France: Lloris, Debuchy, Rami, Mexes, Evra, Nasri, Cabaye, Diarra, Malouda, Ribery, Benzema. Subs: Mandanda, Giroud, Matuidi, Reveillere, Menez, M’Vila, Martin, Ben Arfa, Valbuena, Clichy, Koscielny, Carrasso. England: Hart, Johnson, Terry, Lescott, Cole, Milner, Gerrard, Parker, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Young, Welbeck. Subs: Green, Walcott, Henderson, Carroll, Baines, Jones, Jagielka, Downing, Defoe, Butland. […]