[EURO 2012 QUALIFYING] England became the seventh team to qualify for Euro 2012 with a 2-2 tie at Montenegro. It led 2-0 lead after half an hour and was leading2-1 late in the second half when Wayne Rooney was shown a red card. Andrija Delibasic scored a last-minute equalizerthat earned Montenegro the point it needed […]
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Five berths to be decided this week
[EURO 2012 QUALIFYING] Euro 2012 qualifying moves into its final week of group play with games Friday, Saturday and Tuesday. — Germany, Italy andSpain have won their groups, and England and the Netherlands have all but clinched. — Russia holds a two-point lead in Group A going into Friday’s game at Slovakia. Ireland, Slovakia andArmenia […]
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Netherlands clinches wild card
[EURO 2012 QUALIFYING] UEFA confirmed that the Netherlands, winner of all eight games in its group but not yet mathematically assured of having clinched firstplace, had nonetheless qualified for Euro 2012 as having no worse than the best record among the nine group runners-up. The other eight teams will move into a playoff to determine […]
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Italy and Spain clinch berths in final
[EURO 2012 QUALIFYING] Italy and Spain qualified for Euro 2012 with wins on Tuesday. England and the Netherlands both moved closer to clinching grouptitles with victories. Croatia took over first place in Group F with its 3-1 win over Israel and Greece’s 1-1 tie at Latvia. Denmark moved into a tie for first place with […]
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Key matches available to U.S. viewers
[EURO 2012] Defending champion Spain and Italy can clinch group titles in Euro 2012 qualifying and berths in next year’s finals with wins against Liechtensteinand Slovenia, respectively, on Tuesday. The Netherlands might clinch with its eighth win in eight games at Finland but would need some help from San Marino in its game against Sweden. […]
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Germany clinches berth in finals
[EURO 2012 QUALIFYING] Germany became the first team to join co-hosts Poland and Ukraine at the Euro 2012 finals when it beat Austria, 6-2, to win Group A withits eighth win in eight games. The Netherlands achieved its biggest win in 39 years when it crushed San Marino, 11-0, and improved to 7-0-0. Italy also […]
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Key matches available to U.S. viewers
[EURO 2012 QUALIFYING] Qualifying for Euro 2012 moves into the home stretch as the first of two double fixture dates begins with play Friday and Saturday. Keymatches that will be available to U.S. viewers Friday include Ireland-Slovakia and Israel-Greece. Also on the air will be Germany-Austria. The Germans will go 8-0-0 with a win and […]
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Germany remains perfect
[EURO 2012 QUALIFYING] Germany made it seven wins in seven games Tuesday when it beat Azerbaijan 3-1 on the road thanks to goals by Mesut Ozil, Mario Gomez and Andre Schuerrle. Germany is one of three teams with perfect records along with2010 World Cup finalists Spain, the defending European champion, and the Netherlands. For all […]
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Dutch hold off Hungary in wild match
[EURO 2010 QUALIFYING] The Netherlands became the first team to go 6-0-0 in Euro 2012 qualifying thanks to a wild 5-3 win over Hungary on Tuesday. TheHungarians, beaten, 4-0, at home on Friday, twice came from behind to tie the Group E encounter at the Amsterdam ArenA before two goals by Dirk Kuyt in threeminutes […]
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Spain and the Netherlands in action
[EURO 2010 QUALIFYING] The Tuesday date of the first double fixture date of the year is loaded with international friendlies. Of the Euro 2012 qualifying groupleaders, only Spain and the Netherlands, the two 2010 World Cup finalists, have competitive games. Spain (4-0-0) hosts Moldova, while the Dutch (5-0-0) host Hungary, which they beat, 4-0, in […]