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Group D saw France take on Sweden and England meet co-hosts Ukraine in their final and deciding games. Sweden who were already out of the tournament after a disappointing campaign finally found their bearings and exited gracefully after destroying France ...

(Note/Update: This post was written on account on traditional footballing rules which take Goal Difference as the first tiebreaker in case of equal points in a group, which is how it is usually done. But today I came to know ...

Finally! England got a victory which was emphatic not just because Andy Carroll scored, but also because they held up against a tremendous onslaught by a valiant Sweden who fought till the very last minute, coming back from behind to ...

The “first round” of the league phase of Euro 2012 to decide the new European Champions is over, with all teams having played one group match each. The results have thrown all predictions off-track, with only one team, Germany, having ...

I had mentioned in an earlier post on my blog that Group D of the Euro 2012 is the “Anything-Could-Happen_Group”. And boy, did that come true! Yesterday we saw two matches being played out which drastically reaffirmed that this group ...