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It was literally eleven men against one when Czech Republic met Portugal in the first quarterfinal of Euro 2012. And that one man was Cristiano Ronaldo, who towered over anything and everything else in the Portuguese squad. He also scored ...

The European Championships have now entered their final stages, after a historic group match stage which saw some major upsets, great goals and thrilling moments, with almost all games being major entertainers. This was the first ever time in EURO ...

They said that it was all cut-and-dry in Group A. But what “they” didn’t know was that UEFA’s upside down rules would play spoilsport. Russia who started their campaign with a scintillating 4 – 1 win against the Czech Republic ...

(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 ...

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 ...