Semi-final preview: England v Sweden

ENGLAND face hosts Sweden tonight in the first of the semi-finals. Stuart Pearce’s side took top spot in the tougher-looking group B thanks to victories over Finland and Spain, and a draw against Germany last time out. Defeat to Italy on matchday two cost the Swedes top spot in group A, but the hosts have [...]

Pearce responds to injury crisis

ENGLAND manager Stuart Pearce has called up two fresh faces to his squad for this summer’s European Championship. Newcastle defender and under-21 skipper Steven Taylor was forced to withdraw with an achilles injury, and has been replaced by Richard Stearman of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Stearman has two under-21 caps to his name and was an ever-present for Wolves in [...]

Kurnenin decides on final Belarus squad

BELARUS skipper Yuri Kurnenin has announced his final party of 23 for this summer’s competition. There are no real changes to the squad that progressed through the qualification stages with Kuban Krasnoar’s Aleksei Kuchuk the only notable absentee. Long shots to even progress beyond the group stages of the competition, Belarus face open against hosts [...]

Final German squad announced

HORST HRUBESCH has announced his final squad of 23 for the this summer’s competition. There is a major surprise with the omission of Rouwen Hennings who was Germany’s top-scorer during qualification with 7 goals in 8 games. Schalke’s 23-year-old goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is expected to feature between the sticks with team-mate Benedikt Höwedes just in [...]