Great sportsmen and teams are often defined by the very moments when they have to summon all their reserves to deliver at the biggest stage against all odds. In 1974, Muhammad Ali […]

Euro 2012 reaches its climax in Kiev on Sunday night. Fittingly, the last two nations to have won major tournaments in the last six years come face to face to decide who […]

Well, well, well, those anti-England pundits are very quiet today aren’t they? After Alan Shearer commented that England ‘had no chance of winning the next world cup’, mainly due to the fact […]

As Euro 2012 gets down to its final four, lifting the Henri Delaunay trophy becomes more than just a dream. Portugal, Spain, Germany and Italy are now 90 minutes away from the […]

After toiling for 120 minutes, England found themselves in well-known territory – the lottery of the penalty shoot-out. Barely ten minutes later and there was a familiar outcome with the Three Lions […]

Tonight’s match in Gdansk is not just a European Championships quarter-final. For the past three years, Greece has been financially crippled and been subjected to severe austerity measures, seemingly at Germany’s mercy. […]

Tonight saw the completion of the Euro 2012 group phase. Each night there has been cliff-hangers followed by a lack of fingernails. The tournament has not disappointed thus far. From the 16 […]

Today Greece votes on its future for a new government, which will mean either a catastrophic return to its native Drachma or stick with the existing and harsh austerity measures by remaining […]

After the first round of games, 20 goals had been scored. Following another eight games, 26 goals have rustled in the back of the onion bag. 46 in total and some have […]

The Euro’s kicked off last Friday night when joint hosts Poland took on 2004 winners Greece. What was predicted to be a poor match turned out to be excellent drama and set […]