Bucharest (AFP) – Romania coach Anghel Iordanescu included young forward Nicolae Stanciu in his final squad for Euro 2016 on Tuesday, but left out attacking midfielder Alexandru Maxim. Steaua Bucharest's Stanciu only made his international debut in March, but after impressing with three goals in four appearances, Iordanescu has turned to the 23-year-old to help […]

Stockholm (AFP) – Sweden coach Erik Hamren said Tuesday that Marcus Berg was the preferred option ahead of fellow striker John Guidetti to play alongside star Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Euro 2016. Hamren opted to stick with the same list of 23 players he had already announced on May 11 for the tournament which starts in […]

Lisbon (AFP) – Newly-appointed Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said Tuesday he will not let his rivalry with Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola get in the way of his bid for the English Premier League title. Mourinho and Guardiola will arrive in Manchester for next season with a shared past and pressure to succeed. And […]

Kiev (AFP) – Shakhtar Donetsk have named Portuguese Paulo Fonseca as their new coach, the Ukrainian club confirmed on Tuesday. The 43-year-old, who won the Portuguese Cup this season with Braga and the 2013 Portuguese Supercup with Porto, signed a two-year deal to succeed veteran Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu. Shakhtar, who have played away from […]

Neustift (Austria) (AFP) – France coach Didier Deschamps on Tuesday hit out at supporters who booed striker Olivier Giroud during the Euro 2016 hosts' 3-2 friendly win against Cameroon in Nantes on Monday. "It is certainly a minority and it is really unfair," said Deschamps after the Arsenal striker, 29, was whistled by a section […]

Salzburg (Austria) (AFP) – Real Madrid midfielder Isco and Atletico's Saul Niguez on Tuesday missed the cut for Vicente Del Bosque's final 23-man Spain squad for Euro 2016 that does include Reals' Lucas. "We tried to balance out the squad," Del Bosque said at a press conference at the Austrian city of Salzburg. "I believe […]

San José (AFP) – Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas has been ruled out of the Copa America with an Achilles tendon injury, the Costa Rican Football Federation announced Tuesday. A scan at his club Real Madrid confirmed the injury for the 29-year-old, who has been struggling with recurring problems with his left foot for over […]

Madrid (AFP) – Sevilla's Portuguese goalkeeper Antonio Alberto Bastos, known as "Beto", announced Tuesday he has quit the La Liga side after three and a half years during which he won three Europa League titles. "Today is a very sad day for me," Beto wrote in a farewell letter published on Sevilla's website as he […]

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine coach Mykhaylo Fomenko on Tuesday named his final 23-man squad for Euro 2016, which is led by Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Yarmolenko and Sevilla's Europa League winner Yevgen Konoplyanka. The 67-year-old coach cut his squad from a provisional list of 29 players after Ukraine beat Romania 4-3 in a friendly on […]

Vienna (AFP) – Hungary's German coach Bernd Storck on Tuesday named his final 23-man Euro 2016 squad anchored around captain Balazs Dzsudzsak and trouser-wearing goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly, who at 40 is set to be the tournament's oldest player. The "Magical Magyars" were one of the best sides in the world in the 1950s, but not […]

Prague (AFP) – Czech Republic coach Pavel Vrba on Tuesday named a 23-man squad for Euro 2016 in France, spearheaded by Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech and midfielder Tomas Rosicky, the team captain. Vrba said at a training camp in Austria he had cut the squad to the required 23 men from an initial 25 by […]

Brussels (AFP) – Belgium coach Marc Wilmots confirmed his 23-man squad for Euro 2016 on Tuesday, albeit a list depleted by defensive injuries. The 47-year-old had already seen captain Vincent Kompany and Bjorn Engels ruled out of the tournament in France, with fellow defenders Nicolas Lombaerts and Dedryck Boyata were forced to pull out on […]

If you want to find out the schedule of Argentina Copa America games on TV, scroll down for all of the details. For soccer fans that live in the United States, every single game will be shown live on television as well as streaming. The matches will be available in English-language and Spanish-language. Argentina games […]

Glasgow (AFP) – Hibernian have handed out life bans to supporters involved in the crowd trouble which marred their Scottish Cup final victory over Rangers. Thousands of Hibernian supporters raced on to the Hampden Park pitch in celebration after the second-tier team ended their 114-year wait to win the competition two weeks ago. But the […]

In its coverage of world-class soccer tournaments, one of the traditions that ESPN began at World Cup 2010 was the creation of a set of posters — one for each team — to promote the event. For the last European Championship, the set of Euro 2012 posters featured a combination of iconographic photos with the flags of […]