It's a busy day of Euro 2012 news, with plenty of headlines picked from the leading blogs and websites across the globe. Also, don't forget to listen to the Euro 2012 Daily podcasts from the EPL Talk Podcast crew, recorded in Poland-Ukraine. Here's the latest news: Spot the missing England player! Only 10 lined up […]

Artist Dave Williams from Liverpool, England has put together 16 original illustrations to represent a different magic moment in European Championship history for each of the teams participating in Euro 2012. According to Williams, "The illustrations use the national flags of the 16 finalists to recreate an iconic moment from their history." Here are all […]

Those who kept reminding us about France's talent forgot to mention inexperience. Franck Ribery and Florent Malouda have been mainstays for some time, but amongst the other key contributors to Les Bleus' attack, there's no big tournament experience. Karim Benzema and Samir Nasri were controversial omissions from the ill-fated World Cup squad, while Yohan Cabaye's […]

Swansea City will be celebrating their 100 year anniversary next season with a brand new home kit, a centenary crest and a new trim color. Instead of their traditional white and black kit, Swansea will be wearing white with gold trim next year, to celebrate their 100th year. The Welsh club was founded in 1912. […]

Sweden vs Ukraine: 2:45pm ET TV schedule Buy Ukraine and Sweden shirts Out of all the opening round matches, Sweden against Ukraine is probably the one that people are least looking forward to. No one is really talking about Sweden's chances, and no one is rating Ukraine. But today is an opportunity for both sides to show what they're […]

England vs France: Noon ET TV schedule Buy England and France shirts Every two years, the question comes up whether England is a good football team or not. It's ridiculous really, but England always has to prove themselves, not only to the press and soccer fans abroad, but even to the England supporters in their […]

With no Rooney, no Barry, no Cahill, and no Lampard, expectations have never been lower for the Three Lions. EASY was The S*n’s headline after the English were dropped in Group C with the States, Algeria, and Slovenia. Simon Kuper’s Soccernomics opens with a chapter on “Why England Lose,” in which himself and co-author Stefan […]

England's team for the match against France will be named soon. but rumors from the England camp courtesy of Stan Collymore is that Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will start. Let's hope the rumor is true! Here's all of the Euro 2012 news for your reading pleasure: Rumor: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to start for England — Stan Collymore Poland's […]

The scene is the 1996 European Championship semi-final between Germany and England. It's 1-1 and the game goes into extra time, to see who can score the golden goal. Eight minutes into extra time, Paul Gascoigne gets a superb chance to score for England to send them into the final. In reality, he wasn't able […]

Feuerstein's Fire World Cup Qualifying Special 2014 World Cup Qualifying USA At Guatemala Tuesday, June 12th 9:30PM EDT – 6:30PM PDT Pre-Game Show Midnight EDT – 9PM PDT Post Game Show On Location Daniel Feuerstein from the Football Factory at Legends in New York City Earl Reed at Buffalo Wild Wings in Middletown, Delaware Listen […]

Is it too much to suggest the difference between Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Stewart Downing could decide England's first match? Of course it is. Questions like that are excessively incendiary, particularly when leaned on as leads for blog posts. Accept my apology, but look at the silver lining: My reliance on that kind of crutch shows […]

Ireland vs Croatia: 2:45pm ET TV schedule Buy Ireland and Croatia shirts It's been a long time since Ireland was last seen in a European Championship. Amazingly, it was 1988. For those of you who live in the United States, many of you may have fond memories of the Irish national team who played in the United States in […]

Spain vs Italy: Noon ET TV schedule Buy Spain and Italy shirts Spain against Italy is one of the classic battles in world soccer. Both teams have had their fair share of glory including World Cup trophies, and both Mediterranean countries hate to lose to each other. Thus, the stage is set for an intriguing clash between Spain and […]

In the past two European Championships, there have been teams that went far despite low expectations. Whether it was Greece in 2004 or Russia in 2008, there seems to be a recent trend of at least one team making a shock run through the tournament. That’s partially why we may need to prepare ourselves for […]

Following the 4-1 defeat to Brazil, we saw for the first time same a very different Jürgen Klinsmann. Gone was the always positive and optimistic demeanor. There sat before us a national team manager that was, by his own words, “pissed”. Klinsmann then went on to say the need for his team to have “more […]