The sides involved at the first 12-team UEFA European Under-21 Championship know what awaits them in Poland next June after today's draw in Krakow. See what the teams' representatives had to say.Group A: Poland (hosts), Slovakia, Sweden (holders), EnglandZbigniew Boniek, Polish Football Association presidentPoland are in an extremely difficult group, but at the same time a very interesting one. We've got Sweden, the European champions; we've got England, who are always good at this level; and we have Slovakia with their ambitious plans. It won't be easy, but if you want to play in the European Championship and have any chance, you can't b... UEFA.com - News
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Sweden qualify for Women’s EURO: who can join them
The last UEFA Women's EURO 2017 qualifying group stage games are beiong played and on Thursday, Sweden joined the seven teams previously confirmed of places in the Netherlands with seven to join them by Tuesday and two more to be confirmed in October's play-off. We explains who needs what to book qualification regardless of results in other groups.Qualified: Netherlands (hosts), Germany (holders), England, France, Norway, Spain, Sweden, SwitzerlandConfirmed at least play-off: Iceland, Scotland, Romania, Denmark, Russia, Belgium, AustriaCan still qualify: Finland, Portugal, Italy, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland•... UEFA.com - News
Portugal and France founder in opening qualifiers
European champions Portugal defeated 2-0 in SwitzerlandBeaten finalists France held to 0-0 draw in BelarusRomelu Lukaku strikes twice as Belgium make positive startAll of the matchday one resultsNext games in these groups: Friday 7 OctoberGroup ASweden 1-1 NetherlandsHonours were even at the Friends Arena in Jan Andersson's first competitive game as Sweden coach. Marcus Berg chipped in off the underside of the bar in the moments before half-time, but Wesley Sneijder's strike midwa... UEFA.com - News
Hope Solo Suspended Six Months, Has Contract Terminated By U.S. Soccer
Share this: UPDATE (8:15 p.m. ET): Minutes after the world learned of Hope Solo’s six month suspension via U.S. Soccer for her controversial Olympic comments, the goalie told Sports Illustrated that her contract has been terminated. ORIGINAL STORY: Before Ryan Lochte got himself into trouble at the Olympics, Hope Solo was at the center of her own self-inflicted controversy in Rio de Janeiro. And we’re not even talking about her Zika virus jokes. Following the U.S. women’s soccer team’s stunning quarterfinal loss against Sweden at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Solo said USA “lost to a bunch of cowards,” among other things. Well, actions have consequences, and Solo learned that the hard way Wednesday night when the USWNT announced it has suspended Solo for six months for
Germany see off Sweden for Olympic gold
Germany have scooped Olympic gold for the first time in their history thanks to a 2-1 victory against Sweden in the Rio final.Dzsenifer Marozsán (48) curled Germany in front from the edge of the area and the final looked as good as over as Linda Sembrant put through her own net in the 62nd minute when Marozsán's free-kick cannoned into her after hitting the post.Stina Blackstenius (67) turned in Olivia Schough's cross 12 minutes after coming on as a substitute to give Sweden hope but they could not prise an equaliser for coach Pia Sundhage, who was aiming for a third consecutive Olympic triumph having guided the United States to gold in 2008 and 2012.Germany's succe... UEFA.com - News
France, Germany, Sweden aim for gold
The sixth Olympic women's football tournament kicks off the Games in Brazil on Wednesday. European contenders Sweden, Germany and France will all be hoping to emulate 2000 gold medallists Norway. We profile the European contenders.FRANCEGroup G opponents: v Colombia (Wednesday, Belo Horizonte), v US (Saturday, Belo Horizonte), v New Zealand (Tuesday, Salvador)Previous Olympics: 2012 fourth placeKey fact: France coach Philippe Bergeroo was in the squad that won the 1984 UEFA European Championship, the same year Les Bleus also claimed men's Olympic football gold under Hen... UEFA.com - News
Sweden: The most in-form strike pairing at EURO
Marcus Berg got the nod ahead of John Guidetti to partner Zlatan Ibrahimović in the Sweden attack to face Republic of Ireland. The stats from the season just gone make it easy to see why. UEFA.com delved deep into the 2015/16 campaign to discover which scoring duo from the UEFA EURO 2016 contenders scored the most league goals combined. Here's what we found ...2015/16 league goalsSwedenZlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain): 38Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos): 15TOTAL: 53 PolandRobert Lewandowski (Baye...