A 40-year-old fan wearing a red Spain jersey was found dead in Madrid after late-night celebrations marking the European Championship title, media reports said Monday. The man’s body was found in the center of the Spanish capital with head injuries apparently sustained from a fall, reports said. In all, 65,000 turned out to watch Spain’s 1-0 victory over Germany at the Colon Square public viewing…
The German team returned home Monday, kicking soccer balls into a crowd of about 100,000 flag-waving fans in the capital after a 1-0 loss to Spain in the European Championship final. The crowd cheered the players as they appeared one by one on a stage in front of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate. “It’s naturally disappointing when you’ve come so far,” captain Michael Ballack said in an interview…
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More than 300,000 Germany fans
welcomed their defeated team home at the Brandenburg Gate in
Berlin on Monday at a melancholy ceremony paying tribute to the
Euro 2008 runners-up.
Juventus are set for a tug of war
over new signing Dario Knezevic after cross-town rivals Torino
said the Croatia defender should be joining them instead.
It doesn't say much for the Bundesliga defenders that Luca Toni and Mario Gomez accrued 40 goals between them last season and yet when they got to Euro 2008 their return was - zero.
Spanish goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas basked in the glory on Monday of having won Euro 2008 and reflected on the ghosts Spain laid to rest by winning their first title for 44 years.
Spanish midfielder Xavi was named player of Euro 2008 by UEFA on Monday.
Xavi Hernandez was voted player of the tournament after Spain’s 1-0 victory over Germany in the European Championship final and UEFA selected nine of the Spanish players on the 23-member team of Euro 2008. There was no place on the squad for Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese star who scored 43 goals for Manchester United last season and is a leading candidate for FIFA player of the year, after he…
A Spanish football supporter was found dead on Monday in Madrid where 52 others were arrested after a night of revelry to celebrate their team's victory over Germany in the final of Euro 2008, police said.