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| England will play Norway and Belgium in its final friendly matches before the 2012 European Championship. England's Football Association says the national team will take on Norway in Oslo on May 26 before returning home to play Belgium at Wembley on June 2. Fabio Capello's squad will then travel to its Euro 2012 base in Krakow, Poland, ahead of group games against France, Sweden and... |
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| England's players will be free to roam from their Polish training base at next year's European Championship, with the national team having learnt the lessons from last year's World Cup. Coach Fabio Capello visited Krakow this week to inspect England's facilities and decided on a relaxed regime, allowing his players to explore the southern Polish city after morning training. |
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| Bayern Munich took a step toward the group stage of the Champions League on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over FC Zurich. While Dinamo Zagreb, Maccabi Haifa, Odense and Wisla Krakow also won the first leg of their playoffs, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Arjen Robben scored in Munich to put four-time European champion Bayern within sight of the lucrative group stage. |
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Poland midfielder Lukasz Piszczek and 10 other players have been fined and given suspended prison sentences by a Polish court for their role in fixing a topflight match in the 2005-06 season. Piszczek received a one-year prison term suspended for three years and was fined 100,000 zlotys ($33,000) Monday for his involvement in bribing players from Cracovia Krakow to help his then-team Zaglebie...
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| West Bromwich Albion midfielder Robert Koren, Bochum forward Zlatko Dedic and Udinese goalkeeper Samir Handanovic headed Slovenia's 30-man preliminary World Cup squad on Tuesday. Grenoble defender Bostjan Cesar, Wisla Krakow midfielder Andraz Kirm and Cologne forward Milivoj Novakovic are Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek's other core players who helped the nation reach the tournament for the... |
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| West Bromwich Albion midfielder Robert Koren, Bochum forward Zlatko Dedic and Udinese goalkeeper Samir Handanovic headed Slovenia's 30-man preliminary World Cup roster. Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek is relying on a core of players who helped the nation reach the tournament for the second time. The roster announced Tuesday also included Grenoble defender Bostjan Cesar, Wisla Krakow midfielder Andraz... |
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| Levski Sofia striker Georgi
Hristov has joined Polish champions Wilsa Krakow on a year-long
loan, the Sofia-based Bulgarian champions said.
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European soccer's governing body chose four cities in Poland to host matches at the 2012 European Championship on Wednesday but said co-host Ukraine could wind up with only two venues unless it makes major infrastructure improvements within six months. Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw and Poznan were picked to host games by the Union of European Football Associations, while Krakow and Chorzow were dropped.
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| UEFA has chosen four cities in Poland to host matches at the 2012 European Championship but confirmed only one venue in Ukraine so far for the tournament. UEFA says Warsaw, Gdansk, Wroclaw and Poznan will host games, while Krakow and Chorzow were kept as reserve cities. But UEFA cited "important shortcomings" with infrastructure in co-host Ukraine. |
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| Police detained four people, including two former players and a referee, as part of its investigation into corruption in Polish soccer. The detentions were made in four cities Wednesday. Police identified the individuals as referee Mariusz P., match observer Piotr K., former Wisla Krakow goalkeeper Artur S. |
