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| The Polish league president says he has canceled what was to be the first match at the Warsaw stadium to be used for this year's European Championship due to police security concerns. Andrzej Rusko said Wednesday he was worried about the security of fans at the National Stadium, which opened on Jan. |
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| The Polish league president says he has canceled what was to be the first match at the main Euro 2012 arena in Warsaw on Saturday due to police security concerns. Andrzej Rusko said on Wednesday he was worried about the security of fans at the National Stadium, which was officially opened on Jan. 29. The police are saying they do not have sufficient communication inside the stadium to guarantee... |
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| As tension rises over the 30th anniversary of the deadly engagement between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, the Argentine government has decided to name the upcoming football season in honor its naval ship sunk by British torpedoes in the conflict. The season, which begins Friday, will be the known as the first division "Crucero General Belgrano," or Cruiser General... |
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| Thousands of football fans are attending a rock concert and fireworks display Sunday to celebrate the opening of Poland's new National Stadium where the 2012 European Championship will kick off in June. The 58,000-capacity Warsaw stadium was built specially for Euro 2012. Its opening -- originally planned for last June -- had been repeatedly put off because construction experts and firefighters... |
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| UEFA has fined Polish club Legia Warsaw ?10,000 ($13,500) after fans displayed an "illicit banner" at a Europa League game against Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv. The green banner spelled out "Jihad Legia" in Arabic-style script across one end of the stadium before the Sept. 29 match. |
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| Legia Warsaw have been
fined 10,000 euros ($13,500) by UEFA after fans displayed a
banner saying 'Jihad Legia' during a Europa League match at home
to Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv on Sept. 29, the Polish state
news agency reported on Friday.
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| England 1, FIFA 0. And at what cost to football? With help from Prince William and well-timed indignation from Prime Minister David Cameron, England won this time. It bent FIFA's arm so that its players can wear a symbol -- a red poppy -- during a football match this weekend, to remember the dead from the past century of wars Britain fought in. |
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| PSV Eindhoven, Athletic Bilbao and Legia Warsaw advanced to the next round of the Europa League on Thursday, while Lazio revived its chances and Tottenham fell to third in its group. Trailing by two goals shortly after the break against Hapoel Tel Aviv, PSV fought back for a 3-3 draw that secured the point it needed to make the last 32. |
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| Legia Warsaw has been charged by UEFA after its fans unfurled a potentially offensive banner before a Europa League game against Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv. The Polish club's fans displayed a green banner spelling out "Jihad Legia" in Arabic-style script across one end of the Pepsi Arena on Sept. |
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| Barcelona has opened a football school in Poland to help develop talented young players from the country. Program director Xevi Marce and former defender Julio Alberto Moreno announced the opening of the Warsaw school at a news conference on Thursday, in the presence of around a dozen recruited boys, who were wearing the club's colors. |
