Politics on the pitch
England played Portugal for the second time this year when two parliamentary groups, Athletic Group of Parliament (Portugal) and Westminster Football Club (England) went head to head in a friendly
Sven v. Scolari
When Portugal and England kick off tonight (Thursday) at 7:45pm, a battle of tactics between Sven-Goran Eriksson and World Cup-winning manager Luiz Felipe Scolari will recommence. Knocking host nation Portugal
Your complete guide to Euro 2004 part 2
Click here to read part 1 Potpourri Going Greek On the back of the team’s unexpected success in Portugal, Greek Secretary of State for Sport, Georgios Orfanos has announced
Your complete guide to Euro 2004 part 1
GROUP A Following the shock defeat in the opening game against Greece, Portugal put themselves in with a chance of surviving the group stage by beating Russia 2-0 in a
Comment – Spitting mad
Italy star Francesco Totti had ambitious plans. “I want to win the European Championship and the European Footballer of the Year Award”, he announced. Hailed by fans as the ‘King
The Russians are coming
Arrival: The Russian team touched down in Faro one week before their opening match against Spain last Saturday shrouded in secrecy. Surrounded by tight security, the players boarded the team
Euro 2004
France may be favourites with the fans, but players’ wives and girlfriends will have to make do without their heroes, as sex has been banned days in advance of any
Friendly Russian invasion
Last week, 40 planes filled with Russian football fans landed at Faro Airport to join busloads of fans arrived from Seville in supporting their national team in their opening match
In the money
If you want to be rich on July 4, join Denmark and win the European Championship. If successful, the Danes will be rewarded with 310,000 euros each. Sweden is the
The long and short of it
The tallest player competing in Portugal is the Czech Republic’s Jan Koller at 2m, 2cm. England’s Darius Vassell, at 1m, 70cm, Ashley Cole and Paul Scholes, are among the three