Countdown to Euro 2004 – 43 days to GO!
FOCUS: The dream team ATTACK: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax Amsterdam and Sweden) Born 22 years ago in Malmo, Sweden, of Yugoslav refugee parents, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s story is one of rags to
Countdown to EURO 2004 – 50 Days to Go!
FOCUS: The dream team Attack: Maris Verpakovskis (Dynamo Kiev and Latvia) The 24-year-old striker almost single-handedly shot the tiny Baltic Republic of Latvia into this year’s European Championship finals –
Countdown to EURO 2004 – 57 Days to Go!
FOCUS: The dream team Last week’s look at Portugal concluded our series on Euro 2004 participating nations. Over the next two months leading up to the championship, we will be
‘Força’ Euro 2004
Singer Nelly Furtado’s song Força has been chosen as the official theme of the Euro 2004 football championship. Furtado, who was born in Canada to Portuguese emigrant parents from the
Euro 2004 football championship numbers rise
The Euro 2004 football championship is now expected to attract 1.5 million fans to Portugal – three times the number originally estimated by the tournament organisers. “When people said more
EXCLUSIVE – Business as usual
Euro 2004 is this year’s big event for Portugal. The tickets have all sold out and it is estimated that around 50,000 people will visit the country during the tournament.
The Resident Exclusive
The BBC recently visited Portugal to film a series of interviews about how Portugal will cope with the huge number of fans expected to arrive for the Euro 2004 Football
Countdown to EURO 2004 – 71 Days to Go!
FOCUS: Bulgaria (Group C) The Eastern European Balkan country has little to show in terms of footballing achievement, apart from its ‘Golden Era’ in the 1990s, when the combined talents
Tournament costs add up
The overall cost of the Euro 2004 football championship has been estimated at 800 million euros in a study carried out by one of the country’s leading universities. This sum
Football news in brief
• The Portuguese Football Federation has finalised its agreement with Sporting Football Club as to the use of its residential and training facilities at Alcochete. The national squad will hold