UEFA Euro 2012 - UEFA European Football Championship 2012 - Review (Poland - Ukraine)

UEFA Euro 2012 - UEFA European Football Championship 2012 - Review

UEFA European Football Championship 2012

UEFA European Football Championship 2012, or better known as Euro 2012, will be the 14th European Championship for national football team is supported by UEFA. The tournament finals will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between June 8 and July 1, 2012. This is the first time a nation also has organized the tournament. The offer is chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee in 2007.

Final tournament featuring sixteen countries, the European Championships last thing to do so (from Euro 2016 and beyond, there will be 24 finalists). Qualification was opposed by 51 countries between August 2010 and November 2011 to join the host country two tournaments. The winner of the tournament to gain automatic entry to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil.

Host Selection

Joint Polish-Ukrainian bid is selected by vote of the UEFA Executive Committee at a meeting in Cardiff on 18 April 2007.  The offer beat bids from Italy and other elected Croatian-Hungarian, became the third successful joint bid for the European Championship, after being in the Belgian- The Netherlands (2000) and Austria-Switzerland (2008).

Qualification

Qualification group draw UEFA European Football Championship 2012 took place in Warsaw on February 7, 2010.  teams taking part compete to win the remaining 14 places in the finals. The teams are divided into nine groups with the placement of the draw for the first time based on the latest UEFA national team coefficient.

Qualifying rounds began in August 2010 and ended in November 2011. After all the qualifying matches played over in October 2011, nine of the top teams from each group and the best second place teams automatically qualify for the finals. Second position of the other eight teams play in the half-cage fall away. The four winning teams in the last fall to qualify for the finals.

Team participants

Since 1996, the finals are always featuring sixteen national teams. Some state football associations of Europe supported the proposal increase the number of finalists to 24 tournament teams this issue, despite the addition of a significant number of members of UEFA did not increase the number of finalists from last in 1996 (53 per April 2006 compared to 48 at Euro 1996). In April 2007, UEFA's Executive Committee formally rejected the proposal.

Twelve of the sixteen finalists participated in the previous tournament in 2008. Britain and Denmark who participated in 2004, returned to the show after failing to qualify in the 2008 edition of the tournament. Republic of Ireland comeback after an absence of 24 years, also to make participation a second time in the finals. Ukraine hosts appeared for the first time as an independent state, having been featured as part of the Soviet Union.

Sixteen finalists who performed at the final round are:

Netherlands

Czech Republic

Denmark

English

Republic of Ireland

Italy

German

Croatia

France

Poland (co-host)

Portugal

Russia

Spain (defending champion)

Sweden

Ukraine (co-host)

Greece

Group finals draw

The draw takes place at the Palace of Arts Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine on December 2, 2011, at 17:00 UTC (19:00 local time).

As in the draw for the finals in 2004 and 2008, sixteen finalists were divided into four pots according to ranking placements UEFA national team coefficient.  As co-hosts, Poland and Ukraine occupy Pot 1 automatically, along with Spain, as a champion survive.

In the draw procedure, one team from each pot will be included, each to one of four groups. Will be determined also the position of teams in each group (eg, A2, A3, or A4) to schedule the match.  It has been previously determined to fill the position of Poland and Ukraine to fill the position A1 D1, which means, the Netherlands and Spain will only fill position B1 or C1.

Venue

Apart from Donetsk and Kharkiv, all the host cities are popular tourist destinations (the latter has been replaced as the host city of Dnipropetrovsk in 2009). We offer requires expansion and modernization of road and transport networks.

 

 Completion of required infrastructure including the construction of a new stadium soccer: Six of the eight points of the new stadium currently being built ready for use before the tournament; two remaining (in Poznan and Kharkiv) has undergone major renovations to improve it. Three of the stadium will meet the criteria for the highest category UEFA stadium.

In returning to the format used in Euro 1992, Euro 1996 and Euro 2008, each group will be placed around the two stadiums.

Lydia Ko - Golfers age 14 Breaks Record In Golf Professional Youngest Winner

Lydia Ko - Golfers age 14 Breaks Record In Golf Professional Youngest Winner

Record for the world of professional golf tournament was the youngest burst. New Zealand-born golfer South Korea, Lydia Ko became the record-breaking emerged as winners in the championship daughter of New South Wales, Sunday, at the age of 14 years.

Ko shot a three under par on the final lap to make the number 69 and finishing with a 14-under number at 54 hole golf course at Oatlands Golf Club, beating Becky Morgan of Wales by four strokes.

With a very impressive victory, a record that carried Ko sharpen son of a Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa, who won the first professional tour when he was 15 years and eight months, and a record that carried the daughter of Amy Yang of Australia when he was 16 years old.

"The historical record is a miracle," said Ko told reporters, expressing his gratitude to coach Guy Wilson.

 

Next week, Ko plans to perform in a professional tournament, the Australian Masters at Royal Pines on the Gold Coast.

Los Angeles Domination NBA All-Star 2012

Los Angeles Domination NBA All-Star 2012

Los Angeles Lakers and city rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers players will dominate the list of 2012 NBA All-Star. Lakers and Clippers will each contribute two players on the West roster.

Lakers guard, Kobe Bryant and center Andrew Bynum, will be joined by forward Blake Griffin and guard Chris Paul in the team. The only non-Los Angeles players are Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who was chosen by fans as a forward.

 

 

 

Miami Heat team put two players in the East region, which is Lebron James and Dwayne Wade as a forward who was selected as a guard. Dwight Howard of Orlando Magic is the best player voted by 1.6 million votes, and will be playing as a starter in the East region team, in front of his own supporters at the Amway Center arena. Another basketball player on the team are Carmelo Anthony East region of New York and Chicago guard Derrick Rose is the best player last season.

This is the first all-star game for Bynum, while Griffin will feel the play as a starter for the first time. The reserve players for each team will be announced later. 2012 all-star game will be played in Orlando, Florida, on February 26.

Preview - AC Milan VS Inter Milan - Hot Match

 Preview  - AC Milan VS Inter Milan - Hot Match

AC Milan will host the rival, Inter Milan in the Derby Della Madonnina nan party hot this weekend because both teams are equally center on fire in Serie A.

Rossoneri who will act as host unbeaten in 12 matches, including the record 10 victories. In the process they've poured 32 goals and conceded only eight goals.

The achievement was bringing the troops Massimiliano Allegri is biting at the top of the league with Juventus, and Allegri himself suggests the importance of three points for killing the hopes of his rival.

 

"This Derby will be crossing the road, I do not know what would happen if we lost to them," he said.

"This is a game similar to last year, when we should always win it, or if you lose, our position will be taken over. Of course, if we win will be very difficult for Inter to back pursue a degree."

While the Nerazzurri was no less good, they've won five games in a row - a feat they had never felt since the days of Jose Mourinho in May 2010.

Through a poor start to the season and was struggling at the bottom, no one candidate they would compete win the Scudetto.

But the victory this weekend could turn it all because it will take them three points docked by the neighbors within a distance of five points only and re-open competition at the time the competition has not entered halfway there.

And mission of the victory was really stressed Inter coach, Claudio Ranieri.

"The most important of the game tomorrow is three points," he explained.

"If we win, we'll put ourselves back on track and Milan will lose points. If we lose, we will return to the previous place, but there is still time to take the fight to go back there."

Milan have released their squad which will take in this fight, as well as Inter have already announced they are preparing a player's name.

Maria Sharapova Back Injury Forced From Brisbane Tournament

Maria Sharapova Back Injury Forced From Brisbane Tournament

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova withdrew from the Brisbane International, which will be held in January, because he was hit by an ankle injury, but he hopes to follow the Australian Open in mid-month.

Sharapova sprained left ankle when he followed the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in September, and he is still bothered by the injury.

 

 

 

"I am really looking forward to start the season 2012ku at Brisbane International, which has a fantastic reputation as a venue and a great opener," Sharapova said in a statement.

"Unfortunately my ankle is not in 100 percent condition, and I will not do it this year."

But former Wimbledon champion, U.S. Open and Australian Open is said that he hopes to compete at the Australian Open, which will be held in Melbourne on January 16.

"I hope to have ready for the first Grand Slam of the year, and I am really looking forward to competing in the field," he added.

 

 

Brisbane International is the WTA and ATP tournament, which was held on January 1 to 8. For women's tennis, Serena Williams, Samantha Stosur, and Kim Clijster is sure to appear.

Degree Official MotoGP Jerez Spain 2012

Degree Official MotoGP Jerez Spain 2012

Jerez circuit will officially roll out the Spanish MotoGP race next season, and became the first European Grand Prix racing calendar in 2012. In the 2012 MotoGP race schedule last released some time ago, the status of the Jerez circuit is still not clear, but the manager continued to discuss this with MotoGP officials.

"We are delighted to confirm that the Spanish Grand Prix will be held at the Circuito de Jerez, which is a special place in the morning MotoGP championship racing," said CEO of Dorna Motorsport, Carmelo Ezpeleta.

 

"I thank the Junta de Andalucía and the board of the town of Jerez de la Frontera for their support to maintain this organization. We look forward to continuing to work together in the future and we will discuss a contract extension until 2016."