Jose Mourinho, the former Chelsea manager, would consider becoming the new England manager if the FA approach him, according to his media adviser.
Mourinho has been out of football since leaving Stamford Bridge on September 20, and has already been linked with top jobs in Italy and Spain.
Eladio Parames says Mourinho has had no contact [...]
Premier League referee Howard Webb will provide some English representation at Euro 2008. The Sheffield official has been chosen by UEFA as one of 12 referees for the finals in Austria and Switzerland, and will be assisted by Darren Cann and Mike Mullarkey.
Provided Webb does well in his early games he may have a chance [...]
Former Germany captain Lothar Matthaus has rubbished talk that his country will enjoy a successful Euro 2008 campaign.
Belief in the national team is once again strong in Germany after they became the first country to earn qualification for next summer’s tournament.
Coach Joachim Low recently claimed his side must rank among the favourites for glory in [...]
Departing Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld wants to take over the Swiss national team after Euro 2008, Germany’s Sueddeutsche newspaper reported on Friday.
‘To represent a country, to train them for an exact goal and reach the 2010 World Cup - that would be a good stop on the way to retirement,’ the 59-year-old German [...]
Holland coach Marco van Basten has visited Clarence Seedorf in Milan for clear-the-air talks.
The pair have a chequered history, with Van Basten having excluded the 31-year-old from the squad for more than two years after he was appointed in 2004.
The AC Milan star has been back in the fold in recent times but said in [...]
Austria coach Josef Hickersberger has recalled Emanuel Pogatetz, Roland Linz and Thomas Prager for the friendly against Germany on 6 February, three of ten players named who ply their trade outside the Austrian Bundesliga.
Fresh opportunities
The trio will each have the chance to reassert their credentials ahead of UEFA EURO 2008™, in a preview of the [...]
How did they perform in UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying?
• France’s Group B campaign proved more of an ordeal than many would have anticipated although Italy’s 2-1 win in Scotland did them a big favour by making their final game in Ukraine a formality.
• A rematch with Italy, the team who had denied them the 2006 [...]
GROUP A
7 June: Switzerland – Czech Republic (Basel)
7 June: Portugal - Turkey (Geneve)
11 June: Czech Republic – Portugal (Geneve)
11 June: Turkey – Switzerland (Basel)
15 June: Switzerland – Portugal (Basel)
15 June: Czech Republic – Turkey (Geneve)
GROUP B
8 June: Austria – Croatia (Viena)
8 June: Germany – Poland (Klagenfurt)
12 June: Croatia [...]
