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Defending champion Spain plays Ireland in Gdansk, Poland, in their second Group C match at the European Championship. Earlier, Italy drew 1-1 with Croatia.Here is a running account of Thursday's action. All times are local to Poland.___2220: Xavi shoots from a free kick from 30 yards, but it sails wide. A little over 10 minutes left to play here in Gdansk. James McClean comes on for Ireland, replacing Damien Duff. For Spain, Andres Iniesta is withdrawn and Santi Cazorla comes on in his palce.___2217: A rare chance for the Irish — with Robbie Keane nearly getting one back. He gets the ball on the left of the penalty area and is in some space. He fires low across the goal but Casillas gets down well and meets the shot with a strong hand. Good effort from the LA Galaxy striker and Ireland captain.___2214: It is too easy for Spain. Iniesta wins the ball on the halfway line with a challenge and the ball rolls to David Silva. He finds the run of Torres with a great pass and Torres runs on, u...
Playing in a difficult group with Spain and Italy, it's Croatia at the top.The Croats took advantage of a frail Ireland defense to win their opening match at the Eur...
Not even a mucky night more akin to November in Dublin or the will of 20,000 passionate green-shirted fans could hide the gulf in class as Fernando Torres scored twi...
Italy never do things easily and although the 2-0 scoreline suggests they comfortably beat Ireland on Monday to reach the Euro 2012 quarter-finals, the bruised palms...
Defending champion Spain plays Croatia and Italy takes on Ireland in the final Group C matches at the European Championship. Ireland is out but the other three teams...
Antonio Cassano's first-half header and a spectacular Mario Balotelli volley in the final minute sent Italy through to the Euro 2012 quarter-finals as Group C runner...
Italy finished off its win against Ireland, and turned its attention to the final seconds of Spain against Croatia.When the final whistle blew in Gdansk, Italian goa...
Mario Mandzukic scored a goal in each half as Croatia moved to the top of Group C at Euro 2012 following a 3-1 defeat of Ireland at the Municipal Stadium.The two fav...
Chelsea lost to West Bromwich Albion for the first time since 1979 on Saturday when a 1-0 defeat left the Premier League powerhouse in danger of missing out on next ...
Manchester United took over the top 0 win over West Bromwich at Old 0 Manchester City defeat at Swansea City sees Sir Alex Ferguson's side move one point clear.Wayne...
Manchester City applied some more 0 home win over Blackburn at the Etihad on Saturday.Mario Balotelli, Sergio Aguero , and Edin Dzeko all scored to help the Citizens...
Croatia took a big step toward qualifying 0 win at Turkey in the first leg of their legged playoff.Ivica Olic put the visitors ahead inside two minutes with Mario Ma...
Joleon Lescott scored the lone goal in handed 0, at Villa Park on Sunday to regain first place in the English Premier League .City lost its perch atop the table Satu...
Ireland and Croatia meet in their first games of European Championship in Group C in Poznan. Earlier, Spain and Italy drew 1-1.Here is a running account of Sunday's ...
Antonio Cassano's first-half header and Mario Balotelli's spectacular late volley gave Italy a 2-0 win over Ireland which took them into the Euro 2012 quarter-finals...
Italy qualified for the quarterfinals of the European Championship after Antonio Cassano and Mario Balotelli scored in each half of a tense 2-0 victory over Ireland ...
Spain manager Vicente del Bosque gambled on Fernando Torres on Thursday, and it paid off.Del Bosque started the striker against Ireland, just days after he did not u...
Spain spoiled the Irish party in Gdansk when a rejuvenated Fernando Torres netted twice in a crushing 4-0 Group C victory that eliminated Giovanni Trapattoni's side ...
West Bromwich acquired midfielder Keith Andrews from Blackburn on Tuesday on a free transfer and signed him to a deal through the end of the current season.Andrews, ...
Croatia made a flying start to Euro 2012 after pouncing on sloppy defending to beat Ireland 3-1 in their Group C opener on Sunday.Ireland, whose 14-match unbeaten ru...