 | Czechs and Greeks make it to quarters CO-HOSTS Poland crashed
out of the European
Championship as they lost 1-
0 to the Czech Republic at the
Municipal Stadium in
Wroclaw on Saturday with
their opponents winning
Group A.
In another match-up,
Veteran Greece captain
Giorgos Karagounis halted
Russia´s Euro 2012.
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| | Woods set for US Open test |  TIGER Woods said that
humility and dogged determination
would be key to victory
at the US Open this
weekend over the exacting
Olympic Club Lake Course.
The 36-year-old world
superstar was the joint leader
going into Saturday´s third
round having "plodded
along" to a one-under par
total of 139.
Alongside him will be his
old Ryder Cup partner Jim
Furyk and another crusty US
veteran in the shape of David
Toms.
They were the only players
under par and two strokes
clear of a quartet consisting
of 2010 US Open champion
Graeme McDowell of
Northern Ireland, rising
Belgian player Nicolas
Colsaerts, and US qualifiers
Michael Thompson and John
Peterson.
Woods is in a familiar position.
Nine times previously
he has been in ... | | | QFA announces one-year calendar for national team |
 THE Qatar Football
Association in consultation
with the national team
coach Paulo Autuori has
finalised the team´s next
training calendar for one
year, a QFA official said on
Friday.
The national squad would
reassemble for two days on
August 13 after the summer
break, the official also
revealed.
The Qatar squad was dispersed
for a two-month
break after its three 2014
FIFA World Cup, Asian
Zone, Group A matches
against Lebanon, Korea and
Iran this month.
Dispersing after two days´
gathering in August, the
squad will again regroup
from September 1 to 11, it
was announced.
Although friendlies are set
to be planned after mid-
August the rival teams cannot
be identified as of now,
the QFA official said.
Qatar team ... | | | UK press hails Welbeck´s
sublime ´flick in Kiev´ |
 BRITAIN´S press hailed
striker Danny Welbeck´s late
goal that handed England a
3-2 victory over Sweden on
Friday, but sounded a warning
about the defending that
let in two goals.
The victory in Kiev means
Roy Hodgson´s team only
needs a point from its final
Group D game against hosts
Ukraine to go through to the
last eight at the European
Championships. "Welbeck to
the rescue to leave
Hodgson´s men in driving
seat", said the Daily Mail.
"Danny Welbeck´s sublime
finish put England on the
path towards the knockout
stages in a rollercoaster
match at Euro 2012.
"When the dust finally settles,
Hodgson will take huge
satisfaction from the knowledge
both his bold selection
moves, picking (Andy)
Carroll and introducing
(Theo) ... | |
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