What to do while in Ukraine

The final rosters from the 16 teams competing in next month’s European Championship in Poland and Ukraine were released Tuesday. UEFA has the final lists  here , or see below. There were few surprises, as most teams had narrowed their rosters earlier. For example, England Coach Roy Hodgson  replaced the injured Gareth Barry with Everton’s Phil Jagielka  and continued to pray that his team can avoid serious trouble until Wayne Rooney’s suspension ends. France Coach Laurent Blanc dropped the rusty midfielder Yoann Gourcuff, whose unpopular presence in the lineup at the 2010 World Cup had reportedly been  one reason the team mutinied  that summer. And Italy Coach Cesare Prandelli  dropped one defender under investigation for match fixing , Domenico Criscito, but took another who is in the same boat, Leonardo Bonucci. Prandelli also decided to include the controversy magnet Mario Balotelli on his team, after  warning him to watch his temper  and only hours after the BBC program P

The Footy Show recaps their Euro 2012 Denmark preview and Kristian Jack flies solo to chat with the Irish Examiner’s Miguel Delaney about Ireland ahead of the tournament in Poland & Ukraine.

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — European Championship co-hosts Ukraine and Poland denounced a BBC report that portrayed their fans as racist, and European soccer's governing body reiterated that all foreign guests will be safe. The BBC Panaroma documentary, titled "Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate," showed fans in the two nations giving the Nazi salute and taunting black players with monkey noises. Asian students were also shown being attacked at Metalis Stadium in Kharkiv, one of the host venues. Former England captain Sol Campbell said in the program broadcast Monday in Britain that fans should not travel to those countries because "you could end up coming back in a coffin." Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Voloshyn said the program was unjust and smacked of arrogance and xenophobia, portraying "Eastern Europe as mentally not equal to the rest of Europe." "We believe this report is outrageous, done in the best traditions of Soviet journali

Leo Messi breathes calm after seeing how ‘Fox Sports’ has given for dead on Twitter. “We announce the sad news that died Leonel Messi by cardiorespiratory arrest during a training # RipMessi”, assured the tweet. Nearly 300,000 fans in this social network did not know how to react. Some were taken seriously, others joked, but most sought explanations for what happened. The message barely lasted a few seconds into the account, took to be removed to see the uproar. All indications are that it would have been subjected to a hacker. Even so, the ‘tuiteros’ have not slow to give their vision of what happened. Paul caves Montaño (@ Paulinson21), for example, believes that he has been a madridista thing. “These real accounts hackeadores already wanted!” Victor Pernalete (@ VictorPerna) or José Andrés Pacheco (@ aspa43) are two examples of those who were not taken very well the news, asking for explanations to Fox. Under the hashtag # RipMessi you can read some of these complai

With just few weeks  left until the EURO 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, here’s your  guide to all the 32 outfield strips to be worn at Euro 2012.  Czech Republic: Greece: Poland: Russia: Denmark: Germany: Holland: Portugal: Croatia: Italy: Ireland: Spain: England: France: Sweden: Ukraine: What is your favorite t-shirt? I feel sorry for  Holland & England.  They will play in BLACK t-shirt and it will be 30 C.