What to do while in Ukraine

As the Euro 2012 euphoria settles, many are assessing the legacy of the football championship co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland last month. One of the most overlooked costs, however, is the deadly price that the country paid for the three-week party. At least six people died and two were seriously injured while building two of the nation’s fanciest and most expensive stadiums – Olympic in Kyiv and Donbass in Donetsk. For Tetyana Samoiluk, Euro 2012 was not a joy, but a reminder of her tragedy. Samoiluk is from the small village of Kamyanka in Khmelnytsky Oblast. Her husband  Serhiy was killed building Olympic Stadium. Now, two years after his tragic death, she still cannot speak about what happened without tears.  “I got a call Wednesday morning. A man from the construction company where my husband worked told me there was an accident the day before and my husband was crushed by a concrete panel. The next day they brought his body home,” Samoiluk said with a trembling voice.

LONDON  - Former England captain John Terry was found not guilty of racially abusing fellow player Anton Ferdinand on Friday after a five day case which cast a spotlight on racism in football and could have had a huge impact on his career. The 31-year-old Chelsea captain, who earns a reported 150,000 pounds a week, was in Westminster Magistrates' Court to hear chief magistrate Howard Riddle read his verdict. The high-profile case, focusing on foul language from both players during a Premier League game last October, triggered the resignation in February of England's Italian manager Fabio Capello after the FA decided to strip Terry of the captain's armband for Euro 2012. Terry had denied committing a racially aggravated public order offence when he had an expletive-littered exchange with Ferdinand on the field of play when Chelsea visited QPR's Loftus Road ground. Although, in evidence, he admitted using the highly offensive words, he maintained he was sarcast

Text of Euro 2012 song by Jim Daly: Another summer of football at an end Another summer where Spain win again They with no striker but had no problems scoring Some even had the nerve to label Spain a bit boring Balotelli always had a smile on his face (apart from in the final) Ronaldo's hair was rarely out of place (grease ball prat) His head had more grease than a piece of donna meat The Greece team collapsed quicker than their economy Some fans wore red and some fans wore blue When Ronaldo scored he fondled a pair of invisible boobs Karagounis was angry he's the same height as a small boy Joachim Low spent his time bullying ballboys Ireland were so shit their fans couldn't bear to see Thousands protested at Martin Keown's commentary The Poles started strong in their opening games And no-one could pronounce any of their names But then for Poland it all fell apart And Ukraine, well they also had a good start But Shevchenko and kids with terrible hair Co

With an average of 2.45 goals per game, Euro 2012 was the most low-scoring European Championship for 16 years, but what it lacked in rippling nets, it made up for in excitement and technical quality. After a build-up dogged by concerns about infrastructural problems and the potential for fan violence, the competition caught the attention from the opening game. Robert Lewandowski claimed the tournament's first goal for co-hosts Poland at Warsaw's National Stadium, but their opponents Greece secured a 1-1 draw in a breathless game that saw both sides finish with 10 men. Poland were to entertain again, sharing a thrillingly open 1-1 draw with Russia in their second Group A game before falling to the Czech Republic and exiting the competition. Fellow hosts Ukraine also bade their farewells in the group phase, but they could at least treasure the sight of 35-year-old national icon Andrei Shevchenko claiming a match-winning brace in the opening 2-1 defeat of Sweden. By