Ballack Highlights The Positives

German captain Michael Ballack was left understandably disappointed after losing the Euro 2008 final to Spain, but had words of praise nonetheless for his team mates.

EURO 2008: IT'S ALL OVER

Spain were crowned European Champions tonight as Michael Ballack's Germany succumbed to a first half Fernando Torres goal.

Zidane tips Ronaldo for Real move

France legend Zinedine Zidane believes Real Madrid will end up signing Man Utd's Cristiano Ronaldo

Group winners pay the price for rotation at Euro 2008

Three drama-filled quarter-finals and three group winners are gone. Spain should be worried.Three of the four sides that qualified for the knockout stages after two games are out of the championship. Spain, the fourth, face world champions Italy on Sunday hoping to avoid completing the quartet

2008/09 - THE FULL PROGRAMME

Following the release of the new Barclays Premier League fixtures on Monday morning, a schedule for Chelsea's potential matches in four competitions can be compiled.

Premier League fixtures 2008/09: Man Utd open title defence against Newcastle

Champions Manchester United will begin their Barclays Premier League title defence at home to Newcastle on Aug 16

Woods takes lead into final round of US Open

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- If, as expected, Tiger Woods wins the U.S. Open, it will almost certainly not feel like a coronation.

Michael Wilbon is being a little hard on himself (and everyone else)

Michael Wilbon writes for The Washington Post, hosts “Pardon the Interruption” on ESPN, and provides halftime commentary on the NBA for ABC, so he’s obviously a busy guy. Like most of us, he picked the Lakers to win the Finals, and now that they’re down 3-1 and on the verge of losing the series, he sees a number of reasons why we were all so wrong to pick against Boston.

Turkey scores two late goals to advance at Euro 2008

Turkey came back from a 2-0 deficit against the Czechs for an amazing 3-2 win to reach the Euro 2008 quarterfinals

Portugal's reserves fail to come through against Swiss

Portugal's reserves failed to provide the same flair as Cristiano Ronaldo and his first-choice teammates Sunday, falling 2-0 to Switzerland in a meaningless last Group A match at the European Championship.

Greece gets swift exit from European Championship

After four years as European Champion, Greece lost the title in just 180 minutes. The defending champions were eliminated from the European Championship on Saturday after losing to Russia 1-0, its second straight defeat in Group D, and Greece now faces Spain in an indifferent final Wednesday with little to play for.

Celtics coach expects Perkins, Rondo to start Sunday

Boston coach Doc Rivers said Saturday that Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo would be in the starting lineup on Sunday, when the Celtics try to clinch the NBA championship

Portugal's Scolari defends timing of Chelsea move

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari defended the timing of the announcement of his move to Chelsea and said he tried hard to reach an agreement with that would allow him to stay with the national team. Talking for the first time since the deal was made public three days ago, Scolari on Saturday also said he will not have not problems communicating with players at the English club, or that the announcement would affect Portugal's performances at the European Championship

Euro 2008: Better Than World Cup 2006 So Far

Earlier in the week, I found myself watching the 1-0 Croatia win against Austria game on the giant screen TV at the FanZone in Zurich. To me, Croatia looked like a very hard working team in the first half who were playing some wonderful football. Especially impressive was Ivica Olic, the Croat striker who plays for Hamburg, who was a workhouse throughout the game putting in an incredible performance.