England need just a draw in their match against Slovakia this evening. Will they make sure of top place with a win? Nico the Parrot has once again been tasked with the unenviable task of picking...

Valletta FC have been drawn to play Faroe Islands' champions B36 Tórshavn in the first preliminary round of the Champions League. The first leg will be played on 28/29 June with the return...

UEFA's competitions director does not fear teams colluding to produce favorable results in the final round of European Championship group games. Speculation about "biscotto" games — where a...

The English know the pitfalls of failing to top their group at a major tournament. They just have to rewind 18 years. Then, at the 1998 World Cup, England was handed a last-16 match against the...

There was a strong temptation to call England coach Roy Hodgson a master tactician after his halftime substitutions against Wales turned the game and brought the European Championship...

Gareth Bale has scored two goals in two games, and he's ready for more. The Wales forward, who scored with free kicks in each of his previous matches at the European Championship, will...

It's going to be a long three days for Albania as the small Balkan country waits to find out if it's to qualify for the knockout stages of the European Championship. Albania kept its hopes of...

Though teams often swap shirts with their opponents after a game, Switzerland'splayers were forced to change their own ones several times in an eventful 0-0 draw with France at the European...

Third place and you're out. That's the way it used to be. For the past 20 years, teams that finished in the top two places of a four-team group at the 32-nation World Cup or 16-nation European...

Nico the Parrot is not in a good moment. His initial guesses were mostly correct but, of late, he has picked the wrong winner. The African Grey Parrot, of Pet Market in Naxxar, has added extra...