http://www.euro2008news.net Euro 2008 Switzerland & Austria Euro 2008 UEFA Euro 08 soccer Euro 2008 Swi Au teams Fixtures Euro 2008 Group A Euro 2008 Group B Euro 2008 Group C Euro 2008 Group D Euro 2008 Group E Euro 2008 Group F Euro 2008 Group G Euro 2008 Group H Euro 2008 teams Euro 2008 matches Euro 2008 nations Euro 2008 qualifiers Euro 2008 squads Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:05:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just days after being included in the final Dutch squad for Euro 2008 (kicking off this coming week), Ryan Babel has been forced to withdraw from Marco Van Basten's side after tearing ankle ligaments in training earlier today. As a Liverpool fan I would be hoping there's no long-term damage ... http://www.euro2008news.net/euro-2008/babel-out-of-euro-2008.html Oleg Ivanov and Alexander Pavlenko have been cut from Russia's preliminary 25-man squad as Guus Hiddink annouced his final 23-man squad for the European Championships earlier. Not to be hard done by, Hiddink (if still in the Russian hotseat come the start of the Premier League campaign in England in August) ... http://www.euro2008news.net/euro-2008/hiddink-cuts-ivanov-pavlenko.html Marco Van Basten knows he's packing his bags after Euro 2008 but that's not stopping the focus on Euro 2008 by any means, with Van Basten naming a strong side for next month's competition. Chelsea's Khalid Boulahrouz misses the cut for the 23-man squad with the likelihood that Mario Melchiot will ... http://www.euro2008news.net/euro-2008/dutch-squad-announced-for-euro-2008.html The DFB (German Football Association) have announced that following talks with Michael Ballack, Bernd Schneider, Mirsoslav Klose and Jens Lehmann on Sunday, they will pay each member of the German squad up to €250,000 in bonuses and more. Should Germany progress past the group stage, which they are expected to do, ... http://www.euro2008news.net/euro-2008/250000-reasons-for-germany-wanting-to-win.html The Czech football federation announced at a press conference yesterday that veteran manager Karel Brucker won't be present at his side's upcoming games against Greece and Poland due to illness. A "high temperature with a suspicion of an inflammation of the lungs" is keeping the 68-year old at bay, according to ... http://www.euro2008news.net/euro-2008/bruckner-to-miss-czech-friendlies.html David Trezeguet has said he wouldn't "bet a euro" on appearing at Euro 2008 as he feels Raymond Domenech doesn't have any faith in him. Trezeguet currently leads the Serie A goalscoring charts with 15 goals to his name but Domenech has let his feelings speak through his tactical decisions of ... http://www.euro2008news.net/euro-2008/trezeguet-wouldnt-bet-a-euro-on-playing.html Michael Ballack has been included in the German squad to face Austria next week. Out of international action and contention since last March, Ballack has been plagued by injury in recent months. While he hasn't exactly starred for Chelsea either, he did make the field last night scoring against Reading. His goal ... http://www.euro2008news.net/euro-2008/ballack-back-in-the-german-fold.html UEFA have announced that clubs who will have players on international duty at Euro 2008 will be compensated financially. The packaged outlined earlier in the week will see clubs paid €4,000 for each day a player is involved in the latter stages of the tournament. The same rule will also apply ... http://www.euro2008news.net/euro-2008/clubs-will-get-cash-compensation-for-euro-2008.html He's not exactly a regular fixture in the French side for Raymond Domenech but Phillipe Mexes is backing Italy to come out of the 'Group Of Death' and go on and win the European Championship this summer. Mexes would be a starter in almost any European side but he's only played ... http://www.euro2008news.net/euro-2008/mexes-backing-italy-for-euro-2008.html Serkan Çalık has decided his national future lies with Turkey. Despite having been born in Germany and having played for Germany at U21 level, Serkan has declared his future lies with Turkey. Last summer Serkan moves from Rot-Weiss Essen, signing for Galatasaray. His ambition now is "to play for Turkey at ... http://www.euro2008news.net/euro-2008/serkan-wont-play-for-germany-prefers-turkey.html