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European Championship Group D

Greece News

March 22, 2013Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1 Greece


January 22, 2013Greece's big hope? Defense


October 16, 2012Slovakia 0-1 Greece


October 12, 2012Greece 0-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina


Russia News

March 25, 2013Brazil 1-1 Russia: Late Fred goal resuces Selecao


March 22, 2013Northern Ireland qualifier postponed amid snow
Northern Ireland's home World Cup qualifier against Russia has been postponed from Friday evening until 3pm on Saturday amid freezing conditions and heavy snowfall.

March 7, 2013Arshavin and Pogrebnyak miss out for Russia
Russia coach Fabio Capello has once again overlooked experienced duo Andrei Arshavin and Pavel Pogrebnyak for his 2014 World Cup qualifying squad.

March 4, 2013Capello plays down Chelsea link
Russia coach Fabio Capello has denied that he has been offered the opportunity to take over as manager of Chelsea.

Spain News

May 14, 2013Casillas will go to Confederations Cup with Spain
Spain's World Cup-winning captain Iker Casillas will be selected for June's Confederation Cup in Brazil, but coach Vicente del Bosque says he cannot guarantee the current Real Madrid No. 2 will start every game.

April 26, 2013Del Bosque to step down
Vicente del Bosque says that the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will be his last competition as Spain boss.

April 11, 2013Spain to stand by Casillas for Confederations Cup
Vicente Del Bosque says Iker Casillas will go to June's Confederations Cup with Spain, whether or not he regains his starting place at Real Madrid.

Croatia go fourth in FIFA ranking, Spain stay top
Croatia moved into fourth place in the latest FIFA World Ranking as Spain led an unchanged top three ahead of Germany and Argentina.

Sweden News

March 22, 2013Ireland high in spirit, low in style
In a scrappy draw away to Sweden, the Republic of Ireland showed plenty of fight but little quality, writes Gareth Maher.

Sweden 0-0 Ireland
The Republic of Ireland maintained their fine away record under Giovanni Trapattoni to keep their World Cup dream alive with a goalless draw in Sweden.

March 21, 2013Sweden's Ibrahimovic ready for Ireland aggression
Sweden forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he does not fear the physical treatment he could face from Republic of Ireland on Friday night.

March 20, 2013Larsson relishing taking on his team-mates
Sebastian Larsson is looking forward to coming up against a number of his Sunderland team-mates when Sweden welcome Ireland to Stockholm for Friday's World Cup qualifier.

European Championship Group D
GPWDLGSGCGDPTS
Spain 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 9
Russia 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
Sweden 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 3
Greece 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 0
Match Played - June 10, 2008
European ChampionshipFull Time - Tivoli Neu Stadium
Spain 4-1 Russia
20' David Villa Goal 1 - 0  
45' David Villa Goal 2 - 0  
75' David Villa Goal 3 - 0  
86'   3 - 1 Goal Roman Pavlyuchenko
90' Cesc Fábregas Goal 4 - 1  
Game 7  
Match | Commentary
Match Played - June 10, 2008
European ChampionshipFull Time - Wals-Siezenhem Stadion
Greece 0-2 Sweden
67'   0 - 1 Goal Zlatan Ibrahimovic
73'   0 - 2 Goal Petter Hansson
Game 8  
Match | Commentary
Match Played - June 14, 2008
European ChampionshipFull Time - Tivoli Neu Stadium
Sweden 1-2 Spain
15'   0 - 1 Goal Fernando Torres
34' Zlatan Ibrahimovic Goal 1 - 1  
90'   1 - 2 Goal David Villa
Game 15  
Match | Commentary
Match Played - June 14, 2008
European ChampionshipFull Time - Wals-Siezenhem Stadion
Greece 0-1 Russia
33'   0 - 1 Goal Konstantin Zyryanov
Game 16  
Match | Commentary
Match Played - June 18, 2008
European ChampionshipFull Time - Tivoli Neu Stadium
Russia 2-0 Sweden
24' Roman Pavlyuchenko Goal 1 - 0  
50' Andrei Arshavin Goal 2 - 0  
Game 23  
Match | Commentary
Match Played - June 18, 2008
European ChampionshipFull Time - Wals-Siezenhem Stadion
Greece 1-2 Spain
42' Angelos Charisteas Goal 1 - 0  
61'   1 - 1 Goal Rubén de la Red
88'   1 - 2 Goal Daniel Güiza
Game 24  
Match | Commentary