Euro 2008 live football scores
Euro2008, the biggest soccer event of the year is in the offing. Starting from 7th June, 2008, the tournament will be continued till 29th of the month. Millions of football aficionados will witness the tournament from each and every corner of the globe. The game is promising enough and appealing to all. For a passionate audience, it is all about supporting his loving country while for a gambler it may connote money in bulk. Following the tremendous importance of Euro2008, quite a good number of people are eyeing towards betting for the game. Betting Euro2008 is lucrative, it can fetch profit for you but it can also lead you to loss. Read on.
If you're a soccer enthusiast who supports a European team, you'll no doubt have a keen interest in the events that will unfold in Euro 2008 held in Austria and Switzerland. The competition consists of 16 teams, 32 games, 2 hosts' countries, 8 wonderful stadiums and a coveted European title that the team will have for the next four years, much like the world cup in that regard.
The Euro cup is held in Europe and you guessed it, it involves only European soccer teams which all go through a rigorous 2 year qualification process, with 16 teams progressing to the final phase of the competition. The Euro cup is Europe's Cup and aside from the world cup is the most coveted title in a European country's soccer history.
Euro 2008 Breaking News
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Specific championships are often referred to in the form "Euro 2008" or whichever year is appropriate, although this phrasing was not used before Euro 96. The winners earn the opportunity to compete in the following FIFA Confederations Cup, but are not obliged to do so.
Turkey are the surprise entrants into the Euro 2008 semifinals and they take on Germany at St Jakob Park in Basel on Wednesday. Live Sport Network provides quality football streams live so you can enjoy uninterrupted coverage as Germany take on Turkey.
Germany have kept the purists delighted with their own unique brand of football. After their defeat at the hands of Croatia in the second group game, the Germans bounced back strongly with a 1-0 win over Austria.
In the quarterfinal Germany were up against a red hot Portugal team. What's more they were without their coach Joachim "Jogi" Loew, who had been banned from the touchline for one game. However it was the German perseverance that triumphed on a night where Portugal's much vaunted line-up failed to live up to its promise.