http://soccer.org.ua Poland and Ukraine will be hosting the European Football Championships in 2012! Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:39:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WARSAW, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Chinese firms are prepared to build motorways, underground, stadiums, fast railway in Poland for the Euro 2012 soccer championships, Poland's Sports Minister Miroslaw Drzewiecki said on Tuesday after his return from Beijing. Drzewiecki, along with Poland's deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/08/26/poland-wishes-chinese-to-build-infrastructure-for-euro-2012/ Gossip about Poland being stripped of hosting the European football championship Euro2012 were appearing and will appear, but this would be the ultimate step for UEFA Gossip about Poland being stripped of hosting the European football championship Euro2012 were appearing and will appear, but this would be the ultimate step for ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/07/26/poland-losing-euro-2012-could-cost-uefa-dearly/ Polish officials guaranteed that the country will be ready to host the next European football championships after a visit by UEFA head Michel Platini amid concerns Poland and co-hosts Ukraine are behind schedule in their preparations. "Mr. Platini and I listed all the warnings regarding the state of Poland's preparations for ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/07/03/poland-will-be-ready-to-host-euro-2012/ KIEV (AFP) — Ukraine's ability to co-host Euro 2012 depends on what the country can achieve over the coming three months, UEFA president Michel Platini said here on Thursday. French football legend Platini has issued repeated warnings to Ukraine and co-hosts Poland, who in April 2007 were UEFA's surprise pick to ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/07/03/coming-months-crucial-for-ukraines-euro-2012-plans/ More than PLN 1.5bn has been set aside for Euro 2012 investments in Krakow. The programme provides, among other things, for new stadiums, roads and tramlines. The Wisla stadium will be expanded and its capacity increased to 33,000 seats. Hotels, car parks, a sports hall and a training centre will be ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/07/03/krakow-pln-15bn-kitty-for-euro-2012-investments/ This is what Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller, on a visit to Kyiv, announced during a joint press conference with his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Ohryzko. "If you wish, we can build facilities that are necessary for you," Moller said. Ohryzko, in turn, said that Danish investors already maintain contacts with ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/07/03/denmark-ready-to-support-ukraine-in-construction-of-facilities-for-euro-2012-european-football-championships/ Lawyers of Petro Dyminsky are in talks with city council representatives on building a stadium to host Euro-2012 finals matches, Lviv oblast Governor Mykola Kmit said, addressing oblast council July 1. Petro Dyminsky is a local entrepreneur and owner of Karpaty FC. Basically, Petro Dyminsky gave his consent to build a ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/07/03/lviv-tycoon-petro-dyminsky-may-build-stadium-for-euro-2012/ Calm down. There is no reason to panic now, but maybe in September. Officials with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) officials say they have no plans at this time to replace Ukraine and Poland as co-hosts for the Euro 2012 soccer championship. Yet, as the 2008 European championship hosted by ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/07/03/euro-2012-on-track-for-now/ UEFA president Michel Platini is coming for a two-day inspection tour of Poland and Ukraine, the joint hosts for Euro 2012 tomorrow. The inspection is expected to conclude in a final warning for both countries and delays in the process. Responding to recent reports in the Italian press that the countries ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/07/01/uefa-president-to-check-progress-of-euro-2012-preparations-first-hand/ The European Championship may be over but Michel Platini's work is not. The Uefa president tomorrow begins a two-day inspection tour of Poland and Ukraine, the joint-hosts for Euro 2012, which is expected to conclude in a final warning for Ukraine in particular. On Saturday he said that a final ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/30/platini-heads-to-ukraine-and-poland-with-worries-about-euro-2012-hosts/ WARSAW, Poland: With Euro 2008 come and gone, UEFA now turns its attention to Poland and Ukraine amid speculation that the Eastern European co-hosts could lose the 2012 tournament if construction delays worsen. UEFA president Michel Platini is to lead an investigative mission to Warsaw on Wednesday — and to Kiev ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/30/uefa-turns-attention-to-euro-2012-co-hosts-poland-ukraine-amid-worries-over-preparations/ By Mike Collett VIENNA (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini issued his strongest warning yet to Euro 2012 co-hosts Poland and Ukraine on Saturday, saying the tournament would not be staged there if stadiums in their capital cities were not ready. Platini, who did not give a deadline for the stadiums, will ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/28/platini-issues-2012-warning-to-poland-and-ukraine/ Uefa will make a decision on Poland and Ukraine's ability to stage the 2012 European Championship in September. The European governing body has already told the hosts they need to speed up work on building stadiums and improve roads and transport infrastructure. President Michel Platini will head an inspection next week, though ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/28/uefa-sets-deadline-over-euro-2012/ VIENNA, Austria: UEFA president Michel Platini said Saturday that a final decision whether Poland and Ukraine will host the 2012 European Championship will come in September in Bordeaux, France. Amid fears that the capitals of Warsaw and Kiev might be unable to provide adequate stadiums, European soccer's governing body has instructed ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/28/euro-2012-final-decision-in-september/ June 27, Vice Premier Ivan Vasiunyk submitted a report to UEFA on Ukraine’s preparations for the Euro-2012 tournament. The government of Ukraine has met all the deadlines this year to prepare for Euro-2012, the report runs. Ukraine succeeded in solving some knotty problems in 2008, notably, about the reconstruction of Kyiv’s ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/27/vasiunyk-puts-shine-in-vienna-on-ukraine%e2%80%99s-preparations-for-euro-2012/ The Polish and Ukrainian markets are too significant for UEFA to change its decision regarding the organisers of Euro 2012. Jacek Bochenek, Director of the Euro 2012 Project at the consultancy firm Deloitte, has told Puls Biznesu daily that the 85 million-strong combined populations of Poland and Ukraine constituted too important ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/27/uefa-could-lose-500-million-euros-without-poland-and-ukraine/ UEFA president Michel Platini has not denied that Italy could replace Poland and Ukraine in organising Euro 2012. Michel Platini told the Italian La Stampa and Gazzetta dello Sport dailies that the final decision on who will organise the Euro 2012 football championships will be made in autumn. Asked whether it was ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/27/final-decision-about-euro-2012-in-autumn/ Taipei - A Taiwan firm on Friday threatened to sue the Ukrainian government for breaking a contract allowing this firm to renovate a Kiev stadium for the Euro 2012 football championship. Archasia Design Group (ADG), in a statement released to the Central News Agency, said it will take legal action ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/27/taiwan-firm-to-sue-ukraine-over-euro-2012-stadium/ VIENNA, June 27 (Reuters) - European soccer's ruling body UEFA will make a final decision on Ukraine and Poland's staging of Euro 2012 in September, UEFA vice president Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder told Reuters on Friday. Ukraine and Poland's preparations for 2012 have been overshadowed by major infrastructure problems including the urgently-needed ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/27/euro-uefa-to-decide-on-2012-preparations-in-september/ By Dan Stewart British architect one of two finalists for revamp of Ukraine’s largest stadium Foster + Partners is one of two shortlisted practices to design crucial renovations to the stadium that will host the Euro 2012 championship final in Ukraine. The British architect will go head to head with German practice GMP ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/26/foster-partners-could-be-flown-in-to-save-euro-2012/ UEFA president Michel Platini insists talk of Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine and Poland being stripped of the tournament is premature. Reports have suggested that infrastructure problems could lead to the event being relocated. Platini, who will visit both countries in the coming weeks, has refused to confirm or deny such rumours. 'I don't ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/26/no-decision-on-euro-2012-relocation-insists-platini/ KIEV, June 25 (Reuters) - Two companies are vying for the right to renovate the Olympic Stadium in Kiev that will host the final of Euro 2012, Ukraine's sports minister said on Wednesday. A special commission is due to choose the main contractor on Thursday, ahead of an executive board ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/25/two-firms-vying-to-renovate-euro-2012-final-stadium/ Poland's southern city of Cracow is to spend some 1.5 billion zlotys (about 0.69 billion U.S. dollars)on investments in connection with the preparations for the Euro 2012 tournament, local media reported on Tuesday. The city plans to build a new stadium, roads and tram lines, according to Dziennik Polski daily. Some ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/25/euro-2012-to-change-polands-cracow/ KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's sports ministry said on Tuesday it had broken off talks with the Taiwanese firm renovating the stadium due to host the final of Euro 2012 and was reopening a competition to find a replacement. Delays with renovating the Olympic stadium in Kiev have been a critical issue ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/24/ukraine-breaks-with-firm-renovating-euro-2012-stadium/ Kiev - The agency head of Ukraine's Euro 2012 preparation effort said he was "absolutely sure" the UEFA will not at an upcoming review sack the former Soviet republic as co-host, the Korrespondent magazine reported on Wednesday. Evhen Chervonenko, chairman of Ukraine's National Agency for Preparation of the tournament, told ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/23/ukraines-euro-2012-prep-boss-uefa-wont-change-hosts/ During a briefing in Warsaw Poland’s Minister of Sport Miros?aw Drzewiecki and Head of Ukraine’s National Agency to prepare for Euro-2012 Yevhen Chervonenko confirmed that “neither Ukraine nor Poland are eying the possibility of preparing for Euro-2012 separately,” National Agency’s press service told ZIK. At a meeting in Warsaw, Ukrainian and ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/23/yevhen-chervonenko-no-talks-between-poland-and-germany-to-snatch-euro-2012-from-ukraine/ UEFA reassures Poland and Ukraine that they will hold the Euro 2012 Championship, but leaves Italy hopeful. “Yes, I can confirm that UEFA has never given up on us. We can still hold the European Football Championships in four years”, Chairman of the Italian Football Association (FIGC), Giancarlo Abete told Dziennik ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/20/italy-still-hopes-to-host-euro-2012/ At a press briefing at the Olympic Centre in Warsaw, Polish Minister of Sports and Tourism Miros?aw Drzewiecki denied recent media allegations that Poland is looking for another partner to host EURO 2012. “Last year, on April 18, Poland and Ukraine won together the right to organize EURO 2012. Neither me, ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/20/poland-and-ukraine-one-step-closer-to-euro-2012/ UEFA insist Euro 2012 will take place in Poland and Ukraine as planned, despite rumours suggesting the tournament will be moved to Spain. Infrastructure problems continue to plague the joint hosts' plans, with particular concerns expressed about delays in the reconstruction of Kiev's Olympic stadium. A report in Spanish newspaper ABC suggested ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/14/uefa-cool-2012-concerns/ By Mitch Phillips VIENNA (Reuters) - UEFA officials on Saturday brushed off the latest speculation about Euro 2012, denying that Spain had been approached as a possible replacement host if infrastructure problems persisted with Poland and Ukraine. The co-hosts face huge challenges in upgrading road and rail links, along with modernising airports ... http://soccer.org.ua/2008/06/14/uefa-knocks-back-latest-euro-2012-speculation/