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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
Former Italian footballer Paul Di Canio has launched a scathing attack on striker Mario Balotelli, accusing him of being selfish, and added the Manchester City striker deserves a lot of slaps. The forward scored three goals for Italy at Euro 2012...
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AKI
| 12 months ago
Mario Balotelli's former girlfriend says she's pregnant with the Italian footballer's child. He's not so sure the baby is his and is demanding a DNA test to prove paternity and give him a "peace of mind." "I would have preferred to not talk about my...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Articles "Although I would have preferred not to speak about my private life in public, I feel obliged to clarify, once and for all, my relationship with Raffaella Fico. Our relationship ended at the start of April and since then we have not met, nor...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
The 28-year-old struggled for form for both club and country in 2011-12, but was able to add the Euro title to FA Cup and Champions League triumphs. On top of winning the Golden Boot award, Torres became the first player to score in two European...
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Independent
| 12 months ago
S captain Iker Casillas is not just a great goalkeeper and multiple champion, he is also a man with a heart and a sense of sportsmanship, it seems. He saw Italy were suffering at the end of the Euro 2012 final, and was moved to ask the referee to...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
He said it was the best news ever when Fico shared it in a phone call the day before his two goals against Germany took Italy to the Euro 2012 final. Model Fico, 24, found she was pregnant after the pair ended their one-year relationship following...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Triple medallist' Torres keen to put convoluted season behind him London: Spanish forward Fernando Torres has expressed keenness to put the memories of a complicated season with his club Chelsea and national team behind him despite winning three...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Torres skipped chance to score to allow struggling' Mata bag Euro glory London: Spanish star striker Fernando Torres, who won the Golden Boot in the Euro 2012, has said that he was happier setting up teammate Juan Mata for Spain's fourth goal in the...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
58 AM Sunset : 6:25 PM Today Partly cloudy sky...Radnedge is a former editor of WorldSoccer magazine and has covered several World Cups for The Telegraph Too many football finals fall far below the level of expectation; they are dull, defensive,...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Their 4-0 defeat of a brave Italy side saw them become the first team to both repeat as European Champions and win three major trophies back-to-back. Spain won this tournament with its beautiful and efficient playing style that the rest of the world...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
Fernando Torres hailed a "magical evening" in Kiev after Spain thumped Italy 4-0 in the final of Euro 2012 and he scored a goal to land the tournament's golden boot award. The Chelsea striker joins an elite list of players who have won the European...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 12 months ago
Spaniard having had 189 minutes on the pitch compared to Gomez's 280. Four other players also ended up with three goals, Italian striker Mario Balotelli, Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo, rising Russian star Alan Dzagoev and one of the...
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The independent
| 12 months ago
Dzagoev is thought to cost in the region of £15m, but reports are unconfirmed whether the forward is out of contract or not. Dzagoev started to gain a lot of attention from Premier League clubs after putting in some scintillating performances in the...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
Mario Balotelli's former girlfriend, Raffaella Fico, says the Manchester City striker is set to become a father. Fico found out she was pregnant in May, but only told Balotelli the day before Italy's 2-1 Euro 2012 semifinal victory against Germany in...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Spanish Players Celebrate Historic Victory Over Italy With Family Spain were crowned Euro champion for the second time in a row following a sublime 4-0 win over Italy at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev. After the final whistle was blown, many of the...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Scribes INC The Euro Cup 2012 ended with Spain claiming the European Championship title but the craze over the game seems to have not faded among the football enthusiasts. Recently, Mumbaikars saw the first ever football marathon in the world with an...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
Italy striker Mario Balotelli was told he was to become a father hours before scoring twice against Germany in the semi-finals of Euro 2012, Italian media reported on Monday. The Manchester City player's girlfriend Raffaella Fico told weekly...
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DAWN
| 12 months ago
Despite having seen his team thrashed 4-0 by Spain in Sunday's Euro 2012 final in Kiev, Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said he was proud of their achievements at the tournament. Italy went into the competition in Poland and Ukraine beneath the cloud of...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Why Fernando Torres is the best striker in Europe George Ankers Honey, I'm home!...It doesn't matter that the slow race for the Euro 2012 Golden Boot practically went down to a six-way rock-paper-scissors tiebreaker as a continent's strikeforce...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
As is always the case with international tournaments, Euro 2012 provided the platform for several players to prove themselves on a big stage. The competition showed us some players, both young and old, at their very best...Fabulous Fabio: Fabio...
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Ansa
| 12 months ago
Mario Balotelli is set to become a father after his ex-girlfriend Raffaella Fico revealed she was carrying the 21-year-old Italy forward's child. The model and former contestant on Italy's Big Brother, who split with the player two months ago, said...
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Alan Hansen believes that football experts will be discussing Spain's Euro 2012 win for the next 30-40 years, after the side thrashed Italy 4-0 in the final to win their third straight major tournament. After winning the Euros in 2008, no one at the...
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The Hindu
| 12 months ago
AP Italy coach Cesare Prandelli leaves the pitch after the Euro 2012 soccer championship final against Spain in Kiev. Cesare Prandelli took the coaching reins of the Italian national team in 2010 whe the Azzurri were rock bottom. Fast forward two...
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The Hindu
| 12 months ago
AP Spanish fans celebrate after Spain defeated Italy in the Euro 2012 final match in Madrid on Sunday. Europe took a deep bow before Euro 2012 champions Spain on Monday as their historic title from a 4-0 thrashing of Italy was named a divine delight...
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The Jakarta Post
| 12 months ago
It emerged more than three weeks later brandishing the trophy as if to say "we told you so." No team in history had ever completed the hat trick of two continental championships and a World Cup in a row, and nobody had ever retained a European crown.
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International Business Times
| 12 months ago
Football lovers around the world must have expected a close fight between defending world champions Spain and Italy at the the Euro 2012 final following their 1-1 draw in one of the earlier league matches but Sunday was certainly Spain's day, as they...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 12 months ago
There have been plenty of talking points in this edition of the Euros, which left a deep impact on the teams and the game overall...That's a frightening prospect but Spain have shown matches can be won without having a striker in the starting line-up.
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Mail Online UK
| 12 months ago
2 July 2012 Their matches looked like men against boys at times during Euro 2012, so the post-match scenes that greeted Spain's victory last night seemed entirely appropriate. Having made light work of Italy in last night's final, Spain's all-...
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The independent
| 12 months ago
Fernando Torres believes team-work enabled him to become the leading goalscorer at Euro 2012 as he became the first player to score in two European Championship finals as Spain beat Italy 4-0 last night. Victory meant Spain became the first...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Mario Balotelli was a dejected figure after Italy's humiliating loss against defending champions Spain in Euro Cup final. Soon after the final whistle, the controversial striker straightway stormed to the dressing room and even pushed one of the...
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The independent
| 12 months ago
Caption competition News in pictures 140 Sport blogs Let's be honest, the perception most people have of students is that they spend most of the day in b... Bert van Marwijk, who led Feyenoord to Uefa Cup triumph in 2002, resigned as Netherlands...
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Ansa
| 12 months ago
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has blamed fatigue for his side's 4-0 drubbing from Spain in the final of Euro 2012. World champions Spain became the first team ever to retain the European title thanks to goals by David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Balotelli is world``s first £200m footballer, claims his agent London: Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has been declared the world``s first 200 million pound footballer by his own agent. A newspaper quoted Italian agent Mino Raiola as giving...
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Novinite
| 12 months ago
Photo by detox.com Millions of people have been partying all night long in Spain after their national football team defeated Italy at the Euro 2012 final. The capital Madrid saw a huge improvised procession with torches, fireworks, national flags,...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
In a dramatic turn of events the 28-year-old ensured it would be who won the accolade with a superb 15-minute cameo in the 4-0 final win over Italy to put another torrid season behind him. Despite being level with Mario Gomez on three goals and one...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Goals from David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata secured the title for Spain in a showcase of sublime passing and ruthless finishing. We had spent a lot of energy in the past week." "We didn`t get things wrong, but realized from the...
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Zee News
| 12 months ago
Goals from David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata gave Spain the win against the Italians in Kiev. Spain were crowned European Champions in Austria in 2008 and followed that up with the World Cup in South Africa two years ago. Tens of...
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BBC
| 12 months ago
25 GMT Jordi Alba doubles Spain's lead Before the final, the 32-year-old Barcelona midfielder admitted he would have liked to have been "more decisive" in key matches of the tournament, and he produced an emphatic display by setting up two goals.
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Chandler Republic
| 12 months ago
Just like clockwork, Spain's "tiki taka" passing game tore Italy apart. The World Cup champions controlled the play Sunday in the European Championship final, as they usually do. They moved the ball up the field with short pass after short pass, as...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 12 months ago
Spain won 4-0. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) AP Spanish players celebrate with the trophy after defeating Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 soccer championship final in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, July 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) AP Spain's Fernando Torres...
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Telegraph India
| 12 months ago
Their high-class 4-0 dismissal of Italy at the climax of Euro 2012 here in the Olympic Stadium established them as the only nation ever to raise three major trophies in a row and the only one ever to retain the European title. This was also the...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
Facts and figures after Spain's 4-0 victory over Italy in the Euro 2012 final on Sunday. * Spain are the first team to win back to back European Championships with a World Cup triumph in between. It is their third European title, equaling Germany's...
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The Hindu
| 12 months ago
Fernando Torres won the Golden Boot as Euro 2012 top-scorer thanks to a goal and an assist in the final eight minutes of Spain's 4-0 victory over Italy in Sunday's final...The Chelsea striker Torres scored in the 84th minute of the final and fed Juan...
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Indian Express
| 12 months ago
Vicente del Bosque's team became the first side to successfully defend a European Championship title, as well as the first to win three consecutive major tournaments after their triumphs at Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. Accused in some quarters...
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Epoch Times
| 12 months ago
July 1, 2012 Spain celebrates their Euro 2012 triumph over Italy on Sunday in Ukraine. (Jasper Juinen/Getty Images) Spain put on a masterclass performance in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sunday with a 40 win over Italy. In a thrilling first half, Spain took a...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 12 months ago
Ukraine Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the final of the European Championship on Sunday...All times are Ukrainian. --- 2352: Spanish captain Casillas, surrounded by his teammates, lifts the trophy; Italy's Andrea Pirlo looks on in tears. --- 2345: The...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 12 months ago
Simply put, it was another Spanish party on the international stage. Spain won its third straight major soccer title Sunday, routing Italy 4-0 in the European Championship final and making it look all too easy. David Silva and Jordi Alba scored first-...
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Los Angeles Times
| 12 months ago
Italy's task was tough enough with 11 players, and it became impossible with just 10 after the 64th minute. All its substitutes were used when midfielder Thiago Motta, who had only been on the pitch for seven minutes, was taken off due to injury. The...
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International Herald Tribune
| 12 months ago
World champions Spain took their place among the game's greats when they thrashed Italy 4-0 to become the first team to win successive European Championship titles on Sunday. Goals from David Silva, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata gave the...
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Time of India
| 12 months ago
Defending champions Spain secured an unprecedented third successive major trophy as they beat Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final on Sunday...Goals from David Silva and Jordi Alba gave the world champions a comfortable advantage as they scored more than...
