Monday, 14 May 2012

Double boon for Balotelli as City striker is named in Italy's provisional squad for Euro 2012

Manchester City's Mario Balotelli is the only Premier League representative in Cesare Prandelli's provisional Italy squad for Euro 2012.

The controversial striker is part of a list of 32 names which will be cut to 23 on May 29, less than a fortnight before the tournament in Poland and Ukraine kicks off.

Prandelli has also included five uncapped players - Mattia Destro, Emanuele Giaccherini, Ezequiel Schelotto, Marco Verratti and Angelo Ogbonna - the latter two of whom ply their trade in the second division.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/euro2012/article-2143902/Euro-2012-Mario-Balotelli-named-Italy-squad.html#ixzz1upzqwdHO

Monday, 16 April 2012

UEFA and Orange launch UEFA EURO 2012 app

With less than two months to go before the start of the UEFA European Championship, UEFA and Orange have teamed up to unveil the Official UEFA EURO 2012 mobile app.

With less than two months to go before the start of the UEFA European Championship, UEFA and Orange have teamed up to unveil the Official UEFA EURO 2012 mobile app – the definitive source of information on Europe's top national team football tournament.
Available on eight mobile platforms including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Bada and Java, the free app provides up-to-date news on the teams and tournament, live text commentaries, video interviews, premium paid-for highlights, statistics and personalised push notifications allowing fans to get the latest news on their favourite teams. For the first time, from a EURO app, fans will be able to share tournament news and updates with friends and family via Facebook and Twitter.

Read more - http://www.uefa.com/uefa/events/marketing/news/newsid=1783669.html