The Yankees won their 4th straight contest Saturday as the offense continued to demolish Mariners pitching. The Yanks won by a score of 12-6 and after scoring just 22 runs between May 10 and May 20, the Yankees have now

Hungary 3-2 GreeceErwin Koeman celebrated his debut at the helm of the Hungarian national squad by handing Greece their first defeat since last August.Second-half comebackThe Dutch coach saw his side play with greater vigour than their opponents in Budapest to

Netherlands 3-0 UkraineThe Netherlands continued their build-up to UEFA EURO 2008™ with a comfortable 3-0 victory against Ukraine at the De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam thanks to goals from Dirk Kuyt, Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Ryan Babel.Experimental teamDutch coach Marco

Turkey right-back Gökhan Gönül has been removed from their provisional UEFA EURO 2008™ squad due to a bruised second-metatarsal bone in his right foot.Four-week restTurkey coach Fatih Terim announced the decision together with national team doctors Bülent Bayraktar and Cengiz

Although their England contingent will be absent from Euro 2008, Chelsea will still be well represented at this summer's tournament and a number of Blues' stars will be looking to go one better after their recent near misses at club

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Goalkeeper D nu Coman has become the second player to be ruled out of Romania's UEFA EURO 2008™ campaign after breaking a thumb in training on Friday.Costly saveThe 29-year-old FC Rapid Bucure ti custodian suffered the injury to his left

Jacek Krzynówek scored the only goal of the game as Poland struggled to overcome Swiss second-tier side FC Schaffhausen in a friendly match in Donaueschingen on Friday evening.Substitutes combineThe UEFA EURO 2008™ finalists had to wait until 16 minutes from

France striker Thierry Henry has admitted that the prospect of retiring from international soccer after next month's Euro 2008 tournament has crossed his mind. "I have thought about retiring after Euro 2008," Henry told French sports daily L'Equipe in an

Switzerland enjoyed a 2-0 friendly win over Slovakia on Saturday, just two weeks before the Euro 2008 championships, which they are co-hosting, get underway.Midfielder Valon Behrami opened the scoring in the 56th minute before he then turned provider seven minutes

Austria beats Cuba 4-1 in Euro 2008 warmup game in empty stadiumThe unofficial match consisted of three periods of 35 minutes each without spectators or press attending.Sanel Kuljic's header gave Austria the lead after 11 minutes, before Jaime Colome leveled

Niko Kovac capped a first-half flurry with a goal in the 30th minute, and Croatia withstood a late rush by Moldova for a 1-0 victory Saturday in the team's first of two preparation matches for the European Championship.Kovac's header off