England will play their Euro 2012 games in front of only a few thousand of their fans, with the Football Association having sold only 3,000 tickets for each of their group games.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter today labelled penalty shoot-outs "a tragedy" and challenged Franz Beckenbauer to come up with an alternative.

Arsenal winger's relatives join Walcott's in refusing to go to Ukraine over fear of being targeted by racists

The Tottenham midfielder Niko Kranjcar admits he could be tempted by a big-money move to Russia or Ukraine.

Ukraine's highest court has postponed hearing the former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's appeal against her conviction and seven-year sentence on charges of abusing her powers in signing a gas deal with Russia.

It is a footballing revolution that has not happened in a hurry but it is happening. Yesterday at a rain-shrouded St Mary's, home of Southampton, goal-line technology moved a step closer to being introduced seven years after it was first put to the test. It is not, though, going to be a sprint finish and it remains unlikely any system will be in place in time for the start of next season.

No decision has been taken on whether to boycott Euro 2012 games in Ukraine in protest at the treatment of the country's former premier Yulia Tymoshenko, the Foreign Office said tonight.

England fans will have to spend more than £2,000 for going to the three group games at Euro 2012, according to new research.

Veteran striker faces fitness battle while injury woes multiply for Ukraine's fragile defence

It's been 10 years since Mark Hix began writing his weekly food column for this magazine, an anniversary we'll be celebrating in next week's bumper food and drink-themed issue. Over the past decade, the quietly influential Mr Hix has changed the way we eat, though he'd be much too modest to make that claim for himself. Meanwhile his restaurants, with their clever mix of traditional comfort and contemporary art, have supplied the template for many a copycat dining room.

UEFA have no new concerns over security measures for Euro 2012 despite a series of explosions in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk today.

Ukrainian authorities have blocked the release of a film about Soviet footballers who defied Nazi Germany amid fears it could ignite explosive emotions just weeks before the country co-hosts the Euro 2012 tournament.

There is anger in Ukraine that Rooney and Co will undertake 2,000-mile round trips to play group games...and will use a Fourth Division Polish team's facilities instead

A Ukrainian court yesterday kept the former premier Yulia Tymoshenko in jail on charges of abuse of office, defying renewed Western pressure to release the country's main opposition leader.