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Everything will come down to the last round of group matches for six of the eight Under-21 contenders, meaning there should still be plenty of drama in store before the semi-final picture takes shape.

The Werder Bremen creator feels Germany’s U-21s must not fear England, and underlined his desire to win a place with the Mannschaft’s seniors.

England Under-21s battled to victory in their European Championship opener against Finland despite playing for an hour with 10 men and seeing Theo Walcott replaced at half-time in Halmstad.

Propelled by Pasquale Carotenuto’s hat-trick, Italy beat France 4-2 to clinch the final European spot at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009.

With six of the eight 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship finalists now known, thoughts in Hungary are turning back to 25 years ago today when their team held their nerve in front of 72,000 fans to take the title.

This is the big one, my friends.

FA Cup Final. At Wembley. Against Everton.
The final match of the season. The final match of Guus Hiddink’s initial tenure with the Blues.
What else do you need? How about a trophy presentation following the final whistle? Me likes.
Don’t engrave Chelsea’s name on that piece of hardware just yet, however.
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Midfielder Frank Lampard kept it in the family with the goal which won the FA Cup for Chelsea against Everton at a sun-drenched Wembley.

Frank Lampard believes winning the FA Cup is the perfect send-off for departing interim manager Guus Hiddink.

Chelsea FC’s plans to give Guus Hiddink a memorable send-off at Wembley in Saturday’s FA Cup final could yet be torpedoed by a hungry Everton FC outfit who have already sunk Liverpool FC and Manchester United FC.

Turkish championship results and standings

SAO PAULO (AP) — Fans disgruntled with Fluminense’s struggles invaded the team’s practice on Tuesday, punching a player in the stomach and causing security guards to fire shots into the air to protect the others.