Serbia meet Croatia in Basketball Championship
| Istanbul :  The World Championship first knockout round is poised to produce a pair of classics after Serbia beat Argentina 84-82 in an enthralling Group A match on Thursday to set up a me...

Romania prepares for crime wave with exodus
| MORE than 8000 Roma have been sent back to Romania and Bulgaria from France under President Nicolas Sarkozy's crackdown - but many plan to return to the West to escape unemployment and a life w...

England v Bulgaria: Jermain Defoe hails 'the sweetest hat-trick of my career'
Jermain Defoe received a message from former England striker Ian Wright before Friday night's 4-0 win against Bulgaria predicting that he would score his first international hat-trick. | By Jeremy Wil...

Defoe hits hat trick as England routs Bulgaria 4-0
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | By Rob Harris, AP Sports Writer WEMBLEY, England — Jermain Defoe scored a hat trick as England opened European Championship qualifying on ...

England v Bulgaria: assured Joe Hart conclusively ends goalkeeping debate
Fourteen seconds. That's what defined England's victory over Bulgaria and that was the time that elapsed between Joe Hart's alert save, beating away a fierce drive by Chavdar Yankov and Jermain Defoe'...

England v Bulgaria: Fabio Capello puts monster back in his box
Temporarily at least Frankenstein's monster is back in his box, ushered in by a goalkeeper that saves and a striker that scores. How different this game is when a team adheres to first principles. | B...

England v Bulgaria: Jermain Defoe is laughing as little and large show is sidelined
When he first arrived on these shores to try and lead England into the Promised Land, Fabio Capello was sure what he wanted from his strike force. | By Alan Smith | Published: 11:21PM BST 03 Sep 2010 ...

Slovakia 1 FYR Macedonia 0
| Filip Holosko's stoppage-time strike ensured Slovakia a winning start to their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign at the expense of 10-man FYR Macedonia. | Vladimir Weiss' side had the better of the chan...

Holosko gives Slovakia 1-0 win over Macedonia
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Filip Holosko scored in injury time to give Slovakia a 1-0 win over Macedonia in their opening 2012 European C...

Lively England routs Bulgaria
  By Steve Griffiths, Agence France-Presse September 3, 2010 5:30 PM        England's Jermain Defoe, centre, celebrates scoring his goal against Bulgaria with England's Theo Walcott, left, and St...

England 4 Bulgaria 0: Jermain Defoe hat-trick helps Fabio Capello along the road to recovery
| Jermain Defoe gave the surgeon's knife a swerve and instead carved up Bulgaria with his first England hat-trick to bring a smile back to Fabio Capello's face. | Defoe put off a groin operation that ...

England 4-0 Bulgaria: Jermain Defoe Hattrick And Adam Johnson's First International Goal Seal Comfortable Victory
But injuries to Defoe and Dawson will concern Capello... | By Alex Fisher | Share Share England returned to winning ways in their first competitive match since their World Cup exit with a 4-0 victory ...

Player Ratings: England 4-0 Bulgaria
| By Alex Dimond at Wembley | Share Share England Joe Hart 14 1 7.0 | Little to do in the first half, bar one quick reaction stop after Johnson's ill-advised backpass. Second half he was far busier, m...

Holosko gives Slovaks late win over Macedonia
BRATISLAVA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Beshiktas striker Filip Holosko gave Slovakia a late win over Macedonia on Friday in his country's opening Euro 2012 Group B qualifier. Holosko scored his sixth internat...

Late goal earns Albania surprise draw in Romania
* Muzaka equaliser cheers Albania * Romania fans tell coach to quit (adds quotes, changes slug) BUCHAREST, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A late equaliser by Gjergj Muzaka earned Albania a surprise 1-1 draw in Ro...

Defoe hat-trick leads England to victory over Bulgaria
By Mike Collett LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A hat-trick from Jermain Defoe and an outstanding goalkeeping performance by Joe Hart helped England to a comfortable 4-0 win over Bulgaria in their opening ...