Turkey will play Germany in the semifinals of Euro 2008 after winning a dramatic penalty shootout against Croatia in Vienna.
Ivan Klasnic's second-half goal made it three victories out of three for Group B winners Croatia, as they beat Poland 1-0 in Klagenfurt to ensure an early exit for their opponents.
Croatia sent out a message of intent to the other Euro 2008 finalists as they stunned highly-fancied Germany 2-1 in Klagenfurt to secure a place in the quarterfinals.
Croatia held off a furious late onslaught from Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria to win 1-0 in their opening Group B match in Vienna on Sunday.
SI.com's Gabriele Marcotti is in Switzerland and Austria for the 2008 European Championship. Here's his primer for the tournament.
Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva expects to be playing again as early as July after reporting excellent progress in his recovery from a broken leg.
Meanwhile, Niko Kovac scored the only goal in the 30th minute, as Croatia withstood a late rush to defeat Moldova 1-0 in their friendly match in Rijeka.
These days Croatia's Dalmatian Coast is inundated with tourists -- and understandably so. But after a visit to Dubrovnik, the "Pearl of the Adriatic," I'm in the mood for a good Balkan adventure and decide to drive directly inland ... to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Forget lists of "What's Next" in travel. Eastern Europe is "What's Now." While it's catching up to the West -- becoming more modern, expensive and crowded -- Eastern Europe remains a great value. Here's what to expect this year.
The Netherlands convincingly defeated Croatia 3-0 in Split in a friendly ahead of the the Euro 2008 finals in June.
Turkey will play Germany in the semifinals of Euro 2008 after winning a dramatic penalty shootout against Croatia in Vienna.
Ivan Klasnic's second-half goal made it three victories out of three for Group B winners Croatia, as they beat Poland 1-0 in Klagenfurt to ensure an early exit for their opponents.
Croatia sent out a message of intent to the other Euro 2008 finalists as they stunned highly-fancied Germany 2-1 in Klagenfurt to secure a place in the quarterfinals.
Croatia held off a furious late onslaught from Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria to win 1-0 in their opening Group B match in Vienna on Sunday.
SI.com's Gabriele Marcotti is in Switzerland and Austria for the 2008 European Championship. Here's his primer for the tournament.
Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva expects to be playing again as early as July after reporting excellent progress in his recovery from a broken leg.
Meanwhile, Niko Kovac scored the only goal in the 30th minute, as Croatia withstood a late rush to defeat Moldova 1-0 in their friendly match in Rijeka.
These days Croatia's Dalmatian Coast is inundated with tourists -- and understandably so. But after a visit to Dubrovnik, the "Pearl of the Adriatic," I'm in the mood for a good Balkan adventure and decide to drive directly inland ... to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Forget lists of "What's Next" in travel. Eastern Europe is "What's Now." While it's catching up to the West -- becoming more modern, expensive and crowded -- Eastern Europe remains a great value. Here's what to expect this year.
The Netherlands convincingly defeated Croatia 3-0 in Split in a friendly ahead of the the Euro 2008 finals in June.
Fabio Capello's first competitive match as England coach will be away to Andorra in September after the dates were agreed for their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign on Monday.
You probably didn't notice, but my column didn't run two weeks ago. It was Thanksgiving and my boss gave me the day off. Good thing he did, otherwise you would have had to read through my postmortem on England's failure to qualify for Euro 2008.
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In recent years, long-suffering England fans have adopted the theme tune from the classic war movie "The Great Escape" as their unofficial campaign anthem.
England have been drawn against Croatia, who eliminated them from Euro 2008, in the draw for the 2010 World Cup which was made in Durban on Sunday.
Croatia demolished England's dreams of a place in the Euro 2008 finals with a dramatic 3-2 triumph at Wembley that sent Russia through as Group E runners-up.
Israel took Russia's Euro 2008 qualification hopes out of their own hands after snatching a 2-1 injury-time victory in the Group E tie at Ramat Gan Stadium on Saturday.
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Andrei Kirilenko scored 20 points Tuesday to lead Russia over Croatia 83-70 at the European Basketball Championship.
Vassilis Spanoulis hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lead Greece over Croatia 81-78 Sunday at the European basketball championship.
Nearly 18,000 people are still missing from the ethnic wars fought in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday.
Croatia beat Bosnia 5-3 in an entertaining friendly on Wednesday, although the game was marred by crowd trouble before and during the match.
Croatia's Istrian Peninsula, in the northwest corner of the country, is an inviting mix of pungent truffles, Roman ruins, striking hill towns and pastel coastal villages, with a breezy Italian culture (left over from centuries of Venetian rule).
Arsenal have agreed terms with Dinamo Zagreb to sign Croatia's Brazilian-born striker Eduardo Da Silva on a four-year contract, the Premier League club said on Monday.
Every NBA Draft brings quality players into the league. Spending a lot of energy and brain power trying to figure out if this is "the strongest draft ever" or merely "the best draft since 2003" is a wasted exercise. One thing is for certain: It's not as deep a draft as it was before likely first-rounders in Georgetown's Roy Hibbert, Kansas' Brandon Rush and Croatia's Ante Tomic withdrew for various reasons.
David Beckham set up two goals to steer England to a morale-boosting 3-0 win over Estonia on Wednesday that put their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign firmly back on track.
England captain John Terry is determined to erase memories of their "heartbreaking" defeat against Croatia and go all-out for victory over Israel in a crucial Euro 2008 qualifier on Saturday.
Croatia's Brazilian-born striker Eduardo Da Silva hit a hat-trick and Darjo Srna added a penalty as the visitors scored a dramatic 4-3 win over Israel to go top of Euro 2008 qualifying Group E on Wednesday.
Croatia coach Slaven Bilic named an unchanged squad on Monday for the Euro 2008 qualifier away against Israel in Tel Aviv on November 15.
Nikolay Davydenko became the fifth player to secure his place in the season-ending $3.7 million Masters Cup in Shanghai, the ATP said on Monday.
A comical error by goalkeeper Paul Robinson helped Croatia claim a fully-deserved 2-0 win over a England in Zagreb, a result that puts them top of Euro 2008 qualifying group E on goal difference.
England defender Ledley King has pulled out of the squad to face Croatia in Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier because of a knee injury.
England were held to a disappointing 0-0 draw at home to Macedonia and missed the chance to pull clear at the top of Euro 2008 Group E.
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Croatia trio Bosko Balaban, Ivica Olic and Dario Srna have been expelled from their Euro 2008 qualifying squad and fined after leaving the team's training camp to go partying in a nightclub.
FIFA have begun disciplinary proceedings against the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) following racist behavior by Croatia fans, the world governing body said on Friday.
World champions Italy, fielding an entirely experimental side, lost 2-0 to Croatia in a friendly match in Livorno on Wednesday.
New Croatia coach Slaven Bilic has recalled midfielder Milan Rapaic for the friendly with world champions Italy on August 16 in Livorno.
Zlatko Kranjcar was sacked as Croatia's coach on Friday, the state radio reported.
Australia have dropped goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac while forward Harry Kewell is struggling to be fit for Monday's World Cup second round clash with Italy in Kaiserslautern.
Australia reached the World Cup second round for the first time after holding Croatia to a thrilling 2-2 draw in their final Group F game.
Croatia will replace Robert Kovac with Stjepan Tomas and shift fullback Dario Simic to the center of defence for the must-win Group F match with Australia in Stuttgart on Thursday.
Japan keeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi denied Croatia with a superb penalty save in a 0-0 draw that leaves both sides with a chance of World Cup survival.
Euzebiusz Smolarek scored the only goal of the match as Poland beat fellow World Cup finalists Croatia in their final warmup game on Saturday.
A Marko Babic penalty deep in stoppage time salvaged a 2-2 draw for Croatia against Iran in a World Cup warm-up international on Sunday.
Croatia dominated the hosts Germany 2-0 to win the 1.85 million euro (2.36 million dollar) ATP World Team Championship for the first time in their history on Saturday in Dusseldorf.
Andy Roddick's French Open participation was thrown into doubt on Wednesday after he retired with a foot injury against Chile's Nicolas Massu at the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf.
Croatia began their World Cup preparations with a comfortable 4-1 away win over Austria on Tuesday.
Croatia claimed a 2-1 win over the United States while the Czech Republic surprised Argentina with an identical scoreline at the World Team Cup on Monday.
Group F | World ranking: 23
The top two teams in each group advance to the 16-team knockout round.
Argentina knocked holders Croatia out of the Davis Cup when Juan Ignacio Chela beat Sasa Tuksar 3-6 6-4 7-6 7-6 to secure a tense 3-2 victory in their quarterfinal on Sunday.
Davis Cup holders Croatia will make a last-minute decision on Friday whether Mario Ancic can play in the quarterfinal against Argentina.
Ivan Ljubicic will step down as Croatia's player-captain after the defending Davis Cup champion hosts Argentina in a quarterfinal next weekend.
Croatia fought back from a goal down to upset fellow World Cup contenders Argentina 3-2 as the two sides got in some early shooting practice for Germany.
Holders Croatia hold a 2-0 lead over Austria, Belarus lead 2004 champions Spain and Russia head the Netherlands after the opening day singles in the Davis Cup first round.
Former Croatian general Ante Gotovina has been transferred to the Hague, where he will stand trial for war crimes in charges stemming from the Balkans conflict last decade.
Defending champions Brazil will face 1998 semifinalists Croatia in their opening match of the 2006 finals in Germany.
A longtime Croatian war crimes fugitive wanted for crimes during the Balkan wars has been arrested in Spain, according to the office of the prosecutor in the Hague.
Slovakian number two Karol Beck must try to stop Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic after the draw for the Davis Cup final was made.
Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia's only top 20 player, will lead his country in their first Davis Cup final, against Croatia in Bratislava on December 2-4.
The dangerous H5N1 strain of bird flu that has killed more than 60 people in Asia, has now been found in Croatia, the European Union has announced.
European Union officials have imposed a temporary ban on imports of live poultry, game and feathers from Croatia after at least six swans died there from bird flu.
Sweden eased through to the World Cup finals with a 3-1 home win over Iceland after recovering from a goal down midway through the first half.
Dario Srna scored a penalty to give Croatia a 1-0 victory over Sweden that secured a berth at next year's World Cup.
Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic and Mario Ancic overcame Russian pair Igor Andreev and Dmitriy Tursonov 6-2 4-6 7-6 3-6 6-4 on Saturday to edge their country nearer a first appearance in the Davis Cup final.
Over 100 Croatia supporters have been deported from Malta, after violence during their World Cup qualifier injured 14 policemen.
Croatia striker Ivica Olic will miss their remaining World Cup qualifiers after suffering a serious knee injury in Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Brazil.
Brazil had to come from a goal behind to draw 1-1 with Croatia in Split in a frendly international largely dominated by the world champions.
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Croatia maintained their lead at the top of World Cup qualifying Group 8 with an impressive 3-1 victory over Bulgaria.
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Two goals from Fredrik Ljungberg and another from Erik Edman gave Sweden a comfortable 3-0 victory over 10-man Bulgaria to increase their grip on World Cup Group Eight.
Glasgow Rangers' Croatia forward Dado Prso plans to quit international soccer after the 2006 World Cup.
The European Union will postpone entry talks with Croatia due to have started this week after a U.N. war crimes prosecutor said Zagreb had not done enough to arrest a top fugitive, diplomats said on Tuesday.
Paul-Henri Mathieu held his nerve to lead France to a 3-2 victory over Sweden in their Davis Cup first round tie in Strasbourg.
Wednesday's friendly match between Austria and Croatia has been cancelled after freezing temperatures made the surface at the Ernst Happel stadium unplayable.
Ten countries, including joint bids by Poland and Ukraine as well as Croatia and Hungary, are in the race to host the 2012 European championships, UEFA revealed on Tuesday.
Fiorentina have signed Bulgarian striker Valeri Bojinov from Italian Serie A rivals Lecce for a reported fee of 13 million euros ($16.95m).
Olympic hosts Greece and a joint bid by Hungary and Croatia have entered the race to stage the 2012 European championships.
Sweden outclassed a negative Hungary side 3-0 with goals from Fredrik Ljungberg, Henrik Larsson and Anders Svensson in their World Cup qualifier.
A draw against bottom club Switzerland will be enough to see holders France into the Euro 2004 quarter-finals on Monday, but they urgently need a good showing to restore their confidence.
Croatia held champions France to a 2-2 draw, to leave Group B of Euro 2004 wide open.
UEFA have charged Croatia with improper conduct after the team were shown five yellow cards in the Euro 2004 match against Switzerland on Sunday.
France midfielder Claude Makelele is fighting to overcome an injury suffered during the dramatic climax of Sunday's 2-1 win against England at Euro 2004.
Ten-man Switzerland battled to a goalless draw with Croatia in a poor-quality opening Euro 2004 Group B clash on Sunday in Leiria.
Euro 2004 qualifiers Bulgaria and Russia continued their preparations for this summer's finals in Portugal with a 2-2 draw in Sofia.
Substitute Carsten Ramelow fired a last-minute goal to give Germany a 2-1 victory over Croatia in a friendly international between two Euro 2004 hopefuls.
Injuries have depleted Croatia's line-up for the Euro 2004 warm-up with Germany in Split on Wednesday, leaving a selection headache for coach Otto Baric.
Igor Biscan has been banned from playing for Croatia for six months after the Liverpool played walked out on the squad last year, media reported.
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