BIRMINGHAM, England, July 24 (Reuters) – Jamaican sprinter
Michael Frater “wouldn’t bet against” Usain Bolt retaining his
Olympic 100 metres title in London, despite lingering concerns
over his fitness and the threat to his track supremacy from
compatriot Yohan Blake.

“Usain Bolt is a phenomenon,” Jamaican men’s team captain
and 4x100m relay squad member Frater said at Jamaica’s training
base at the University of Birmingham in central England on
Tuesday. “I wouldn’t bet against him winning again”.

WARSAW (Reuters) – Composed, thoughtful and smartly dressed, it is unlikely Vicente Del Bosque or Cesare Prandelli will indulge in touchline histrionics when Spain face Italy in the Euro 2012 final on Sunday.

For Del Bosque, the Kiev final is just another chapter in Spain’s domination of world soccer since they were crowned European champions in 2008, and then became world champions two years later.

WARSAW (Reuters) – Composed, thoughtful and smartly dressed, it is unlikely Vicente Del Bosque or Cesare Prandelli will indulge in touchline histrionics when Spain face Italy in the Euro 2012 final on Sunday.

For Del Bosque, the Kiev final is just another chapter in Spain’s domination of world soccer since they were crowned European champions in 2008, and then became world champions two years later.

WARSAW, June 29 (Reuters) – Composed, thoughtful and smartly
dressed, it is unlikely Vicente Del Bosque or Cesare Prandelli
will indulge in touchline histrionics when Spain face Italy in
the Euro 2012 final on Sunday.

For Del Bosque, the Kiev final is just another chapter in
Spain’s domination of world soccer since they were crowned
European champions in 2008, and then became world champions two
years later.

WARSAW (Reuters) – For a side who professed to have abandoned the catenaccio style of defense that has served them so well down the years, Italy have clearly not lost the art of defending well as they indulge in a more eye-pleasing approach.

A 2-1 semi-final victory over Germany on Thursday, that put Italy into a Euro 2012 final against holders Spain in Kiev on Sunday, was founded on the training ground of the Old Lady of Turin.

WARSAW (Reuters) – For a side who professed to have abandoned the catenaccio style of defence that has served them so well down the years, Italy have clearly not lost the art of defending well as they indulge in a more eye-pleasing approach.

A 2-1 semi-final victory over Germany on Thursday, that put Italy into a Euro 2012 final against holders Spain in Kiev on Sunday, was founded on the training ground of the Old Lady of Turin.

WARSAW, June 28 (Reuters) – For a side who professed to have
abandoned the catenaccio style of defence that has served them
so well down the years, Italy have clearly not lost the art of
defending well as they indulge in a more eye-pleasing approach.

A 2-1 semi-final victory over Germany on Thursday, that put
Italy into a Euro 2012 final against holders Spain in Kiev on
Sunday, was founded on the training ground of the Old Lady of
Turin.

WARSAW (Reuters) – Italy will not sacrifice “two years’ work” by reverting to a more defensive approach honed by Italian sides of old when they face Germany in their Euro 2012 semi-final on Thursday, coach Cesare Prandelli said.

Prandelli’s emphasis on a more attack-minded Azzurri since he took charge in 2010 has won praise from fans and a hard-to-please Italian media, and while Italy have scored only four goals in four games in the tournament, they have shone at times.

WARSAW, June 27 (Reuters) – Italy will not sacrifice “two
years’ work” by reverting to a more defensive approach honed by
Italian sides of old when they face Germany in their Euro 2012
semi-final on Thursday, coach Cesare Prandelli said.

Prandelli’s emphasis on a more attack-minded Azzurri since
he took charge in 2010 has won praise from fans and a
hard-to-please Italian media, and while Italy have scored only
four goals in four games in the tournament, they have shone at
times.

WARSAW (Reuters) – UEFA has charged the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Russian Football Union (RFS) for racist behavior and racist chanting by their national teams’ fans during Euro 2012 matches.

“UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for the improper conduct of their supporters (racist behavior, racist chanting) at the UEFA Euro 2012 Group C match against Italy in Gdansk on Sunday 10 June,” European soccer’s governing body said on Tuesday.