Northern Ireland upsets Spain 3 2 in Euro 2008 qualifier
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) _ David Healy scored a hat trick to help Northern Ireland upset Spain 3-2 Wednesday in a European Championship qualifier.
Spain took the lead twice, getting goals from Xavi Hernandez and David Villa, but couldn't close down Healy.
Strikers Johan Elmander and Marcus
Allback scored, and goalkeeper Rami Shaaban made several key saves
to lead Sweden past Spain 2-0 in a European Championship qualifier
on Saturday.
It was Sweden's third straight win ...
Jan Koller scored in the 64th minute Wednesday to help the Czech Republic hold Ireland to a 1-1 draw in European Championship qualifying.
Kevin Kilbane gave Ireland the lead in ...
VADUZ, Liechtenstein (AP) _ Liechtenstein secured its first points in the 2008 European Championship qualifiers on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Latvia.
Mario Frick scored in the 17th minute ...
Beleaguered Spain coach Luis Aragones
retains the support of his country's federation despite his team's
2-0 defeat against Sweden in a European Championship qualifier.
``We're on the side of the coach and we ...
Luis Aragones has signed a new contract to stay on as Spain's national soccer coach until June 30, 2008.
Aragones' new deal gives him the opportunity to lead the national ...
Malta upset Hungary 2-1 Wednesday in a European Championship qualifying match.
Andre Schembri scored a goal in each half to hand Malta coach Dusan Fitzel his first win since taking ...
Ukraine's match against Scotland is a chance for the team to prove it deserves a place at the 2008 European Championship.
Ukraine, which reached the quarter-finals at this year's World ...
End: Northern Ireland upsets Spain 3 2 in Euro 2008 qualifier
