Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Italy Is Favored to Host Soccer's Euro 2012 Over Former Soviet-Bloc Bids

(Bloomberg) -- Soccer officials will choose between bad roads in the former Soviet Bloc and unruly fans in Italy when they decide the site of the 2012 European Championship.

UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe, will consider three bids tomorrow. Hungary and Croatia are offering one joint plan and Poland and Ukraine another. Italy, where fans killed a police officer in February, is the bookmakers' choice at 1-3.


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