Germany showed their champion-level strength by sweeping past Greece 4-2 to reach Euro 2012 semifinals on Friday night.
The Croatian football federation, fined 80,000 euros by UEFA on Tuesday for racist chanting by their fans at Euro 2012, faces further punishment after it was charged on Wednesday for the display of racist banners against Spain.
Poland should build on Euro 2012 and make a joint bid to host the World Cup with the Czech Republic or Germany, Pawel Adamowicz, mayor of one of the European Championship's venue cities Gdansk.
European soccer's major powers looked set to dominate the final stages of Euro 2012 after a testing evening for Italy and Spain ended with them both easing through on Monday.
The fan holding up a cardboard replica of the Henri Delaunay trophy was jumping the gun a little on Sunday but after Germany beat Denmark 2-1 to top Group B with maximum points.
Cristiano Ronaldo at his thrilling best scored twice for Portugal as they reached the last eight with a 2-1 win over the Netherlands.
Greece and the Czech Republic completed astonishing turnarounds on Saturday with 1-0 wins over Russia and co-hosts Poland to reach the quarter-finals against all the odds.
France stunned the co-hosts Ukraine 2-0 in a Euro 2012 Group D match in Donetsk on Friday.
England showed their mettle to win for the first time in competitive matches against Sweden with a 3-2 victory in a Group D match on Friday.
Fernando Torres scored twice on his return to the starting lineup as stylish Spain thrashed Ireland 4-0 on Thursday to go top of Group C with Croatia and end Irish hopes at Euro 2012.
Italy's Euro 2012 hopes were in the balance after they let Croatia off the hook on Thursday, dominating the first half and taking the lead before tiring and being held to a 1-1 draw in their Group C match.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday urged Poland to protect the safety of foreign football fans during the Euro 2012 tournament.
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