An octopus named Manolo predicts Spain's victory against Italy in their fisrt Euro 2012 soccer match, to be played on June 10.
A Ukrainian fan with his face painted in national colors smiles in Lviv June 8, 2012. Four Ukrainian cities will host matches for the Euro 2012 soccer championship.
A vendor holds the Euro 2012 mascots Slavek (L) and Slavko in a souvenir shop in downtown Kiev June 6, 2012.
France's national soccer team midfielder Franck Ribery is seen in a sauna at the team's training center in Kircha, on the eve of the Euro 2012 football championships opening match.
Funtik, a psychic pig, is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches at the European championships in Ukraine and Poland.
Traning session of the Euro 2012
Girls dressed in colours of the Ukrainian national flag perform during the opening ceremony of the Euro 2012 fan zone in Kharkiv, some 480 km (300 miles) east of Kiev, June 7, 2012.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had dinner with the German national team in their Euro 2012 headquarters in Sopot of Poland on Wednesday.
Spain finished their preparation for the European Championships with a narrow 1-0 win at home to a hard- working Chinese national side on Sunday.
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