SPAIN 4, ITALY 0

Spain breezes past Italy to claim Euro championship

The Spanish national team continued its stellar run in international play with a dominating victory over the Italians.

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Euro 2012 Soccer Championship, Part 2: The action

It’s been an action-packed tournament, to soccer fans’ delight. The European 2012 Soccer Championship is down to four teams from the sixteen that qualified, and the final match will be played July 1 at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev.

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Euro 2012 Soccer Championship, part one: The fans

Some happy, some sad, at times cheering or even fighting, fans of soccer are absorbed in the European 2012 Soccer Championship. Sixteen nations made it to the final tournament being held in Poland and the Ukraine with the final match to be played on July 1 at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev.