Euro-Railway changes orange strip to avoid Dutch mixup (Reuters)

 
Switzerland's national railway has told its workers to stop using their normal orange reflective vests after confused Dutch soccer fans started following them on to the tracks. [link]

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In case you haven’t noticed, and we’re in America so I’m going to assume most of you haven’t, Euro 2008 is in full swing across the pond in Switzerland and Austria. We’ll follow the same grouping format for our “Battle of the Euro Babes”. We’ll take the top 2 teams from each division and then create another “super group” of 8 teams. From those 8 we will choose a winner. We currently have a ...
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2008 European Championships cheat sheet for Americans

Eric Wilbur (Boston Globe) said; Back in 2006, Ireland native - and former pitcher for the Irish national baseball team - Cormac Eklof created a popular cheat sheet in order for Americans to understand the World Cup on their terms. Well, two years layer and Eklof is back to aid the common U.S. sports fan in enjoying the 2008 European Championships.
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Euro 2008: The Top XI Who Failed to Make the Quarter Finals

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Chelsea boss Phil Scolari to buy Deco for £12million after Barcelona's exit from Euro 2008 | Football transfer news | The Sun |HomePage|Sport|Football

DECO is set to become Luiz Felipe Scolari s first signing for Chelsea this week in a £12million switch from Barcelona. The Portugal ace has agreed terms with the Blues and the deal is expected to be finalised following his country s exit from Euro ...
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