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Ujfalusi named Czech captain for Euro (AFP)

 
Veteran Czech defender Tomas Ujfalusi was on Tuesday named captain of the national side for the upcoming European Championships, which are being co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland and gets underway on June 7. (link)

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