Can Ronaldo lead Portugal to glory this summer?

Teams of Euro 2012: Portugal

Group B, on paper, looks the hardest of the four Euro 2012 groups. Portugal have been so close to glory in the European Championships before that they won’t let their drawing in the toughest group get in their way. Here Gary Linton profiles the chances of the 2004 tournament hosts…

The recent week of events around the England team were caused by John Terry - is he worth it all?

Was this all worth it over John Terry?

The recent week of events around the England team were caused by John Terry and his team of lawyers, but as Suahil Seedat asks – is the Chelsea captain worth all of the fuss?

Could Joe Hart be the next England captain?

The Hart-beat of new England

After the week that has seen the state of the English national team flip upside down, Andy Hunter has ideas on who the long-term captain of England should be. With Capello gone, it’s time to plan further ahead than even the next World Cup…

Republic of Ireland team photo

Teams of Euro 2012: Republic of Ireland

Another week and another profile ahead of this summer’s European Championships. Today, we welcome guest wrtier William Brophy on to the site to take us through his home nation, the Republic of Ireland…

Germany are among the two heavy favourites to win Euro 2012

Teams of Euro 2012: Germany

Following a lull in our coverage thanks to the Christmas and New Year period, The Football Project is back with another profile of one of the teams competing at this summer’s European Championship. This week, Simon Furnivall guides you through many critics’ choice to walk away from Poland and Ukraine as Champions – Germany…

Spain team photo

Teams of Euro 2012: Spain

Each and every Wednesday for the next 16 weeks, The Football Project is going to profile one of the teams competing at this summer’s European Championship. This week, The Football Project’s Gary Linton profiles the reigning European Champions, Spain – and just what the current World Cup champions can expect from the summer…

England team photo

Teams of Euro 2012: England

Each and every Wednesday for the next 16 weeks, The Football Project is going to profile one of the teams competing at this summer’s European Championship. To kick things off, we invited Chris Nee to guide us through England, their hopes, their expectations and just want the country can expect to get from the tournament…

Samir Nasri celebrating scoring the penalty that took France to Euro 2012

How Euro 2012 will reignite international football

The European Championships always seem to flatter to deceive. The promise of a small tournament with some of Europe’s finest players doing what they do best for three weeks sounds too good to be true; and then they struggle. Joe Hall has a feeling that will change with Euro 2012…

Mario Gotze has all the tools required to become a star at Euro 2012

Episode Nine – Euro 2012

After some small technical issues, we are back with our ninth episode. This week we’ve done something slightly different and are bringing you four interviews based on Euro 2012 from some incredible writers.