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Silva spares Spain's blushes

A late goal from the Manchester City man saw Vicente del Bosque's side edge past a stubborn China outfit 1-0 in Seville in the hosts' final warm-up match ahead of Euro 2012

Silva sets sights on successful European title defence »
Del Bosque critical of 'sluggish' Spain »
Casillas thanks China coach Camacho for handing him first Spain cap »
England's Cahill ruled out of Euro 2012

The problems continue to mount for coach Hodgson as the defender will miss the tournament after fracturing his jaw in the 1-0 win over Belgium and has been replaced by Liverpool's Kelly

FULL STORY: Cahill ruled out of Euro 2012 and replaced by Kelly »
Mertens apologises for push on Cahill »
Oxlade-Chamberlain: There is more to come from me »
Injury concerns mount for England

Three Lions boss Roy Hodgson fears Gary Cahill could miss Euro 2012 after needing an X-ray on his jaw following the 1-0 win over Belgium, while John Terry is having a scan on his hamstring

ANALYSIS: Welbeck impresses but it's a bad day for Johnson »
Gerrard: England not getting carried away ahead of Euro 2012 »
England 'need to improve in all areas', says Hart »
Dutch on the right track, says Van Marwijk

The Netherlands recorded an emphatic 6-0 victory over Northern Ireland on Saturday evening, and their coach believes that they are travelling to Euro 2012 in promising shape

Sneijder expects trio to get Netherlands chance at Euro 2012 »
'We took a bit of a spanking,' admits O’Neill »
MATCH REPORT: Netherlands 6-0 Northern Ireland »
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Bitter end to Portugal's Euro preparations

The Seleccao lost their final game ahead of the European Championship, as they went down 3-1 to Turkey in Lisbon, with Cristiano Ronaldo failing to convert a penalty

LIVE: Portugal 0-0 Turkey »
Bento urges Portugal not to lose hope »
Ronaldo: I am glad that Portugal are not favourites »
Del Bosque confident of Fabregas recovery

The Spain coach expects the Barcelona midfielder to be ready for their opening Euro 2012 match against Italy on June 10 despite carrying a thigh injury at the moment

Rajoy wishes Spain luck ahead of Euro 2012 »
Iniesta: Euro 2012 will be harder than World Cup 2010 »
Aragones confident Spain will win Euro 2012 »
Van Persie stars in Dutch stroll

The Arsenal forward scored two goals and provided two assists as Netherlands warmed up for Euro 2012 with a 6-0 hammering of Northern Ireland in Amsterdam on Saturday

O’Neill unhappy with Netherlands defeat »
Netherlands on the right track, says van Marwijk »
Sneijder expects Van der Vaart & Huntelaar to get Euro chance »

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