Euro 2016 draw has been concluded...see full groups

The draw for the group stage of the Euro 2016 finals has been concluded. The continental competition which is set to hold between June 10 - July 10, 2016. 24 countries will be participating in the competition that will be hosted in 10 different cities in France: Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint-Étienne, and Toulouse.


For the first time, the European Championship final tournament will be contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format used since 1990. See final groups below...

The Groups:

Icardi reinforces the leadership of Inter Milan

Inter Milan made sure to continue as a leader in the Italian League with an emphatic victory by 4-0 in the field of Udinese (15th) in a match in which shone the Argentine Mauro Icardi a 'double' this Saturday in the 16th round of the Serie A.

Icardi scored in minutes 23 and 83. The other goals for his team were the work of the Montenegrin Stevan Jovetic (31) and the Croatian Marcelo Brozovic (86).

The 'Nerazzurri' fulfilled the mission to get the three points and will relax the direct duels of his pursuers on Sunday (Juventus-Fiorentina and Napoli-Roma), which are sure to strengthen its position.

With the three points, Inter provisionally stands with 4 more than Fiorentina (2nd), five on the Naples (3rd), eight ahead of Roma (4th) and nine of advantage over Juventus (5th).

But beyond the numbers, Inter managed to convey an image of Udine championship team, showing great strength and effectiveness, albeit helped by the candor of the home defense.

Precisely where the Inter defense is not showing fissures received only nine goals since the start of the league season.

In the list of good news for the Lombards it is certainly a return to a starring role Mauro Icardi, top scorer in the last Serie A (22 goals) and the two on Saturday raised its account in the course 6 2015 -2016.

In Inter's first goal, Icardi took control of the ball outside the area and went like a bullet towards the arch rival, ending with a cross shot that hit the goalkeeper, but could not avoid both (23 minutes).Soon after, Jovetic (31), raising a hand to hand with Udinese goalkeeper, scored the second.

Icardi definitely sentenced and in 83, with a new deadly cross shot, and 86 put Brozovic fourth with a superb shot from the edge of the area, a slight list.

- Bologna away from danger -

For its part, the Bologna (12th) won 1-0 at Genoa discount in the first match of the day, between two formations that are struggling to leave the lower classification.

In a game that looked set to zero to zero end, first the expulsion of Argentine midfielder Diego Perotti by Genoa (54), matched with the yellow double the Guinean Bologna Amadou Diawara at the last minute, gave emotion, until it in stoppage time defender Luca Rossettini gave the visitors the three points set with a powerful header off a corner.

With this defeat the hosts (17th) is only two points above the relegation places, marking the Frosinone 14 points (18th), who lost 4-1 at Palermo (15th), thanks to the three points I got four points above the relegation zone.

Goals from the Sicilians in that match were won by Edoardo Goldaniga (5 min), the Argentine Franco Vazquez (17), the Macedonian Aleksandr Trajkovski (60) and Alberto Gilardino (86).

This Saturday was also postponed to Sassuolo-Torino unspecified date because of fog.

Both teams were changing corridor Mapei Sassuolo Stadium when the referee, after twenty minutes of waiting and doubts, decided to postpone the match at the lack of visibility.

- Results of the 16th round of the Italian Serie:

- Saturday:

Genoa - Bologna 0-1

Palermo - Frosinone 4-1

Udinese - Inter 0-4

- Sunday:

(14h00 GMT) Chievo - Atalanta

Milan - Hellas Verona

Empoli - Carpi

(17h00 GMT) Naples - Rome

(19h45 GMT) Juventus - Fiorentina

- Monday:

(19h45 GMT) Lazio - Sampdoria

. Delayed by fog:

Sassuolo - Torino

Van Gaal in trouble after setback of Man U to Bournemouth

On Saturday, the team with the most titles in the history of English football suffered another humiliation losing to the small Bournemouth, a club that six years ago was about to disappear professionalism.

The problems begin to pile up, and fast, to the United manager Louis van Gaal in his second season in charge of the largest in England team.

United, depleted by injuries to several owners, allowed an Olympic goal two minutes in the 2-1 loss to Bournemouth, which knocked his second giant in row after beating champions Chelsea 1-0 last week.

Before this meeting, Manchester City was about to leave on the table points to Swansea, but Yaya Toure scored in injury time to give the team a 2-1 win of Manuel Pellegrini. The City climbed to the top of the standings with the same points as Leicester, but with better goal difference.

Bournemouth's first season in the top flight start having dyes fairytale. The team, based in a small coastal town, come to accomplish the most important in its 116-year history to win Chelsea. Now he has another milestone to celebrate.

"It's about having confidence, whether or not believe in the coach," said Van Gaal, who said Friday that United have to get used to is no longer a giant of Europe after the elimination of Champions.

Against 11,500 fans in Vitality, the smallest stadium in the Premier League, Bournemouth went ahead with an Olympic goal of Junior Stanislas. Marouane Fellaini tied at 24, and Joshua King scored the final of the hosts in the 54th, after another move that started in a corner.

"We are a fantastic week," said the helmsman of Bournemouth, Eddie Howe. For this same date six years ago, Bournemouth Morecambe lost 5-0 in a duel in the fourth division, and was in danger of passing the semi categories.

Despite all its problems, United are just three points behind City, not yet finished foothold in the tip.

Toure firing came after departing arc in Kelechi Iheanacho, and granted the three units at a City that left many doubts in their stadium Etihad. Bafetimbi Gomis had equalized for Swansea at 90.

"Actually we did not play well," Pellegrini said.

Wilfried Bony opened the scoring for City in the 26th with a header against his former team.

In other matches, Crystal Palace won 1-0 at Southampton, Norwich drew 1-1 with Everton, Watford won 1-0 at Sunderland and West Ham's goalless draw with Stoke.

Manchester City is placed provisional leader after winning 2-1 at Swansea

Manchester City temporarily regained the top of the Premier League thanks to their 2-1 win Saturday against Swansea (15th) at the 16th day of the Premier League.

The group led by the Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini took the lead through Ivory Coast striker Wilfried Bony (26), who headed in a corner. However, the Frenchman of Congolese origin Bafétimbi Gomis seemed to take the final tie to scoring with a powerful header (90).

It was then that appeared already in stoppage time left leg of another African, fellow Ivorian Yaya Toure, who took a left-footed shot from inside the area that played enough in the young up front Nigerian Kelechi Iheanacho, who had jumped the field 84 minutes into the game and took an impossible path for the visitors.

- "Three very important points" -

At times the Swansea cornered the Citizens forcing several interventions worthwhile international goalkeeper Joe Hart.

The whole of Manchester is showing irregular in the Premier League, and does not offer the flashy game that characterized the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini team in previous seasons, something the coach blamed the casualties, as the Argentine striker Sergio Aguero or the Belgian Vincent Kompany.

"The Swansea played very well, and is not the way we want to win. Now we have a week to recover, we played too many games with 13 or 14 players," said the coach.

"I knew it would be difficult, because we had three or four players who could not recover," he added stressing the lower of its staff.

"I think the three points are very important, but the way we played," the former Real Madrid coach consoled.

A victory for Manchester United, facing the Bournemouth Saturday or Arsenal three points on their visit to bottom club Aston Villa snatch back the first position to City, which for the moment equals 32 points with Leicester, which Chelsea receives on Monday.

In the 'Foxes' could serve a draw to stand again as leaders based on other results.

After an unexpected defeat in the last round against Stoke City after a poor game, the Citizens, who continue to be without the injured Sergio Aguero, seem to have regained the tone with Mönchengalbach victory against Borussia in Champions League and against Swansea in the English championship.

Swansea, whose coach Garry Monk was dismissed this week, and was led on an interim basis by Alan Curtis and Wales again with another defeat, which is the fifth in the last six games.

- Results of the 16th round of the English Premier League:

- Saturday:

Norwich City - Everton 1-1

Sunderland - Watford 0-1

Manchester City - Swansea City 2-1

West Ham - Stoke City 0-0

Crystal Palace - Southampton 1-0

AFC Bournemouth - Manchester United 2-1

- Sunday:

(13h30 GMT) Aston Villa - Arsenal

(16h00 GMT) Tottenham - Newcastle

Liverpool - West Bromwich

- Monday:

(20h00 GMT) Leicester - Chelsea

Alexis Sanchez: "I hope to do what I like"

Striker  Alexis Sanchez  was in Chile these days, recovering from his injured hamstring. Until Friday, little or nothing was known of the possible return to the national courts. However, the coach of Arsenal Arsene Wenger , said the tocopillano could play again, on 21 December in the match against Manchester City Manuel Pellegrini.

It should be remembered that the national team was injured last November 29 at Norwich City, lighting alarms in the London box and Saturday after trying their muscle problems in the Juan Pinto Duran Complex, under the watchful eye of physiotherapist José Amador, he wrote a message through social networking thanking all those who were with him in his recovery.

"I want to thank these people who looked after me during my stay in Chile ... Chefs ... props and Physiotherapists Thanks .. I hope to do what I like," he said on his Instagram account.

Quiero agradecer a estas personas que me cuidaron durante mi estadía en Chile ... Cocineros ... Útileros y Fisioterapeutas ⚽️ Muchas gracias .. Espero volver a hacer lo que más me gusta ⚽️😀

A photo posted by Alexis Sanchez (@alexis_officia1) on Dec 12, 2015 at 3:29pm PST

Argentina and New Zealand define the Women's World League hockey

Argentina and New Zealand on Saturday advanced to the final of the Women's World League hockey played in the World Cup Stadium Rosario (300 km northwest), after beating China and Germany respectively.

In the match that completed the day, Argentina revenge of the fall suffered claimed against China in the group stage and surpassed the red selected with an early goal from Pilar Campoy 7 minutes, in a close duel with few arrivals but dominated by the South American Leonas.

In the first semifinal, New Zealand beat Germany 2-1, with goals from Kirsten Liz Pearce and Thompson, while Eileen Hoffmann scored for the German side, who finished playing field with eleven players, but had no precision in achieving equality.

The final between Argentina and New Zealand will be held on Sunday from 19H00 local (22H00 GMT), preceded by the cross between Germany and China for the third place.

Earlier, the Netherlands, the number 1 ranking of the International Federation (FIH) remained in fifth place with little flavor to their aspirations, and Lidewij Welten goal to beat Australia 1-0 (2nd).

Dutch, past champions of the World League, were left out of the podium in international tournaments for the first time in 21 years, from a distant 6th place in the 1994 World Dublin.

In the seventh since the crash, Britain completed its participation with a resounding 5-1 win over South Korea, with goals from Nicola White (2), Ellie Watton, Hannah MacLeod and Helen Richardson-Walsh, while Han Hye pulled Lyoung for Asian.

-Semifinales Of the last stage of the World Women's Hockey League:

New Zealand-Germany 2-1

Argentina-China 1-0

-party For fifth place:

Australia-Netherlands 0-1

-party For seventh place:

Britain and South Korea 5-1