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Sweden are the current leaders of UEFA's Respect Fair Play rankings, based on all UEFA competition matches played at club and national-team levels between 1 May 2009 and 30 April 2010.

UEFA has an exclusive agreement with Globo TV for the UEFA EURO 2012 broadcasting rights in Brazil, ensuring extensive free-to-air coverage via 23 live matches and daily highlights.

Four of Poland and Ukraine's greatest players – Zbigniew Boniek, Andrzej Szarmach, Oleg Blokhin and Andriy Shevchenko – have been named as the UEFA EURO 2012™ tournament ambassadors.

UEFA Futsal Cup finalists Luparense Calcio A5 have sacked Spanish coach Federico Montaldo Vidal due to disappointing Serie A1 form and appointed his compatriot Sito Rivera, formerly in charge of Romania and FC CIP Deva.

The Training Ground can be the perfect companion to the UEFA European Futsal Championship in Hungary, with video guides to the sport, top skills masterclasses and coaches' tactical insights.

Having scored the decisive penalty in Azerbaijan's shoot-out win against Ukraine, Rizvan Farzaliyev saluted his goalkeeper, saying Alesio's team had "Lady Luck and Andrey Tveryankin" on their side.

UEFA Executive Committee member Mircea Sandu has been re-elected for a sixth term as president of the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) at the association's general assembly.

After beating Russia to reach the quarter-finals, Serbia captain Bojan Pavićević felt his side could be more than a match for Portugal, telling uefa.com: "It's just their speed that makes them stand out."

Spain and Russia were tipped to meet in the final but events have conspired to pair them in the quarter-finals and the holders' coach José Venancio López is anticipating "a life or death" encounter.

Delighted to be staying in Budapest for Serbia's UEFA European Futsal Championship quarter-final against Portugal, Aca Kovačević is hoping Sunday's 4-3 victory against fancied Russia augurs well.

Azerbaijan 3-3 Ukraine (Azerbaijan win 4-2 on pens)
Rizvan Farzaliyev struck the death blow for Gennadiy Lysenchuk's side after a thrilling quarter-final at Budapest's Papp László Arena.

Czech Republic 3-3 Italy (Czech Republic win 3-1 on pens)
Second-string goalkeeper Libor Gerčák was the hero as the Czech Republic defeated Italy on penalties to reach the semi-finals.

German champions VfL Wolfsburg have sacked coach Armin Veh following the 3-2 home loss to lowly 1. FC Köln on Sunday which extended their winless run to nine games in all competitions.

The much-anticipated Milan derby did not disappoint as nine-man FC Internazionale Milano put their city rivals back in their place, with Wayne Rooney rampant in England, as uefa.com now recaps.

AS Roma could be without the services of on-loan striker Luca Toni for up to a month because of a calf injury the 32-year-old sustained during the Giallorossi's 2-1 victory away to Juventus on Saturday.

Italy coach Roberto Menichelli says that the character the Czech Republic showed in their stunning comeback against Hungary makes them dangerous opponents in the first of the quarter-finals.

FC Twente's 39-year-old goalkeeper Sander Boschker says he has "no plans to stop" after equalling the record for most Eredivisie appearances for one club with league game No528 for the Tukkers.

Italian Under-21 international keeper Vito Mannone has promised to "repay the club for the faith they have shown in me" after signing an undisclosed long-term contract extension with Arsenal FC.

The UEFA European Futsal Championship quarter-finals begin on Monday without hosts Hungary, Belarus, Belgium and Slovenia. uefa.com examines the campaigns of the four eliminated teams.

The knockout path to Saturday's final has been set and in the last eight holders Spain take on 1999 champions Russia, Italy face the Czech Republic, Azerbaijan meet Ukraine and Portugal play Serbia.