Harry Kewell (born 22 September 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales), is an Australian professional footballer who plays for Galatasaray.[1][2]
An exceptional dribbler on the wing also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder and as a second striker, he is often regarded within the media as “Australia’s finest football export”,[citation needed] despite his career being blighted with injury. Against Croatia he scored the crucial goal to get Australia through to the knockout stages of the 2006 World Cup. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Australian Professional Footballers’ Association.[3]
UEFA today announced that five bid dossiers to host the final tournament of the 2012 UEFA European Championship have been submitted to European football’s governing body before yesterday’s closing date.
Bid deadline
The national associations of Croatia/Hungary (joint bid), Greece, Italy, Poland/Ukraine (joint bid) and Turkey have handed their bid dossiers to UEFA by the stipulated deadline. Russia, Romania and Azerbaijan had previously expressed an interest but have not pursued their bids.
Extensive evaluation
“UEFA is delighted with the interest shown in hosting one of the world biggest sporting events and will now make an extensive evaluation of the dossiers,” UEFA said.
December 2006 decision
The UEFA Executive Committee will then reduce the number of candidates to three on 7 November 2005. The final decision on the host(s) of UEFA EURO 2012 will be taken by the Executive Committee in December 2006.
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