Switzerland 0 Portugal 0

THE streets of Geneva were thronged with jubilant Portuguese fans as our tram inched through horn-tooting traffic on its way to the main railway station on Wednesday night.

Switzerland 1 Turkey 2

SWITZERLAND and Turkey renew rivalries tonight in a game both teams must win to keep their Euro 2008 dream alive (kick-off 7.45pm).

Switzerland 0 Ukraine 0 (aet, Ukraine qualify 3-0 on penalties)

Switzerland 2 South Korea 0

Togo 0 Switzerland 2

Arsenal duo Philippe Senderos and Johan Djourou have been named in Switzerland’s World Cup squad.

SHAY GIVEN, who was at the centre of an injury scare yesterday, is expected to be fit to play against Switzerland tomorrow night.

A DETERMINED Switzerland will try to prevent France completing their first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in 20 years on Saturday.

SWITZERLAND coach Kobi Kuhn has dismissed suggestions that his side are favourites to top Group Four and qualify for next summer’s World Cup finals.

YOUNG BOYS Bern playmaker Hakan Yakin, recently struggling with a thigh injury, has been omitted from the Switzerland squad for the games against France and the Republic of Ireland.

Switzerland 1 Israel 1

SWISS playmaker Hakan Yakin will be suspended for his team’s crunch clash with France in Paris on March 26 after collecting his second yellow card of the World Cup qualifying campaign against Israel on Saturday.

BARELY two days in the French capital, and if I had a franc for every time I’ve heard an Irish voice proclaim that “there’s never been a better time to take on France in Paris“, I’d have, oh, about ten or eleven francs by now.

THE attitude of the Swiss in Wednesday’s eventful World Cup tie in Basel removed all doubt that Clinton Morrison was exaggerating when he criticised them before the Group 4 qualifier.

Shay Given is demanding another four-point haul when his Republic of Ireland team-mates tackle the next World Cup qualifying double-header in a month’s time.

Republic of Ireland boss Brian Kerr believes Patrick Vieira’s absence from the France team will be of little significance in next month’s World Cup qualifier.

Switzerland 1 Ireland 1

Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr declared himself satisfied with a point from his side’s 1-1 draw against Switzerland.

Switzerland 1 Republic of Ireland 1

Clinton Morrison's and Hakan Yakin's goals in the first 20 minutes have not been added to, and it has finished 1-1 between the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland in tonights World Cup qualifier.

Goals from Clinton Morrison and Hakan Yakin mean that the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland are level at half-time.

After a period of pressure from Switzerland, Hakan Yakin has put them back on level terms with the Republic of Ireland.

Clinton Morrison has put Ireland ahead eight minutes into their World Cup qualifier against Switzerland, heading the ball in from a Damien Duff cross.

Roy Keane made his long-awaited competitive return for the Republic of Ireland after an absence of almost three years tonight.

New Celtic signing Juninho paid tribute to the Parkhead atmosphere after playing a starring role in the 1-0 Old Firm derby win over Rangers on his debut.

PITY the Euro 2004 managers whose loyalty to some tired old warriors was misplaced. How it cost them.

Switzerland 1 France 3

Switzerland 1 France 3

Euro 2004 results:

Switzerland 1 France 1

Bixente Lizarazu returned for France’s final Group B match with Switzerland at the Estadio Cidade de Coimbra as coach Jacques Santini made four changes to the team held 2-2 by Croatia.

THIERRY Henry says that he and his French team-mates have yet to fire on all cylinders as they approach tonight’s final Euro 2004 Group B match with Switzerland.

Switzerland coach Kobi Kuhn believes the football gods are conspiring against his team but hopes he will return to favour with the divinities when they play France in their final group match.

England 3 Switzerland 0

England 1 Switzerland 0

Fabio Celestini, born in Lausanne of Italian parents, is set to replace the suspended Johann Vogel in an otherwise unchanged Switzerland side to meet England in Group B in Coimbra tomorrow.

England have been warned to beware of Swiss “spirit and pride” at Euro 2004.

ROMANIA routed Germany 5-1 in a friendly last night, giving the World Cup runners-up a major headache just over a month before the start of Euro 2004.

Germany suffered their heaviest defeat since losing 5-1 to England three years ago as Romania thrashed them by the same scoreline tonight.

VFB STUTTGART have finalised the signing of Switzerland playmaker Hakan Yakin from FC Basel ahead of their Champions League home clash with Chelsea on February 23.

Newcastle 1 FC Basle 0 (aggregate 4-2)