England got the result and the quarter-final tie they wanted, with the returning Wayne Rooney heading the only goal of the game in the 48th minute.

An exhilarating match on an extraordinary night in Donetsk, with play suspended for almost an hour because of a thunderstorm, ended with France beating their hosts to go top of Group D and a long way towards securing a place in the knockout stages.

Two high-quality second-half goals from Andriy Shevchenko gave hosts Ukraine a triumphant start to Euro 2012 in Kiev last night.

Ukraine 2 Sweden 1

AIDEN McGEADY’S dream of playing in the Europa League final at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium is in tatters after his Spartak Moscow side crashed 5-1 at Porto in last night’s quarter-final first leg tie.

Three late goals put some shine on Ukraine’s performance as they hammered Andorra 6-0 tonight to finish as runners-up to England in World Cup qualifying Group Six.

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC and Samuel Eto’o were both kept under wraps by their former team-mates as Inter Milan held Champions League holders Barcelona to a goalless draw at the San Siro last night.

Sporting Lisbon 3 Dynamo Kiev 0

Scotland 3 Ukraine 1

Ukraine 2 Scotland 0

Sheva still enjoys lavish praise from Italian opposition but that could change, writes Ben Lyttleton.

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

Spain 4 Ukraine 0

Dynamo Kiev 2 Arsenal 1

Ukraine 0 N Ireland 0