Irish and Scot bid still alive

Scotland and Ireland's bid to host Euro 2008 is still alive after they survived the first round of voting.

Of the seven contenders, three have been rejected - Hungary, Russia and a joint bid between Bosnia and Croatia.

That leaves Austria-Switzerland, Greece-Turkey and the Nordic quartet of Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway competing against the Scots.

An announcement is expected in the early part of Thursday afternoon about the victorious bid.

A winning vote requires a majority decision, and if no bid is successful, the bidder with the lowest total will be eliminated until only two contenders are left, after which a final ballot will take place.