Euro 2008 with the English.
Euro 2008 kick off today in Switzerland with 16 teams with Germany and Spain as front runners. The dark horse are Italy, Portugal, Holland and Russia?

Who can forget when Greece won it last time. Other teams may surprise too?

But one of them will not the England. England have fail to quality for the championship. Even when they have 3 English team in this season UEFA Champions league semi-finals.

But having more teams in the champions league does not make thier national team better.
Out of 498 BPL players only 170 were English in the BPL, or about 34.1%. The number is at a all time low.

Other national team have
Italian Serie A: had 7.3 Italians per team
Spanish La Liga A: had 6.9 Spaniards per team
German Bundesliga: had 4.9 Germans per team

Most player present at Euro 2008 are playing in the German Bundesliga

Sport Calendar for the month of June

Football Jun 7-29 European Champions Finals
England may not be at Euro 2008, but there is still plenty of interest in Austria and Switzerland. Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal and France are good bets. But Watch out for Czech Rep, Croatia and Holland

Tennis Jun 23-Jul Wimbledon: The Championships
Federer, Djokovic, Nadal.
Sharapova, Ivanovic, Jankovic

Golf Jun 12-15 US Open
Tiger Woods vs the rest.

Athletics Jun Weekend IAAF Meeting
It the Olympics Year, watch out for athletic from USA, Russia and even China for a surprise.