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European football's governing body UEFA has signed an agreement with Sharp that will see the Japanese electronics manufacturer become a sponsor of Euro 2012 and all other main UEFA national team competitions until 2013.

Polish commercial broadcaster Polsat plans to launch a volleyball channel that will be distributed both in Poland and internationally.

UEFA has appointed Austria-based company DO & CO as the exclusive hospitality and catering service provider for Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

(corrected - date of friendly was mistakenly reported as September 6, 2010 in an earlier edition) Poland and Germany will play an international football friendly on September 6, 2011 to mark the opening of the new National Stadium in Warsaw.

Oil and lubricant producer Castrol has joined apparel brand Adidas as a sponsor of Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.

The award of Poland and Ukraine to co-host football’s Euro 2012 championship was a “risky” move as the two countries lack any experience in hosting big sports events, UEFA president Michel Platini was quoted as saying yesterday.

Uefa has confirmed that the cities of Kiev, Lviv, Donetsk and Kharkiv in the Ukraine will host Euro 2012 matches, a confirmation which had been delayed due to slow progress in infrastructure projects at some of the venues.

The Polish government has said it will give full support to the bid by Poznan to host the 2014 Youth Olympics.

Guadalajara in Mexico, Nanjing in China, and Poznan in Poland have submitted candidature files to the International Olympic Committee in bids to host the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014.

Poland may host the 2012 European Championship on its own if Ukraine does not complete its Kiev stadium on schedule, UEFA president Michel Platini was quoted as saying by Polish media.

Ukraine and Poland will tell UEFA this week that recent major organisational changes have started to solve their many problems in jointly hosting Euro 2012, Reuters reports.

Ukraine's government is dissolving an agency overseeing preparations for Euro 2012 after UEFA, European football’s governing body, complained that it was inefficient, Reuters reports.

Authorities in Ukraine are facing a further crisis after an Austrian firm pulled out of constructing a stadium for the Euro 2012 finals, an official said on Monday.

Poland risks suspension by FIFA from all football competitions, and the loss of co-hosting rights for Euro 2012, unless it reinstates the country's Football Association by 11am UK today.

UEFA, European football’s governing body, will rebuke Poland and Ukraine again next week over a lack of progress in their preparations to host Euro 2012, but will stop short of withdrawing the right to stage the event, according to Reuters.

The Prime Minister of Poland has said that construction projects needed to stage football’s 2012 European Championship will be completed on time.