A 2-1 victory gave the hosts their first European championship final.
A round-up of the weekend soccer action in eastern Europe.
Tommy Robredo won a first-round thriller against Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round of the Hamburg Masters.
Top seed Rafael Nadal was stunned 3-6 6-3 6-4 by Italian Andreas Seppi in one of series of second-round upsets at the World Indoor Tournament on Thursday. Second seed Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, third seeded Spaniard David Ferrer and fifth seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic also suffered early exits.
Muguruza seals semi-final berth, Pliskova beats Krejcikova at WTA Finals.
Denmark's Christian Eriksen was given CPR by medical staff on the pitch during the Euro 2020 match against Finland before being rushed to a nearby hospital.
Former world number one and 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moya is among those who has confirmed for the event that begins on September 25.
Germany became the first country to win a place at Euro 2008 with a 0-0 draw in Ireland on Saturday, while World Cup finalists Italy and France still live in fear of losing out to Scotland.
The seventh seeds were subdued 6-1, 7-6 (4) by Janko Tipsarevic and Mikhail Youzhny
Spain's depth of talent and growing appetite for Davis Cup success mean the only team that could have given them a real run for their money in this year's final would have been "Spain B".
World champion and season leader Anderson Peters of Grenada won the competition with a best throw of 90.31m which he came up with in this third attempt.
The Dutch striker has been banned for two World Cup qualifying matches for insulting referee Anders Frisk.
A look at the Greece squad ahead of their Euro 2004 semi-final against the Czech Republic.
Former champion Ana Ivanovic was at her brilliant, aggressive best on Tuesday. The seventh seed swept aside Ukraine's Elina Svitolina 6-3, 6-2 to storm into the French Open semi-finals.
They were beaten 6-2 4-6 2-6 by the Argentinean pair of Juan Ignacio Chela and Gaston Gaudio.
Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy entered the semi-finals of the men's doubles at the US Open, beating seventh seeds Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Dick Normam of Belgium 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 on Tuesday.
The Indian under-14 girls' team qualified for the finals of World Junior tennis competition after blanking Uzbekistan 3-0 in a quarter-final match of the Asia/Oceania zone qualifier in Delhi.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Martin Damm lost 3-6, 6-7 (7-9) against Kevin Ullyett and Wayne Black in the quarterfinals in Montreal
Showing great mobility, the towering Czech neutralised the potentially tricky world number 25 in a sometimes tetchy two-hour contest on Margaret Court Arena.
The Indo-Aussie pair beat Jared Easton and Bernard Tomic to advance to the boys' doubles quarter-finals at the Australian Open.
Vijay Sundar Prasanth made it to the main draw joining compatriots Somdev Devvarman and Ramkumar Ramanthan.
The European Football Championship kicked off on Friday, June 11, and with the first round of matches in the league stage of Euro 2020 done and dusted, here's a look at the five best goals thus far.
Andy Roddick beat Tomas Berdych 4-6 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-4) to give the U.S. an unassailable 3-1 lead in their Davis Cup first round tie against the Czech Republic on Sunday.
The victory after four qualifiers moved Ireland on to four points but they are still struggling in fifth place.
World number one Serena Williams survived a scare to beat China's Li Na 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 on Wednesday and reach the Sony Ericsson Open semi-finals -- where she will meet her sister Venus.
Miranchuk made all the difference with a sublime individual performance
The former made it to the second round in the girls' doubles while the latter couldn't.
The sixth seeds beat fourth seeds Paul Hanley of Australia and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe in a nail-biting men's doubles semi-final at the US Open.
Second seed Maria Sharapova crushed defending champion Mary Pierce 6-2 6-3, setting up a last four clash with Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, who beat number four Elena Dementieva 6-4 6-3.
It was also a bad day for India's juniors at US Open on Sunday.
Petr Nitka's advice for Indians: 'It's time we destroyed prejudices and stereotypes'
The unseeded Indian rallied after dropping the first set to make the second round in the ITF Futures tournament.
The 17-year-old beat Russian Dinara Safina 6-3, 6-4 for her third career title
The pair weathered a tough opening set to beat Safin and his compatriot 7-5, 6-3.
National women's champion Aparna Popat moved into the second round of the tournament.
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