UEFA's decision is final that Poland and Ukraine will host Euro 2012, the head of Poland's football association Michal Listkiewicz said after the European body decided to keep the two nations as co-hosts of the football championship.

Manchester United's striker Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA European Club Footballer of the Year during the proceedings for the Champions League draw in Monaco on Thursday.

European soccer body UEFA head Michel Platini was in Kiev to inspect personally Ukraine's preparations so far to co-host the Euro 2012 football championship.

Amid concerns that preparations for the tournament are seriously behind schedule, Ukraine and Poland have promised soccer officials that they are well on course to successfully host the 14th European Championships.

No banned substances were detected among the 300 doping controls carried out during Euro 2008, the director of the Vienna/Seibersdorf laboratory Gunter Gmeiner confirmed on Tuesday.

UEFA President Michel Platini said on Saturday that he hopes to hand over the Euro 2008 winner's trophy to Spain, a team that Platini and his team France defeated in the 1984 finals.

After all the abuse, shoves and catcalls they suffer from players in their national leagues, referees at Euro 2008 earned what they were asking for - "Respect."

Roberto Rosetti of Italy is the referee for Sunday's Euro 2008 final, Europe's governing body UEFA announced on Monday.

The Euro 2008 web site has recorded more than 1 billion hits since it was launched in February, and UEFA claimed internet traffic is up from the tournament in Portugal four years ago.

UEFA's top football analyst believes that surprise European Championship semifinalist Russia has an advantage over its three rivals because its players are only halfway through their domestic season.

The Euro 2008 semi-final matches in Vienna and Basel will go under the motto "United Against Racism," the ruling body Union of European Football Associations announced on Saturday at a press conference in Vienna.

European football governing body UEFA late on Sunday denied censoring television images at the European Championships.

UEFA are spending $306,720 to lay new turf at St Jakob Park after rain damage left the pitch unfit the remaining three matches scheduled for the European Championship venue.

UEFA said the European Championship is an unmitigated success so far, with plenty of goals, no red cards and well-behaved fans filling stadia in Austria and Switzerland.

UEFA is promoting a charity initiative of the Red Cross that encourages fans to support their team at the European Championship and help land mine victims in Afghanistan.

The world's football associations meeting in Sydney on Friday endorsed FIFA President Joseph Blatter's proposal to limit the number of foreign players on club teams.