Raymond Domenech has survived the sack with the French Football Federation announcing on Thursday that he had kept his job as manager despite France's poor showing at Euro 2008.
Euro 2008 champions Spain have raced to the top of the latest FIFA rankings issued on Wednesday, while India remained static at 153rd position.
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.
A huge flag-waving crowd gave Germany's not quite all-conquering football team a heroes' welcome in central Berlin despite their 1-0 defeat to Spain in the final of Euro 2008.
Euro 2008 champions Spain flew into Madrid-Barajas airport to a thunderous reception on Monday evening.
Sports goods manufacturer Adidas said on Monday that its merchandise sales during the just concluded Euro-2008 football tournament had exceeded that registered during the May-June Indian Premier League cricket fest.
Football has been the winner at the European Championships.The 31 matches have been followed by a huge global television audience and millions of fans who visited the host cities. The tournament saw open and free-flowing football producing 77 goals in all and was devoid of any ugly clashes on or off the pitch.
Some 100,000 Germany fans have welcomed their team home to the capital after a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Spain in the European Championship final.
France will on Tuesday take over the the rotating presidency of the 27-nation European Union, which it will hold for the next six months. It's an important job, presiding over a bloc that is home to nearly half a billion people and with an economy rivalling America's, yet that struggles to manage its financial and diplomatic clout.
Spanish midfielder Xavi was named player of Euro 2008 by UEFA on Monday. Meanwhile, highest goal scorer for the tournament was Spain's David Villa.
Spain's match winner Fernando Torres said a dream had come true for him by winning his first major international title and Spain's first trophy for 44 years.
Germany went to bed quietly and peacefully in the early hours of Monday after its national team was beaten comprehensively by Spain for the Euro 2008 title a few hours earlier.
Having lost May's Champions League final with Chelsea, Michael Ballack again suffered silverware heartbreak as Germany lost the Euro 2008 final 1-0 to Spain.
Germany coach Joachim Loew admitted that Spain were the better side after watching his team be beaten 1-0 in the Euro 2008 final Vienna.
Spanish newspapers on Monday predicted a "new era" in Spanish football after the national team beat Germany 1-0 in the Euro 2008 final to give the country its first major title in 44 years.- In a fairy-tale ending to a fantastic event, Spain claimed their second European Championship edging past Germany 1-0 in a tense yet open encounter at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna on Sunday.
The Euro 2008 final has arrived at last and the whole world - and universe - came together on Sunday in Vienna to celebrate the culmination of three weeks of football.
The streets of Vienna became home to thousands of Germany and Spain soccer fans on Sunday, as the city prepares for the final of Euro 2008.
Austrian authorities have said they will mobilize 2,500 army troops and deploy an extra 1,200 police officers around Vienna to secure the capital for Sunday's European Championship final.
Germany captain Michael Ballack was rated almost certain to start Sunday's Euro 2008 final against Spain, despite straining his right calf in training, German media reported from Vienna as the countdown to the match reached fever pitch.
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.
Italian referee Roberto Rosetti praised a fair Euro 2008 tournament on the eve of the final between Germany and Spain.
Midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger said Germany can win the European Championship final if it prevents Spain's passing game.
Defender Carles Puyol said the usual criticism surrounding Spain coach Luis Aragones and his players has helped the team form a more cohesive group at the European Championship.
Spain coach Luis Aragones has suggested the country's football federation did not do enough to make him stay with the national team.
