Groningen striker Nicklas Pedersen and Jores Okore, a defender with FC Nordsjaelland, are the last two players to join the Denmark squad for the European Championship.

Polish justice authorities say they are moving some 600 inmates out of jails in cities hosting European championship games next month to make room for law-breaking football fans and are putting judges on stand-by.

World Cup final referee Howard Webb has urged players to stop faking injuries because it could jeopardize treatment for players who suffer cardiac arrest and other life threatening conditions.

Liverpool's Dutch international Dirk Kuyt revealed on Thursday that Bundesliga side Hamburg was one of the options he was considering if he eventually decides to leave Anfield.

Bayern Munich's coach Jupp Heynckes says he has no intention of stepping down before his contract expires at the end of the next season.

Singapore has charged two Malaysians with conspiring to fix the result of a Malaysian Super League football game.

Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro, out of contract with Werder Bremen, is poised to sign a one year contract with former club Bayern Munich, it was reported on Thursday.

Arsenal forward Ryo Miyaichi was among 12 European-based players named to Japan's 25-man squad for three final-round World Cup qualifiers against Oman, Jordan and Australia next month.

Ukraine's president has played down plans by some European leaders to boycott Euro 2012 matches in Ukraine over the imprisonment of ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko, saying the event will be a success, according to an interview published on Thursday.

FIFA says referees could soon undergo testing for banned performance enhancing drugs.