Germany will host the Euro 2024 soccer tournament after beating the only other bidders Turkey in a two-horse contest on Thursday. The decision, announced by UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, was a bitter disappointment for Turkey who also failed with bids to host the 2008, 2012 and 2016 tournaments. Germany plans to stage the tournament in 10 cities - Berlin, Munich, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Duesseldorf, Cologne, Leipzig and Frankfurt. "We all still have the images and emotions of 2006 very vividly in our memory," Bundesliga President Reinhard Rauball said. Euro 2004 will fascinate people with our sport, both in Germany and well beyond it."

Source: dna September 27, 2018 13:55 UTC