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4 Ukrainian cities will cohost Euro 2012 UEFA News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City9c Tomorrow0c Snow and blowing snow Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK 4 Ukrainian cities will cohost Euro 2012 UEFALast Updated Friday December 11 2009 211 PM ET The Associated Press Four Ukraine cities will host games at the 2012 European Championship with Kyiv staging the tournament final the Union of European Football Associations announced Friday after backing off from a threat to scrap planned matches in the cohost countryDelays in building stadiums and infrastructure had raised doubts about whether all of Ukraines proposed venues would be ready for Euro 2012 which it is to cohost with neighbour PolandBut UEFAs executive committee said guarantees from the Ukrainian government technical reports on the progress of work and consultations with the host associations led it to go ahead with plans for group games in three cities (Donetsk Kharkiv and Lviv) and the final at the capitals 77000capacity venueEven so European footballs governing body said it would continue to closely monitor the state of infrastructure and operational preparations in UkraineThe UEFA Executive Committee specifically noted that there is still a huge amount of work that must be undertaken by all host cities and the government of Ukraine to guarantee the full and proper implementation of the tournament requirements for Euro 2012 matches it said in a statement after a twoday meeting in Portugals Madeira IslandsUEFA president Michel Platini has stood by Ukraine since it was awarded cohosting rights in April 2007 before the global financial crisisLast May Platini approved the Polish cities of Warsaw Gdansk Poznan and Wroclaw as venues but only Kyiv of the four proposed Ukrainian citiesUEFA extended the deadline for Donetsk Kharkiv and Lviv and withheld a promise that Kyivs reconstructed Olympic Stadium would host the finalSince then Ukraine has completed the 41000seat Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv and the Donbass Arena in DonetskKyivs arena and the Lemberg Stadium in Lviv are still under construction The Canadian Press 2009 Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR ...