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PARIS -- The Latest on the European Championship (all times local):---5:45 p.m.UEFA leaders do not expect outgoing president Michel Platini to accept their invitation to attend the European Championship final on Sunday.Though Platini is banned from any football duties until 2019 by FIFAs ethics committee, he could go to see France vs. Portugal at the Stade de France without getting involved in official business.UEFA interim general secretary Theodore Theodoridis says Platinis invitation has been open for the whole month-long tournament.Theodoridis says at a UEFA news conference that until now he (Platini) has not shown interest, and according to my knowledge, will not be coming. I hope that he is changing his mind.Platini, who has a holiday home near Marseille, had a central role when France won the title at the last two tournaments its hosted.He lifted the trophy as captain of the Euro 1984 team, which beat Spain 2-0 in the final at the Parc des Princes, and headed the organizing committee of the 1998 World Cup, when France beat Brazil 3-0 at the Stade de France.---5:25 p.m.If TV audiences are anything to go by, the 330,000 people who live in tiny Iceland are clearly soccer-mad.The national teams victory over England in the last 16 on June 27 was watched by no fewer than 99.8 per cent of the countrys TV audience.It meant that only 298 viewers were watching another program, while the soccer team registered the north Atlantic countrys biggest sporting achievement.---5:00 p.m.UEFA expects to make a profit of 830 million euros ($917 million) from the European Championship.UEFAs projected tournament finances published Friday showed total revenue of 1.93 billion euros ($2.13 billion) for the expanded 24-team tournament.That is a rise of 34 percent -- earned from 20 extra matches -- over Euro 2012 which had 16 teams and 31 matches.UEFA says broadcast rights earned just over 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion); sponsorship and licensing deals were worth 480 million euros ($530 million); and sales of tickets and hospitality earned 400 million euros ($441 million).Spending by UEFA on Euro 2016 included 650 million euros ($718 million) on organizing the event; 301 million euros ($333 million) in team prize money; and 150 million euros ($168 million) to clubs for releasing their players.UEFA says it will pay 600 million euros ($663 million) of expected tournament profit to its 55 member federations for development projects over the next four years.UEFA will bank 230 million euros ($254 million) to cover its own running costs for the next four years.---2 p.m.Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech says he is retiring from international football.The 34-year-old says he wants to fully focus on his career at Premier League club Arsenal. Cech has been a mainstay on the Czech national team since his 2002 debut, a 2-0 victory over Hungary. He has played a record 124 matches for his country since.The highlight of his international career came at the 2004 European Championship when the Czechs reached the semifinals. He helped the team qualify for every continental championship since and played in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.His last match in the national jersey was a 2-0 loss to Turkey in the final group stage game at Euro 2016 in France on June 21.---12:15 p.m.Pepe trained away from his Portugal teammates during training on Friday before Sundays European Championship final against France.The central defender failed to recover from a thigh muscle injury in time to play in the semifinal against Wales, which Portugal won 2-0.There has been no update from Portugal on the condition of Real Madrids Pepe, who was doing ball work with a member of the Portuguese staff on Friday at the teams training base south of Paris.Pepe has been on excellent form in France, reining in his famed hot temper and organizing Portugals defense.---12:15 p.m.UEFA says English referee Mark Clattenburg will handle the European Championship final.Clattenburg completes a big match hat trick after officiating at the UEFA Champions League final and English FA Cup final in May.He follows Pedro Proenca of Portugal in 2012 in refereeing UEFAs two highest profile matches back to back.Clattenburg has handled three previous matches at Euro 2016, though none involving the two teams playing at Stade de France on Sunday.Grossiste Air Max 90 Chine . -- James Young couldnt wait to apply those tweaks to his jump shot, and the first one he made against UT Arlington told him it could be a good night. Air Max 95 Promo . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. http://www.pascherairmax95.fr/ . A knee to the thigh might have stung him the most, but his sixth straight double-double made up for the brief burst of pain. Grossiste Air Max 95 . Self was acquired from the Buffalo Bandits in a trade for Alex Hill midway through last season, and made his debut in Rochester on March 16, 2013. Air Max 95 Pas Cher France . Jason Zucker and Matt Cooke also scored for Minnesota, which has won five of six. Kuemper made five saves in the first, nine in the second, and nine in the third. The rookies best save came with 2:17 left in the third period when he denied former Wild forward Matt Cullen from just outside of the crease on the right side.One of the most critical relationships in a cricket team is that between a captain and his spin bowler. A spinner relies more than fast bowlers do on the captain trusting him enough to offer him the right opportunities with the right fields to be successful. Not every spinner - hardly any in fact - possesses the sort of confidence we saw from a Shane Warne or a Graeme Swann at their peak, and the confidence of the captain is the bedrock on which they gain it.Thats why I was intrigued by the way Steve Smith used Nathan Lyon at the WACA Ground, specifically only giving him 12 overs on the third day, with none before lunch. Ive seen Steves explanation about wanting to focus on using the reverse-swinging ball early in the day, but I also know that when Nathan did come on to bowl in the afternoon, he almost immediately created the first clear chance of the day. I wonder how much confidence the decision to hold him back showed in him.This isnt to say that Steve and Nathan dont have a great relationship - they do. But theres a difference between being friends off the field and strong collaborators on it. One of Michael Clarkes great strengths was a terrific instinct for when and how to use Nathan for maximum impact. Its easy for us to forget that Steve remains a young captain, learning his tactical craft, and a big part of that will be finding ways to get the best out of his spinner.There was a contrast here between Australia and South Africa, one of many in a Test match where the visitors ran out handsome winners. The game turned on the second day around the time that Dale Steyn left the field injured, as Faf du Plessis gambled boldly and successfully on his dwindling pace resources. Kagiso Rabada was given licence to go after the Australians with a piercing spell of reverse swing, and South Africa never surrendered their advantage.To be perfectly honest, I was shocked how skilful Rabada was for someone so young. He actually reminded me of Pat Cummins on his Test debut at the Wanderers in 2011. That week, in a high-pressure game, immediately after we had been bowled out for 47 in Cape Town, Patty put on an amazingly complete display as a fast bowler, delivering different kinds of spells, gearing up and down in pace, swinging the ball both ways, and contributing to a nail-biting victory - he even hit the winning runs.Unfortunately for Pat, hes not been able to stay fit long enough to play another Test since then. But the maturity he showed then, beyond his teenaged years, was mirrored in the way Raabada went about his work in Perth.dddddddddddd. Once he got a sniff of a wicket he geared up from around 135kph to 145kph, found reverse swing in both innings, and seemed generally to know what he was trying to do at any given moment to work a batsman out. These skills are rare enough in the game, let alone for a 21-year-old. Above all, Rabada bowled like a leader of the attack, taking it upon himself to change the direction of the game. Thats something I look forward to seeing from Josh Hazlewood, who is now getting really settled in the Australian side. Josh played quite a lot of Shield cricket before he took his first big bag, in the 2014 final at Manuka Oval, and I reckon a similar breakthrough moment for him in Tests is just around the corner.It was no good for the team to lose both Shaun Marsh and Peter Siddle. Shaun looked very much the part as an opening partner for Davey Warner, while Sidds is always a selfless contributor to any team. Coming off his back injury, Sidds would have known the risks going into the game, and really he has fallen prey to the need to back up so quickly after the first-innings batting fell away.One part of the game we dont always take into calculations is the mental mindset of the guys, particularly now they have lost four Test matches in a row. At key moments in games, like the second day in Perth, a few losses under your belt can mean a feeling of here we go again and negative thoughts starting to build up.Thats where Ill be looking for something more from Davey and Steve in Hobart. Davey played beautifully in the first innings but probably left a few runs out there, maybe even 100 more. Steve was looking secure in the second innings when Rabada tempted him into error. The true test of where the Australians are at as a cricket team will be how they respond at Bellerive Oval this week. One thing the team has done really well over recent years - with Davey and Steve often at the forefront - is to counterpunch from a loss.Theres a lot of pride in the group about playing for Australia, and there will also be an awareness of the way Darren Lehmann works as a coach. Hes all about letting people make mistakes, because thats how you learn to play the game. But his fuse will shorten if he sees guys repeat similar mistakes a few times, and over the past four Test matches that has certainly been the case, particularly among the batsmen. ' ' '