Euro 2016 mascot unveiled

Published November 19, 2014
A HANDOUT image from UEFA shows the mascot for the upcoming Euro 2016.
—AFP
A HANDOUT image from UEFA shows the mascot for the upcoming Euro 2016. —AFP

PARIS: Organisers of Euro 2016 on Tuesday unveiled the tournament mascot, a cartoon boy in the France team kit with a red cape fluttering behind.

The mascot, which has yet to be named and was unveiled on Twitter, was due to make its first public appearance later on Tuesday before a friendly between France and Sweden at Stade Velodrome in Marseille.

It will be named later this month after a vote by fans.The new mascot is taking over Slavek and Slavko, the twin figures in football kits of Poland and Ukraine who were chosen for the previous tournament.

Published in Dawn, November 19th , 2014

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