Old TalisMan Shevchenko gives Ukraine win as England Settle for a Draw

Andriy Shevchenko was the hero for co-hosts Ukraine as they came from behind to beat Sweden and go top of Group D.

The 35-year-old scored two headers in the space of six minutes to turn the game in his side's favour after Zlatan Ibrahimovic had given Sweden a second-half lead.

The Swedes applied a lot of late pressure in search of an equaliser.

But the home nation and their talismanic striker were not to be denied an important opening win.

Elsewhere, England's opening Euro 2012 game ended in stalemate as they played out a low-key draw with France in Donetsk.

Joleon Lescott gave England the lead with a header from captain Steven Gerrard's free-kick - but France were level before the interval with a fine 20-yard finish from Lescott's Manchester City team-mate Samir Nasri.

It was a game that dulled the early sparkle of this tournament, and was played out in searing temperatures inside the Donbass Arena by two teams who may well take satisfaction from a point from their first game.