Soccer wives' lucky strip

Footballers' wives are baring all to motivate their men for Euro 2004. A full-page nude picture appears daily in a Moscow-based newspaper in the hope of inspiring the Russian players.

The nine women, including the wife of Portsmouth's Alexey Smertin, pose with snaps of their husbands.

'The wives have done their part, now it's the men's turn,' said photographer Svetlana Yeriklintseva.