Articles tagged with "brazil"
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 20th, 2008
Belgium's road to the Olympic Men's Football Final ended yesterday against Nigeria. After solidly advancing from the group stages and upsetting Italy, the Nigerians proved ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 19th, 2008
Argentina 3-0 Brazil
Argentina avenged the 3-0 Copa America 2007 and Confederations Cup 2005 defeats in the Men's Olympic Football semi-final today, beating Brazil 3-0.
Bit of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 18th, 2008
There are few rivalries in international football to touch Brazil vs Argentina. Sure, other rivalries are fierce (England vs Scotland or USA vs Mexico) but ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 16th, 2008
Nigeria 2-0 Cote d'Ivoire
There was always going to be an African team in the semis, and it's going to be Nigeria. Peter Odemwingie opened the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Aug 14th, 2008
Everybody wants to see Argentina up against Brazil on a pitch, but two reps from their respective countries (one participating in the actual Olympics) decided ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 14th, 2008
Belgium advanced out of the group stage yesterday from a victory against New Zealand. The Young Devils finished second in the group with 2 wins, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Aug 13th, 2008
Might have been tripped, might not have. Either way, Diego shows us how to properly go to ground: perfect arch, pained facial expression, arms flailing, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 13th, 2008
And just like that, the group stage of the 2008 Men's Olympic Football tournament is over.
The quarter-finals look like this:
Nigeria vs Cote d'Ivoire
Italy vs Belgium
(winners ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 12th, 2008
Brazil's women's team isn't all about Marta you know. Brilliant as the number 10 is, there are other Brazilian ladies with ball skills and single ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 11th, 2008
Olympic football videos are getting harder to come by, but that doesn't mean I'm about to give up. Not when it's just starting to get ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 10th, 2008
All those pre-game worries seemed to be in vain. Did the Azzurri really gel against Honduras? I mean, those guys are just pushovers- what if ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 8th, 2008
Men's Olympic Football commenced yesterday in China. Eight group stage matches were played. In Group C, football giants Brazil faced off against a politically splitting ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 8th, 2008
The odd thing about the Olympic football tournament is that all the games seem to happen at once, rather than being spread out evenly as ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Aug 6th, 2008
Tomorrow, Belgium kicks off their Olympic Games trip against Brazil. The match starts at 18 H (local time) and will be played at Olympic Stadium ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 6th, 2008
Just when you thought the club vs country Olympic argument was settled...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has sided with Barcelona, Schalke 04 and Werder ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 1st, 2008
In less than a week, the 2008 Men's Olympic Football Tournament gets underway (complete with rubbish logo, left). August 6th to August 23rd. It's 16 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 30th, 2008
You asked for them, so here they are. The rosters for all of the men's teams heading to the Olympics. Kind of. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 30th, 2008
This is one of those stories that makes my maternal area go all soft and squishy.
Seems Anderson, the Brazilian ManU guy, absolutely made ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 27th, 2008
The Belgium olympic squad arrived in Yantai, China today. There the Young Devils will prepare for the upcoming Olympic Games. Two injured players went with ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 23rd, 2008
Remember when Ronaldinho ruled the world? He was constantly showing us that toothy grin while making fools out of various defenders and goalkeepers. With his ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 22nd, 2008
"You sure Cantona said this would help us get chicks?"
"Yeah. 'Check out those flamingos if you don't believe me,' he ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 21st, 2008
Schalke 04 player Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza, or Rafinha to you and I, has gone AWOL for the Olympics. The right back been called ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 17th, 2008
Heartbreak for the US Women's National team. Abby Wambach won't be going to the 2008 Olympics.
In the final pre-Olympic friendly last night, ...
Posted on: Belgium World Cup Team Blog by julien | Jul 15th, 2008
On August 7th, Belgium kicks off against Brazil in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The match will be played in Shenyang with a kickoff time ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Greg | Jul 3rd, 2008
Apparently on the verge of signing up to become the new national team boss, Carlos Queiroz is largely an unproven commodity. He did wonders ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 2nd, 2008
FIFA says... yes. The latest FIFA World rankings were released today, and a month of World Cup qualifying and a little tournament called Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jun 24th, 2008
We're six rounds into World Cup qualifying for the South American CONMEBOL teams, and Brazil is in 5th place out of ten countries. If ...
Posted on: Canada World Cup Team Blog by Kyle | Jun 8th, 2008
The Canadian nationally team has been busy in the previous week and well I haven't been here to inform you properly (what can I say ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 5th, 2008
The Yank and the Mank (aka Kevin and Russell) were kind enough to invite me on their (excellently titled) show yesterday, where we chatted for ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 3rd, 2008
I've heard it muttered that Euro 2008 would be better if Brazil were involved. Well, maybe. But then it wouldn't be the European Championships would ...
