Articles tagged with "olympics"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Oct 2nd, 2009
Anybody who knows anything has been predicting Rio de Janeiro to win the 2016 summer Olympics bid, and today that formality became a reality. With ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | May 29th, 2009
The great 2012 Olympics debate has finally been settled. Or at least very nearly. You may recall that the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish FAs ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Mar 25th, 2009
And the price may be quite high.
Since WADA implemented its 'whereabouts' campaign - it "requires athletes in all sports to give drug-testers three months' ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 5th, 2009
I think the answer might be yes. Partly because no one ever writes a blog post with a question in the title unless the answer ...
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Jan 25th, 2009
It was a tough year for Foppe. Football fans wanted the old master to take over from Van Basten pre the EC2008, but the former ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Nov 9th, 2008
... and apparently, David Cameron agrees. Usually, those three words would make me rethink any position on any issue, but since the idea was ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 27th, 2008
So the latest Brazil squad has been announced, and Ronaldinho's name is nowhere to be seen. Maybe not a huge Shock after the Milan man ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Brendan | Sep 7th, 2008
I just want to apologize for not posting in a while, things have been pretty hectic, and I haven't been able to devote as much ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 4th, 2008
The September FIFA World Rankings were announced yesterday, without too many changes from August. Euro 2008 champs Spain are still numero uno and Italy have ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Aug 23rd, 2008
In an Olympic gold medal game marked strangely by two extra stoppages in play for water breaks, Argentina got the lone goal and that's all ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Christian | Aug 22nd, 2008
In less then 45 minutes Argentina will take the field at the National Stadium in Pekin where they will hope to defend their Gold Medal ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Christian | Aug 22nd, 2008
With Brazil disposed of and Nigeria waiting in the wings, Argentina are now one win away from claiming the Gold Medal at this year's Olympic ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Christian | Aug 19th, 2008
What more can be said. Argentina, in the finest display yet in these Olympic games, routed arch rivals Brazil 3-0 to advance to the final ...
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: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Christian | Aug 19th, 2008
Argentina are mere hours away from facing their biggest test yet in these 2008 Olympic games, when they play their fierce rivals Brazil in the ...
Posted on: Australia World Cup Team Blog by Caleb | Aug 18th, 2008
G'day everyone. I'm Caleb, and I'm a new member of the Australia World Cup Blog team; hopefully that should mean more posts and more opinions.
Anyway, ...
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: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 17th, 2008
First things first- apologies. I didn't liveblog the match like I planned to, so sorry for that. And sorry for not posting over the past ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Christian | Aug 16th, 2008
We are just underway here in Shanghai for the quarterfinal matchup between Argentina and the Netherlands! Should Sergio Batista's men be victorious they will find ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Christian | Aug 15th, 2008
I'm happy to introduce to everyone Brendan Farmer, a new writer who will be joining the Argentina World Cup Blog as a weekly contributor. I'll ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 15th, 2008
Tomorrow we enter the Olympic soccer quarterfinals where we face Belgium. In this post I'll try a new format for a match preview, so sit ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Christian | Aug 14th, 2008
With yesterday's 2-0 victory over Serbia, Argentina finished with a perfect 9 points in Group A at the 2008 Olympics, and will face The Netherlands ...
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: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 13th, 2008
By all accounts, the game against Cameroon didn't go well. I didn't see it firsthand (I love the Azzurri but there's no way I can ...
Posted on: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Christian | Aug 13th, 2008
With a place in the quarterfinals already booked and 1st place in Group A on the line, Argentina will face Serbia this morning, which you ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Aug 12th, 2008
Nothing beats a Slip 'N Slide pitch like the one Norway and Japan were fortunate enough to play on today during today's final round of ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 12th, 2008
This is it. Tomorrow, we play the final match of the group stages. We know what's at stake here- beat Cameroon, and we avoid Brazil ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Aug 12th, 2008
Italy have been dealt a blow. The only overage player brought to the tourney by Casiraghi, Tommaso Rocchi, has been ruled out for the remainder ...
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: Argentina World Cup Team Blog by Christian | Aug 12th, 2008
With Sunday's 1-0 victory over Australia at this year's Beijing Olympics, Argentina have now booked a place in the quarter-finals, and a win this Wednesday ...
