Articles tagged with "olympics-2008"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Aug 21st, 2008
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The US women's team won gold today in the Olympics on the heels of a 1-0 extra time victory ...
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 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 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: 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: 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: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 7th, 2008
Doesn't matter what Barcelona wants or what the Court of Arbitration for Sport says. Leo Messi played for Argentina against Cote d'Ivoire in the 2008 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 6th, 2008
The 2008 Men's Olympic Football Tournament starts tomorrow, so here's our World Cup Blog Players to Watch guide.
It's 10 big names who you probably already ...
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 Laurie | Aug 5th, 2008
Okay, here's the scoop -- here's everything I've been able to find out about Olympic soccer coverage, both from the links you've left and from ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Aug 5th, 2008
When I think of the Olympics, I think of ridiculous demonstrations and displays in the lead up to the opening ceremony. Thankfully, China has not ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Aug 4th, 2008
The club vs country Olympic row isn't over yet. Though FIFA have made it crystal clear that clubs HAVE to release U-23 players for Olympic ...
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 Daryl | Jul 31st, 2008
This is the Adidas Magnus Moenia, or Great Wall Star. It's what the good men and women competing in the 2008 Olympic Soccer Tournament will ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 31st, 2008
You know what really ticks me off? When companies get good publicity by saying they're going to offer something, and then they don't offer ...
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 Daryl | Jul 29th, 2008
That's right, Nigeria Olympic coach Samson Siasia has put his squad on notice, warning them that he expects the players to have sensible haircuts and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 25th, 2008
Argentina's defence of their 2004 Olympic soccer gold medal begins in less that two weeks, when they face Cote d'Ivoire at the Shanghai Stadium on ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Apr 20th, 2008
Here's what the Olympics group stage will look like:
Sixteen teams divided into four groups for the men, with top two from each moving on. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Apr 19th, 2008
Are you going to be enjoying the Olympics this summer?
You'll be doing it without France National Team coach Raymond Domenech, who won't be ...
Which Men's Football Teams Are Olympic-Bound? (Plus: Irrelevant Bonus! Sepp Blatter's Phone Number!)
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Apr 16th, 2008
While I was searching out info for this post, I stumbled on a 56-page document with all of the FIFA regulations for Olympic soccer. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 26th, 2008
When it comes to international football, it's very hard to be neutral. But we're going to ask you to try anyway.
With a whole world of ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by Bessam | Jul 5th, 2006
Tunisia is amongst 7 African teams which have been rewarded byes in the First round of Olympic qualifying 2008. That means that Tunisia, along with ...
