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Park Tae-hwan thrilled South Korea on Sunday with his swimming heroics in Beijing but later the
same day, Park Sung-hwa was looking less happy than the teenage sensation.
For the coach of the Olympic soccer team there is not much consolation to be had after a 3-0 defeat
against Italy but at least South Korea is faring no worse than hosts China and better than the
already-eliminated Japan at the 2008 Beijing Olympics soccer tournament.
CONCACAF minnows Honduras have emerged as favourites to win gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics,
after the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) ruled that league clubs were not obliged to release
their players for the tournament. Barcelona, Werder Bremen and Schalke all had a bit of a girly
strop after their players expressed a wish [.
Barcelona do not need to release Lionel Messi for the 2008 Beijing Olympics football tournament,
the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on Wednesday. Werder Bremen and Schalke have
also won their appeal to prevent Diego and Rafinha from going to Beijing. Regardless of where you
stand on the club v country debate, there are [.
Qualifying Teams : Group A : China Sweden Canada Group B : Brazil Germany Group C : USA Norway
Japan USA 2-1 Canada ( Aug 15- Shanghai) ( Angela Hucles, Natasha Kai/ Christine Sinclair) Brazil
2-1 Norway ( Aug 15- Tianjin) ( Marta, Daniela/ Siri Nordby penalty) Sweden 0-2 Germany ( Aug 15-
Shenyang) ( Kerstin Gerefrekes, Simone Laudehr) China 0-2 Japan ( Aug 15- Qinhuangdao) ( Homare
Sawa, Yuki Nagasato)
Group A, B, C and D consist of the sixteen male teams. Here are the results from the 2008 Beijing
Olympics for Group E which consists of the hosts, Canada, Sweden and Argentina. Team Played Won
Lost Drawn GF GA GD Points Canada 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 4 China 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 4 Sweden 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 3
Argentina 2 0 2 0 1 3 -2 0 China 2-1 Sweden ( Tianjin- Aug 6) ( Xu Yuan, Han Duan/ Lotta Schelin)
Argentina 1-2 Canada ( Tianjin- Aug 6) (Ludmila Manicler/ Candace Chapman, Kara Lang) Sweden [.
It may not seem like a big deal for the rest of the world for us here in Canada to have an Olympic
team doing well in soccer is an amazing feat. Canada has yet to receive any medals in the 2008
Beijing Olympics. Despite losing to Sweden 1:2 in it's final [...]
Here are the results from Group F at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Women's Football Tournament. The
four countries in this group are North Korea, Germany, Brazil and Nigeria. Team Played Won Lost
Drawn GF GA GD Points Brazil 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 4 Germany 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 North Korea 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 3
Nigeria 2 0 2 0 0 2 -2 0 North Korea 1-0 Nigeria ( Shenyang- Aug 6) ( Kim Kyong Hwa) Germany 0-0
Brazil ( Shenyang- Aug 6) Nigeria 0-1 Germany (Shenyang- Aug 9) ( Kerstine Stegemann) Brazil 2-1
North Korea [.
Not the best outcome for Norway but it was an interesting game nonetheless. In this shot Japan's
Kozue Folstad faces Lene Mykjaaland and Gunhild Folstad on August 12 in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Images courtesy of Newscom. Technorati Tags: Kozue Folstad,Lene Mykjaaland,Gunhild Folstad,beijing
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