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August 19, 2008

The pressure is NOT on Landon Donovan because of the Olympics

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I completely disagree with Grahame Jones' article in the Los Angeles Times that the pressure is now on Landon Donovan to perform well in the World Cup qualifier against Guatemala because the team didn't perform well at the Olympics. What exactly is the correlation between the two? Is it just that some of the players were on the Olympic team and now they will play for the full U. Click to continue reading...
Pro Soccer Weekly @ 10:17 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Beijing, Donovan, Guatemala, Landon Donovan, Lionel, Los Angeles Times, Messi, Olympic Team, Olympics, Ryan Babel, U.S. National Team, World Cup Qualifier, babel, excuse, gold medal

Olympic Semifinal - Nigeria v. Belgium...

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Olympics Football Nigeria vs Belgium 4-1 Highlights Click to continue reading...
The Grimsby Football Club @ 09:29 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Belgium, Nigeria, Olympics

Olympic Semifinal - Argentina v. Brazil...

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Olympics Football Argentina vs Brazil Highlights Click to continue reading...
The Grimsby Football Club @ 09:27 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Olympics

Gameday 10 - Krajina...

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GFC's latest foe came in the form of the very charming Krajina crew. You may remember them as being only slightly miffed at a late penalty call the last time we locked horns. Said penal was converted by the now vacationing El Capitano, Ang Giglia, and their coach proceeded to blow a gasket. Like I said, charming. Click to continue reading...
The Grimsby Football Club @ 08:48 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Olympics, doubt, pitch, revenge

Argentina Defeat Brazil

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Argentina defeated Brazil 3-0 in the Olympic semifinals to earn a trip to the gold medal game against Nigeria. Sergio Aguero scored 2 goals, and Riquelme added a penalty to give Argentina a seemingly easy win. This game was the first victory for Argentina against Brazil since 2005. Many people wanted to see a Messi vs. Click to continue reading...
il Mondo di Calcio @ 08:32 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Messi, Nigeria, Olympics, Ronaldinho, Sergio Aguero, lionel messi, riquelme

Argentina 3-0 Brazil: Seleçao Taught a Lesson in Futból (OLYMPICS 2008)

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Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil out of the stack, crunched it up, made a little paper ball, did a few juggles and then backheeled it into the trash. Everyone was anticipating this game as the final-before-the final in these 2008 Beijing Football Olympics, and boy did we not [. Click to continue reading...
mCalcio @ 07:39 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Argentina, Beijing 2008, Brazil, Carlos Dunga, Juan Román Riquelme, Olympics, Olympics 2008, Sergio Agüero, Sergio Batista

Photo: Ronaldinhosaurus

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Ronaldinho mimics the facial expression of a dinosaur while an Argentinian performs an interpretive dance move behind him during the Olympics semifinal. (Fotonet) Click to continue reading...
The Offside @ 03:08 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Argentina, Beijing Olympics, Brazil, Olympics, Ronaldinho, World Football, semifinal

Video:Nigeria book a place in the Olympic final

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Olympics Football Nigeria vs Belgium 4-1 Highlights

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Soccerblog @ 12:42 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Belgium, Europe, Nigeria, Olympics, Soccer Videos

Video: Argentina humiliate Brazil in Olympic semi

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Sergio Aguero scored two and Juan Roman Riquelme added a third from the spot after Aguero had been felled.Brazil then managed to end the game in total despair by having Lucas and Neves sent off and ending the game with 9 men - 3 goals down.
Olympics Football Argentina vs Brazil Highlights

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Soccerblog @ 12:33 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Europe, Juan Roman Riquelme, Olympics, Soccer Videos, aguero

Olympic Men's Semis

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The Olympic football has pretty much flown under the radar in the UK until today, with the powerhouses of Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria and, er.... Belgium all in action. Contrary to popular perception, players in the Olympics don't have to be amateur any more, but each team is only allowed to have 3 players over 23 in the squad, therefore creating a very youthful tournament. Click to continue reading...
Sniffing The Touchline @ 11:32 AM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Celestine Babayaro, Fouls, Javier Zanetti, Jay Jay Okocha, Olympic football, Olympics, Ronaldinho, Sergio Aguero, Thiago Neves, crespo, hot young blood, lionel messi

ARGENTINA! Anderson and co. Embarrassed

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ARGENTINA! surprisingly battered Brazil in today's semi-final at the Olympics, meaning they will not go on to play Nigeria in Saturday's final for the gold medal. The referee was taking no prisoners, sending off two frustrated Brazilian's for challenges that would usually see just a yellow card in the Premiership. Click to continue reading...
Republik Of Mancunia @ 11:03 AM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, International, Manchester United, Nigeria, Olympics, Premiership, anderson, gold medal, referee, yellow card

USWNT at the Olympics and Arsenal Ladies

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First off, I'm totally excited about the USWNT. I "watched" the game at work (mostly I was doing actual work) and caught two of the four goals (and one of the two Japanese goals). From what I saw, most of the first half was pretty bad, but the team stepped it up near the end. The second half seemed much better, much faster and the team looked stronger. Click to continue reading...
goalscoring robot @ 08:20 AM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Arsenal Ladies, Olympics, US Women's National Team, women's premier league

Future Socceroos - Part 2

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The Maybes The following players should earn caps during the course of the career. The question is more how many and how significant their contribution to the Socceroos will be. Mark Milligan - Did Mark Milligan's Socceroo career reach its peak with his selection for the 2006 World Cup and his involvement in the 2007 Asian Cup? Click to continue reading...
Australian Football @ 07:21 AM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Asian Cup, Australia, Australian football, Football, Mark Milligan, Olympics, Olyroos, Soccer, Socceroos, World Cup, a-league, caps

August 18, 2008

Benitez To Have Two Olympians Back For Next Match

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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is pleased that two of his three Olympians are set to return from China in time for the Reds' next game, against Middlesbrough.

Rafael Benitez will be welcoming back at least two of the club's players who have been representing their countries at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Click to continue reading...
Anfield Talk @ 05:16 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Argentina, Beijing, Brazil, China, Fernando Torres, Holland, Javier Mascherano, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Olympic Games, Olympics, Ryan Babel, anfield, clash, midfielder, reds

The Olympic (Board) Games

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Watching football in the Olympics is kind of like reading a censored copy of Nuts in an Amsterdam brothel. Regardless though, there will always be a bit of fanfare when the two most entertaining teams on the planet (patent pending), Argentina and Brazil, face one another, and in the build up to tomorrow's semi-final those good folks over at The Spoiler have dug up a bit of a treat for you all today. Click to continue reading...
Sniffing The Touchline @ 01:44 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Olympics, brothel, carlos tevez, chairmen of the board, claret, rivals, south america, spoiler

Brazil vs Argentina:Olympic Men’s Football semi final 19.08.2008- Highlights

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Beijing Olympics Highlights: Brazil are meeting Argentina Tuesday August 19th. Watch the highlights here at footiedb.com Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...
FootieDB @ 01:11 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Argentina, Beijing Olympics, Brazil, Europe, Football, Football Videos, Foriegn Highlights, Highlights, International Highlights, Olympics, Soccer

Nigeria vs Belgium:Olympic Men’s Football semi final 19.08.2008- Highlights

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Beijing Olympics Highlights: Nigeria are meeting Belgium Tuesday August 19th. Watch the highlights here at footiedb.com Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today Click to continue reading...
FootieDB @ 01:07 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Beijing, Beijing Olympics, Belgium, Europe, Football, Football Videos, Foriegn Highlights, Highlights, International Highlights, Nigeria, Olympics, Soccer, live

Girls Guide: Olympic Wire 8/18/08

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August 18, 2008 - Here are some highlights from Day 10 of the Summer Games: Gymnastics: China's He edges Liukin on uneven bars - He Kexin has won a tiebreaker over all-around champion Nastia Liukin of the United States for the uneven bars gold medal Monday at the Beijing Olympics. Both scored 16.725, but He got the nod. Click to continue reading...
Pretty Tough » Soccer @ 12:46 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Beijing Olympics, Beijing Summer Games 2008, China, Gymnastics, Int'l Soccer, Olympics, Tennis, Track & Field, United States, champion, gold medal, pole vault, summer games, swimming

USWNT and Brazil Through to Gold Medal Match

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The USWNT and Brazil both won in convincing fashion and will face off on Thursday morning (9AM ET) in the gold medal match. Germany and Japan (maybe it's me ... but doesn't that sound awfully World War Twoish?) will square off in the Bronze medal match-up (6AM ET). Kudos to Japan for making [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...
JordanCornblog @ 12:28 PM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Boston, Boxx, Brazil, Breakers, Germany, HAO, Heather, Heather O, Lori Chalupny, Nicole Petignat, Oly, Olympic, Olympics, Ryan, Shannon, Soccer, etc., Switzerland, USWNT, WPS, angela, angela hucles, beau dure, birgit prinz, boston breakers, brazilians, bronze, goal, gold medal, hope, japan, pia, shannon boxx, usa, wnt

Olympics Final Result: U.S.-Japan

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The U.S. women wore down Japan, 4-2, to set up a rematch of the gold medal game four years ago in Athens against Brazil, which destroyed Germany, 4-1, earlier today.

The final is set for 6 a.m. Thursday on USA.

Two goals in three minutes just before half time sealed the U.S. win with Lori Chalupny beating three Japanese defenders with a solo effort for the second that sapped the life from their opponents.

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100 Percent Soccer @ 10:59 AM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Athens, Brazil, Germany, Lori Chalupny, Olympics, US Women's National Team, japan, opponents

Get me some magic spray stat!

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Stat means now!

(not much of a post I know, but the Olympics have me going crazy at work these days. It was either this or the Messi spit photo. what was the photographer thinking? he's gonna spit! quick! shoot!) Click to continue reading...
The Beautiful Game (2) @ 10:26 AM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Olympics, Spit, photo

Football video: Carlos Tevez and Anderson play Connect 4 & Jenga

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Brazil v Argentina, the board-game Olympics That's one tense game of Jenga... until Carlos throws his toys out of the pram.... Click to continue reading...
Who Ate All the Pies @ 06:54 AM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Dumb Football, Europe, International football, Manchester United, Olympics, Videos

Top 10 conclusions: Premier League opening weekend

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Some random thoughts on the weekend's action 1. How do you expect me to concentrate fully on the Prem when the Olympics are still on? if the opening round of games felt a bit flat, that's because they had to... Click to continue reading...
Who Ate All the Pies @ 06:12 AM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Europe, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Top 10s & lists, games

MLS 8-ball - Okay, I'll admit

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I didn't watch a minute of Major League Soccer this week. It wasn't a slight - and not even an EPL thing (the matches didn't conflict with each). Nope, I'm still in love with the Olympics (though now that swimming... Click to continue reading...
The Other Football @ 04:41 AM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Conflict, MLS 8-Ball, Major League Soccer, Olympics, love

Gimme Respect And Get On With The Game #

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What would happen if Richard Scudamore was in charge of the Olympics?

While this question was hanging in the air, a more important decision needed to be made.
Do I watch Arsenal against West Bromwich Albion or the Olympic cycling?
The latter won.
Indeed, if the choice had been between the Premiership game and Tobacco Monopoly FC versus the Royal Thai Army, the latter would still have won. Click to continue reading...
football is fixed @ 04:22 AM EDT | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Arsenal, English Premiership, Olympics, West Bromwich Albion, monopoly, mutiny, referee, scudamore, spectators
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