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Argentina retain gold
August 23rd, 2008
Argentina have retained their Olympic gold medal by defeating Nigeria 1-0 in the Final, taking revenge for their 1996 defeat. Leo Messi was again inspirational as ...
Lavezzi will accept bench
August 22nd, 2008
Napoli star Ezequiel Lavezzi claims he doesn't mind if he starts Argentina's Olympic Final against Nigeria tomorrow on the bench. The talented youngster scored twice in ...
Brazil Humiliated By Final-Bound Argentina
August 19th, 2008
Argentina 3-0 Brazil Just as Brazil slaughtered Argentina 3-0 in the Copa América final of 2007, so did the albicelestes treat their neighbours to an absolute ...
Olympic Preview: Nigeria – Belgium
August 18th, 2008
What: Olympic Games Semi-Final Who: Nigeria vs Belgium When: 19 August 2008, 19:00 China Standard Time Where: Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Two former gold medalists meet in Shanghai to determine ...
Brazil knock out Cameroon with two extra-time goals
August 18th, 2008
Brazil knocked former champions Cameroon out of the Beijing Olympics football tournament with a 2-0 extra time win in a rough-house quarter-final here on Saturday. The ...
Batista: We’re Going To Beat Brazil
August 18th, 2008
Argentina Olympics coach Sergio Batista believes his side have what it takes to beat Brazil in their upcoming semi-final encounter, despite an inferior recent head-to-head ...
Azzurri repentant
August 17th, 2008
The Italian Olympic team returned home with heads bowed after their exit. “It was all our fault, we just didn't step up.” The Azzurri were expected ...
Azzurrini Out To Fortunate Belgian’s
August 16th, 2008
The Italian Olympic football team has been beaten 3 - 2 by Belgium in a controversial and action packed quarter final, allowing the Belgian’s to ...
Confidence in Italian camp
August 15th, 2008
Italy’s Olympic Coach Pierluigi Casiraghi and midfield star Riccardo Montolivo are confident ahead of Saturday’s quarter-final against Belgium. The Azzurri topped Group D with comfortable wins ...
Casiraghi: Our Quality Will Tell
August 15th, 2008
Italy Olympic coach Pierluigi Casiraghi is confident that his side’s quality will prove decisive against Belgium tomorrow. The Azzurrini take on the Belgians in the quarter ...






