Olympic Football
Football at the Olympics – coverage of matches, squads and all general news.
Better candidates than Beckam for Olympic captaincy
Understandably, European nations often decline to participate in Olympic football competition. The alignment of their respective four year rotations means that UEFA’s European Championships coincide with the Olympic Games. In an already crowded summer of football, many Football Associations deem a further tournament undesirable and those who do enter inevitably send weakened teams. Football being…
Olympics v Euros, Club v Country, and Money
On the surface, the argument makes perfect sense – football players, especially young football players – should not be asked to play competitive football 11 months out of 12. By asking UEFA to mandate the national European FAs to only select players for one international tournament per season, the European Club Association (ECA) feels that…
The Best Goals of 2008 – Part 1 (World Football)
Let us then begin with the long view, seeking the perfect goal on the larger world stage… African Cup of Nations This first major tournament of 2008 unfortunately went largely unseen outside the continent where it took place; in Europe and especially England, indeed, it was widely (if quietly) regarded as something of a nuisance,…
July 2008 Review: When Tottenham lost their strikers and Nereida Gallardo became a star
With the Euros behind us, July would start the transfer season and with it all the mindless speculation along with the few sensational transfers here and there.
The 2008 Soccerlens All-Star XI – The Best Footballers of 2008
For those of us who are consumed by football every year brings new thrills and disappointments, a million what ifs and if onlys and ultimately a feeling of elation, satisfaction or despair, depending on where our unfailing loyalties lie. We laugh and cry, argue and debate, get over-emotional and sometimes regret what we say but…
Great Britain FC and London 2012
So it is final – FIFA have announced that a football team from Great Britain will appear in the Olympic games at London 2012. Even if the Welsh FA, the Northern Irish FA, and the Scottish FA don’t want to happen it will; even if it means that only English players, coaches and the like…
Nigeria Can Rule The World, We’re Already On Track – Kanu
The following interview with Nigerian legend and captain of the national team Nwanko Kanu was conducted by African football magazine New African Soccer and reprinted here with their permission. The magazine is free to download. Nigeria went into the Beijing Olympics football tournament confident that they will do well. They were confident that they will…
Golden Argentina in Beijing (Olympics 2008)
Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this year in Beijing, salvation came from above. “Little Angel” Di MarÃa flapped his celestial wings and delivered a fatal blow to finalists Nigeria, exploiting an…
4 things to remember about the 2008 Olympics
The 2008 Olympics will end on Sunday 24th August (with the 08 Olympic football final on Saturday) and there’s been lots to talk about this time around, from the politics to the environment to the questions about age to the outstanding performances and the odd funny moments. What will you remember most about Beijing 2008?…
Irresistible Argentina power past Brazil
Watch Argentina v Brazil live online. 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…
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