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Olympic Football squads for the 16 teams participating at the 2008 Olympics:

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2004 Olympic football champions Argentina will defend their gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics with the following squad:

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When you think of USA vs. Argentina, the first thing that might come to your mind is ‘demolition’ or ‘crushing defeat’. As an avid US Soccer fan, those were the words I was hoping wouldn’t have to be thought about, …

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Comparisons can be a pain in the backside. My dad says that nobody was ever better than Tom Finney or Puskas, my older brother says George Best and Pele have no equals, I believe Maradona to be the best ever …

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Hasta El Gol Siempre‘s Sam Kelly takes an early look at the start of Argentina’s football season – namely the 2008 Clausura and the Copa Libertadores. The 2008 Torneo Clausura is three weeks old, and already Argentina’s got a club …

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Argentinian great Diego Maradona has apologised to English fans for his infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal during the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals. In an interview to the The Sun newspaper, the football legend was quoted as saying: If I could …

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To some he is a genius, to some even a Messiah. To some he is a “political signing”, to some he is an unnecessary thorn in the path of progress. There are those who call him a vain, conceited person …

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Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pele as he would later be known around the world) was often rated as the best player in the world. Only he and fellow legend Diego Armando Maradona, have received the honours by FIFA with the …

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Read the Germany v Argentina preview. Update: The ‘Frings punch’ clip has been added – please see the link at the end of this article. By now everyone has probably either seen or heard or read about the confrontation after …

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Get all updates for the latest Argentina v Mexico match here. Argentina have a foot already in the quarter-finals as the square up against goal-leaking Mexico at Leipzig tonight. If all goes according to plan, Germany awaits in Munich.

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