Menezes to blame for Brazil’s Olympic agony, says Romario
August 12th, 2012 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janerio, Aug 11 (IANS) Former Brazil star Romario has called for the immediate dismissal of national coach Mano Menezes after Brazil's 2-1 loss to Mexico in the Olympic ... Read more...
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Olympics football: Peralta drives Mexico to beat Brazil for gold
August 11th, 2012 - 11:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A brace from Mexican Oribe Peralta ensured Brazil's wait for Olympic football gold continued as Mexico won their first gold of the Games at Wembley ... Read more...
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Olympic football: Pele hoping for historic Brazil victory
August 10th, 2012 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS) Football legend Pele is hoping Brazil will achieve a prize that has eluded him - an Olympics gold medal.Pele, who played in three World Cup-winning teams ... Read more...
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Olympic football: US avenge World Cup loss to Japan
August 10th, 2012 - 5:36 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two goals from midfielder Carli Lloyd propelled the US to Olympic gold in the women's football tournament Thursday, sealing a 2-1 win over Japan in ... Read more...
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Olympic football: Late strike gives Canada bronze
August 9th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A stoppage-time goal from Diana Matheson gave Canada their first Olympic women's football medal with a 1-0 victory over France in Thursday's bronze medal match ... Read more...
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Olympic football: Brazil captain Silva predicts attacking gold medal match
August 9th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 9 (IANS) Brazil captain Thiago Silva has predicted an attacking gold medal duel against Mexico in Saturday's Olympic final at Wembley Stadium in London.Mexico have scored seven goals ... Read more...
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Olympic football: Brazil beat South Korea
August 8th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Manchester, Aug 8 (IANS) Brazil beat South Korea 3-0 to advance to the Olympic men's football final where they will face Mexico.Brazil ended the deadlock seven minutes before the interval ... Read more...
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Olympic water polo referees dropped for blown call
August 6th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Aug 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Two Olympic water polo referees were recently suspended for officiating any other match in the Olympics due to their dishonesty in affirming of a goal. Their names ... Read more...
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Olympic football: Menezes refutes Brazil gold medal pressure
August 6th, 2012 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6 (IANS) Brazil coach Mano Menezes has said his team is not feeling the pressure of aiming for the country's first Olympic football gold medal.Brazil will ... Read more...
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Olympics: Menezes warns Brazil about complacency against Honduras
August 3rd, 2012 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Brazil coach Mano Menezes has warned his team about the dangers of complacency in Saturday's Olympic football quarterfinal match against Honduras.According to Menezes, Honduras deserves respect ... Read more...
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Olympic football: Brazil’s coach may bring changes to team
July 31st, 2012 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Brazil's Olympic football coach Mano Menezes has revealed he is likely to make changes to the team that will face New Zealand in Newcastle Wednesday.Having picked ... Read more...
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Olympic Football: Spain knocked out after loss to Honduras
July 30th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) Spain crashed out of the London Olympics after they suffered a shock 0-1 defeat at the hands of Honduras.The Spanish outfit have lost two games from ... Read more...
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Olympic football: Spain slump to shock defeat
July 27th, 2012 - 5:14 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Spain suffered a surprise defeat in their Olympic football opener Thursday, going down 1-0 to Japan and having a man sent off.Yuki Otsu was the ... Read more...
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Beckham backs Giggs as Britain Olympic team’s skipper
July 13th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 13 (IANS) David Beckham, who was left out of Britain's Olympic football squad, has backed his former Manchester United teammate Ryan Giggs as skipper of the side."Ryan ... Read more...
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Marcelo looks to end Brazil’s Olympic football jinx
July 12th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 12 (IANS) Real Madrid defender Marcelo says the lessons learnt from Brazil's ill-fated Beijing Olympic football campaign could help break the team's gold medal hex.The ... Read more...
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Brazil select 22 players for Olympic football squad
July 6th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 6 (IANS) Porto striker Hulk, AC Milan's Thiago Silva and Real Madrid defender Marcelo were included as the three over-age players in Brazil's 22-man Olympic ... Read more...
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Beckham left out of Britain’s Olympic squad
June 28th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 28 (IANS) Former England captain David Beckham has been left out of the Great Britain Olympic football squad by head coach Stuart Pearce.Beckham said: "Naturally I am ... Read more...
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Japanese midfielder Kagawa completes move to United
June 23rd, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 23 (IANS) Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa has completed his move to English Premier League side Manchester United after passing a medical test.The 23-year-old signed a four-year contract ... Read more...
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Olympic Torch Relay to showcase iconic North West
June 20th, 2012 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 20 (IANS) The Olympic Torch Relay is a "great chance" to show off the North West and celebrate the role that people, places and businesses from the region ... Read more...
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England football legend Jack Charlton to run Olympic torch relay
June 15th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 15 (IANS) England's football legend Jack Charlton, elder brother of Sir Bobby Charlton, will carry the Olympic flame in the centre of Newcastle on day 28 of the ... Read more...
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Britain’s Olympic coach Pearce to assess Beckham in US
April 25th, 2012 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (IANS) Britain's football coach Stuart Pearce will watch David Beckham play in the United States next week before deciding whether he will be selected for the ... Read more...
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Brazil, Spain, Britain seeded in Olympic football
April 24th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 24 (IANS) Brazil, Spain, Britain and Mexico have been seeded for the Olympic men's football tournament.The draw for the group stage will separate the four seeded teams apart ... Read more...
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FIFA appoints 84 officials for London Olympic football
April 20th, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, April 20 (IANS) The FIFA Referees Committee has confirmed the appointment of 84 officials from 36 countries to officiate at the 2012 London Olympic football tournaments.For the men's competition, ... Read more...
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UAE president honours national Olympic football team
March 27th, 2012 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, March 26 (IANS/WAM) United Arab Emirates' President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has granted each player of the UAE National Olympic Football Team Dhs 500,000 (over ... Read more...
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India draw 1-1 with Qatar, but lose 4-2 on aggregate
June 23rd, 2011 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, June 23 (IANS) India were eliminated from the pre-Olympic football qualifiers as they drew 1-1 with Qatar in their home leg and the Gulf nation proceeded to the third ... Read more...
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India go down 1-3 to Qatar in pre-Olympic football qualifier
June 20th, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Doha, June 20 (IANS) Qatar survived some anxious moments to beat India 3-1 in the pre-Olympic football qualifier at the Al Sadd Stadium here Sunday.The crowd, comprising mostly expat Indians, ... Read more...
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Maken apologises to 1960 football heroes for shabby treatment
April 14th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Sports minister Ajay Maken Thursday apologised to the 1960 Olympic football heroes as some of the former players had to pay for dinner after their ... Read more...
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India’s football heroes of Rome Olympics felicitated
April 13th, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) Their infirmity may have slowed their reflexes, not the memories of India's 1960 Olympic football heroes. Anecdotes gushed like champagne with a tinge of emotion ... Read more...
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Poor finishing in football qualifiers ends Pakistan’s Olympic dream
March 10th, 2011 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Mar 10(ANI): Pakistan's hopes of qualifying for the second round of the Olympic football qualifiers have crashed as their second-leg against Malaysia ended in a goalless draw at the Punjab Stadium ... Read more...
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Coe backs Beckham as coach of British 2012 Olympic football team
January 3rd, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 3 (ANI): David Beckham has been backed as a potential coach of the British 2012 Olympic football team.London 2012 organising committee chairman Sebastian Coe has said that Beckham can ... Read more...
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Olympian footballer Keshto Pal dies
October 15th, 2009 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Olympian footballer Kehsto Paul died after a brief illness here Wednesday. He was 78.
Paul, a centre forward par excellence, was a part of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics squad ... Read more...
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Melbourne Olympic football heroes felicitated
February 23rd, 2009 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) They belonged to the golden era of Indian football. Barely nine years after Independence, they had stormed into the semi-finals of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics -- ... Read more...
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Chinese Olympic football team embroiled in sex scandal
September 6th, 2008 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept6 (ANI): Chinese football team has come under fire after some of its players were reportedly snapped checking into the hotel with girls during the Olympics.The scandal came into light ... Read more...
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Argentina beat Nigeria to retain Olympic football title
August 23rd, 2008 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 23 (DPA) Angel Di Maria scored the only goal of the game Saturday as Argentina successfully defended their Olympic football title, beating Nigeria 1-0 in the gold medal match at ... Read more...
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Brazil beats Vietnam 2-0 in Olympic football warm-up
August 2nd, 2008 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
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Hanoi, Aug 2 (Xinhua) Striker Alexandre Pato and half-back Thiago Neves scored a goal apiece to give the Brazilian Olympic team a 2-0 victory over the Vietnamese national squad. The Brazilian team ... Read more...
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