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Jul. 26 | CARDIFF: The United States rallied superbly to beat France 4-2 after making the worst possible start to their campaign for a third successive Olympic gold medal at Glasgow’s Hampden Park on Wednesday.
The U.S., who have won three of the four golds...
Jul. 25 | LONDON: Former England football captain David Beckham will play a cameo role in Friday’s Olympic opening ceremony after he was left out of Britain’s team for the Games.
In an interview with CNN on Tuesday the 37-year-old L.A. Galaxy midfielder...
Jul. 23 | LONDON: Brazil’s Olympic soccer squad are opting for a quiet life away from the “temptations” of the Athletes’ Village, coach Mano Menezes said on Sunday.
The young squad are under huge pressure back home to win the country’s...
Jul. 19 | MIDDLESBROUGH, England: The team that many of their compatriots didn’t want will return in public after decades of unmourned absence here Friday without their biggest star and against one of the favourites for an Olympic football tournament where...
Jun. 28 | David Beckham (pic) has not been selected in Britain’s Olympic soccer squad in a huge blow for the former England captain’s hopes of crowning the twilight of his career in style.
The Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder had been widely expected...
May. 28 | Six newcomers including high-scoring Sydney Leroux will join a veteran cast as the United States women’s soccer team seeks its third consecutive Olympic gold medal, US Soccer said on Sunday.
The 18-member squad returns 11 players from the 2008...
May. 16 | DALLAS (Reuters) : After an agonising loss to Japan in last year’s World Cup final, the US women’s soccer team is determined to rebound by winning a third consecutive Olympic title in London this year.
“We want nothing more than a...
Apr. 27 | TOKYO: Japan dreamed of adding Olympic gold to their Women’s World Cup title on the fabled turf of Wembley after being handed a favourable draw for London 2012.
Coach Norio Sasaki said Group F opponents Canada, Sweden and South Africa were all “wonderful...
Apr. 25 | SAO PAULO (AP) – Coach Mano Menezes expects Brazil to face early difficulties in its quest to a first Olympic gold in football despite a favorable draw for the London Games.
Tuesday’s draw at Wembley Stadium in London put Brazil in Group C...
Apr. 24 | COVENTRY, England (Reuters) : Hosts Britain, world champions Spain, Brazil and Mexico were named by FIFA as the top seeds for the men’s Olympic soccer tournament on Monday, a day before the draw for the finals.
Britain, world champions Japan...
