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Norway Ends Chinese women's dreams in 2007FIFA World Cup 2007-09-23 08:05:00 The Chinese women's soccer team has finally fallen and ended their campaign for the 2007 FIFA women's soccer world cup. It was Norway who dealt them their exit pass by beating the Chinese 1-0. It was Isabell Herlovsen's lone 32nd-minute strike that sealed the win for Norway and the Chinese weren't able to score a single goal in this match.It was the Chinese who had control of most of the match though. They had 11 more shots compared to only 8 by the Norwegians. Player of the match Ane Stangeland Horpestad and the rest of the Norwegian soccer team ensured that China's "12th man" on the field did not play any part of the match. The hometown crows was silenced for the match especially during the possibility of the Chinese going down 2-0. The Chinese saved the goal though.The Norwegians will now face defending champions Germany in a semifinal knock-out match.FIFA Women's World Cup 2008 Olympics Olympics Soccer ...

Sina Loses To Sohu Over Lucrative Rights To Sell Olympics 2007-09-22 15:00:00 Advertising Sales Rights for Olympics Merchandise is fast becoming a fierce competition between the two biggest Chinese websites. Sina.com and Sohu.com are at logger heads over who gets to sell the Olympics next year. Sohu says that any advertisement that has the 2008 Olympics logo on it can only appear on their website. Sina, other the other hand, is challenging Sohu's exclusivity and is in fact working to increase marketing and development to attract more if not all advertisers for the Olympics.While the war of words heat up, the Olympics organizers has timely intervened. They favored and confirmed that Sohu.com's marketing rights as an Olympic sponsor, such as its eligibility to use the Olympic logo. The Olympics organizers went on by warning other institutions not to commit ambush marketing. Sina since being handed down the decision has removed all Olympics logos displayed on their website. Noticeably, there is no news pertaining to the Olympics on their website. I'm pretty sure ...

Please Vote For Marcos Antonio Torres As 2008 Olympics Torch Bearer [Digg] 2007-09-22 13:48:14 As I am a true blue Filipino myself, I have often pondered upon chances of the Philippines finally winning a gold medal in my time as well as all or any exploits of Filipinos involving the Olympics. Today I read that there is a Filipino vying for the rare privilege of carrying the Olympics torch towards Beijing next year! ...

Please Vote For Marcos Antonio Torres As 2008 Olympics Torch Bearer 2007-09-22 13:12:00 As I am a true blue Filipino myself, I have often pondered upon chances of the Philippines finally winning a gold medal in my time as well as all or any exploits of Filipinos involving the Olympics. Today I read that there is a Filipino vying for the rare privilege of carrying the Olympics torch towards Beijing next year! Marcos Antonio Torres has been trying to make a name for himself in China working at a top design firm there. Click here for his complete profileRight now he's really far behind his Colombian and American competition with thousands of votes ahead of him but I'm pretty sure with word going around the net and more votes from the online Filipino community. Marcos Antonio can realize his dream of representing the Philippines in next year's Olympic torch relay. Mabuhay ka Marcos Antonio! Mabuhay ka Pinoy! Let's help and vote for Marcos Antonio Torres!To vote for Marcos Antonio as Olympic Torch Bearer Click here!To see the vote rankings, Click here.Related storied found ...

USA Women's Soccer Team Shows the English 3-0 2007-09-22 11:07:00 The U.S.A's "Three Lionesses" scored the most damaged against English women's soccer team in this match-up today at the 2007 FIFA women's world cup. Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx and Kristine Lilly drove the "last nail on the coffin" of the english women's bid to advance to the next round. Despite the big lead in goals, it was defense that won it for the Americans as the English also went aggressive to score but they held their own against the English soccer team's offense. Player of the match is Kristine Lilly who scored the easiest goal of the match. This tournament is an Olympic Qualifiers for the women's soccer competition.Click here for details on the game.FIFA Women's World Cup 2008 Olympics Olympics Soccer ...

Defending Women's Soccer Champions Germany shuts down Korea 3-0 2007-09-22 11:00:00 The Koreans, who the American women's soccer players were scouting heavily, were no match for the awesome firepower of Germany's women's soccer team as they got routed 3 to 0 today. German players Kerstin Garefrekes, Renate Lingor and Annike Krahn gave headaches for the Koreans as they scored Germany's 3 goals for the match. Arguably the best matched teams in the tournament, Germany and Korea both fought hard and the score was not a total reflection of the match.The German Soccer Players will move on and continue to the next stage of the knock-out semifinals of the 2007 Women's Soccer World Cup in China. This tournament is an Olympic qualifying event for next year's Olympics.Click here for more details on the game.FIFA Women's World Cup 2008 Olympics Olympics Soccer ...

Online 2008 Olympics Tickets Bidding Start at US$6,600+ 2007-09-21 14:51:00 The most coveted event tickets for next year can now be seen being sold for over 1600% of the original ticket price reports indicate. An outrageous sum to many but with the popularity of the Beijing Olympics next year, there will be some people grabbing this just to be able to attend. This would be a true gold mine for those who applied for tickets but only have plans of reselling them for profits. But then again, they may find themselves getting to difficulties selling these tickets! Beijing sports authorities have done some security measures to prevent excessive profiteering using the Olympics tickets.The highly coveted tickets were installed with a memory chip that indicates the original owners to prevent counterfeiting, profiteering and as an added security feature. More importantly, the Olympics tickets can only be re-sold ONCE. On top of that, if the original owner finds a buyer for the tickets, the original owner needs to inform and get approval from the the Beijing Olympic Comm ...

Olympics Aquatics Qualifiers 2007-09-21 11:00:00 The competition for Olympic Aquatics competition is categorized in 4 separate disciplines namely: Swimming, Diving, Synchronized swimming and Water Polo. For diving, there are 2 qualifier competitions one of which was held in the 2007 FINA world championship in Melbourne. While the other will held determined on the 2008 FINA Diving World Cup. Click here to view the complete list of individual and team qualifiers that made it in Melbourne. The country that made the most qualifiers is China followed by Canada, Russia, Germany. Competition will be held at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.References:Swimming at the 2008 Summer OlympicsAquatics In The OlympicsFédération Internationale de Natation2008 Olympics Aquatics Competition Schedule2008 Olympics Aquatics Swimming Diving Synchronized Swimming Marathon Swimming ...

Olympic Hockey Qualifiers & Qualifying Tournaments 2007-09-21 08:12:00 For the hockey fans around the world, there are still 3 Olympic qualifying tournaments for your favorite teams next year. As of present for the Olympic men's hockey competition China, Korea and Pakistan, South Africa, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium and Australia have secured participation for next year's Olympics. There are still still 3 spots left for next year's Olympics hockey competition which be decided in the following hockey competitions next year:1. Men’s Olympic Qualifier in Auckland, New Zealand held on 2-10 February 20082. Men’s Olympic Qualifier in Santiago, Chile held on 1-9 March 20083. Men’s Olympic Qualifier in Kakamigahara, Japan held on 5-13 April 2008On the women's side, the teams from China, Japan, South Africa, Argentina, Germany, the Netherlands, the U.K., New Zealand and Australia have all qualified for next year's Olympics. The three others will be decided on the counterpart competitions of the men's side.For complete and updated news on Wo ... Amp

Brazil keeps their winning streak against Team Denmark to advance 2007-09-20 11:10:00 As the Danish women's soccer team promised they did put up a good fight against the Brazilians. They vowed to match offense with the offense in this match. But defense, saves and missed-goals were almost the major highlights of this game. The lone goal coming from Brazil player Pretinha on the 91st minute of the game. Click here for the full story on the match between Brazil vs Denmark women's soccer teams. Brazil advances to the quarterfinals while Team Denmark bows out of the FIFA women's soccer world cup 2007.FIFA Women's World Cup 2008 Olympics Olympics Soccer ...

China beats New Zealand 2-0 & Books a quarterfinals match against Norway 2007-09-20 11:00:00 The Chinese did it! Not only beating New Zealand in this match but also overtook Team Denmark to land themselves in second place of the standing for group D. Chinese soccer players' Li Jie and Xie Caixia both scored a goal each which was enough for them to advance to the quarterfinals knock-out phase against Norway. Disappointingly, Team New Zealand that failed to score a single goal in this year's Women's world cup will now be heading to the opposite direction home. Click here for the full story on this game.FIFA Women's World Cup 2008 Olympics Olympics Soccer ... Amp

Team Australia ties Canada 2-2 to advance to the Quarterfinals 2007-09-20 09:41:00 The Matildas came through again. This time booking a quarterfinals seat at the 2007 Women's Soccer World Cup. Even by just drawing this match against the Canadians, the Australian women had enough points to advance to the knock-out phase of the competition. The Canadians, however, failed to come through because they needed to beat the Australian women in order to advance. Goals by team captain Cheryl Salisbury and Collete McCullum did it for Australia who will now await who their next opponents be. On the Canadians side, Melissa Tancredi and Christine Sinclair scored a goal each.FIFA Women's World Cup 2008 Olympics Olympics Soccer ...

An avalanche of goals wins it for Norway soccer against Team Ghana 2007-09-20 08:58:00 Norwegian Soccer player and Player of the Match Ragnhild Gulbrandsen blasted the Ghana women's soccer team with 3 goals to secure a quarterfinals seat in Group C for the Norwegian women's soccer team. The Ghana never stood a chance against the barrage of goals from the Norwegians but have put up a gallant effort in front of some of their fans who watched and cheered them play. Goals coming from Lene Sotrlokken, team captain Stangeland Horpestad, Isabell Herlovsen and Lisa Klaveness added to the woes of The Ghana women's soccer team. The Norwegian team ended up on the top spot of their Group C of the FIFA women's world cup of soccer 2007.FIFA Women's World Cup 2008 Olympics Olympics Soccer ...

FIFA Women's World Cup Quarterfinals Preview 2007-09-19 13:00:00 4 matches will determine the quarterfinals & their placings in the ongoing FIFA women's soccer world cup in China. Here's some preview stories from the FIFA website:Norway just a step away - In their last game, Norway came within just seven minutes of booking their place in the quarter-finals. Had it not been for Lisa De Vanna's leveller in the 1-1 draw with Australia, this final Group C encounter would have been a mere formality for the Scandinavians. Instead, despite looking well placed to qualify, Bjarne Berntsen's girls must stay focused for another 90 minutes because their already-eliminated opponents Ghana will be out to leave China on a high.Australia hold upper hand - Section leaders Australia hold the upper hand going into their concluding Group C game against Canada, who rest one point shy of both them and Norway. But while a point would be good enough to send the exciting Matildas through to the last eight, Tom Sermanni will be urging his players to go out and secure ...

The 2008 Beijing Olympics Men's Soccer Qualifiers 2007-09-19 11:00:00 Less than half of the 16 participants for the 2008 Olympics Soccer competition in Beijing China are already assured of playing. Soccer Teams from China, Brazil, Serbia, Italy, the Netherlands, Argentina and Belgium are the first 7 to qualify via their performance in the sanctioned competitions for the Olympics qualifiers.As the host country, China gained automatic participation. Brazil and Argentina won their own seat at the Olympics with their first and second place finish at the South American U-20 Championship in Paraguay last January 2007. While the Soccer Teams from Serbia, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium have qualified through the UEFA U-21 Championship 2007 last 10-23 of June 2007.The rest of the qualifiers will be determined by the competitions yet to be played. The CONCACAF, the AFC third round, the OFC and the CAF third round are the tournaments that are either still ongoing or have yet to be scheduled. The playing rules for the tournament are set on the Regulations Of T ...