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Head over Heals about Leah
You might think an American teenager would be out of place representing mighty Brazil in soccer. Then again, you?ve probably never seen 18-year-old Leah Lynn Gabriela Fortune take a throw-in. She?s one of the biggest celebrities in Brazil, despite the fact that she lives in America and can barely speak Portuguese.
Leah, as she [...]
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December 17, 2008
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Simmonds wins BBC Young Sports Personality 2008
Walsall-born Paralympic double gold medallist Eleanor Simmonds has won the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award for 2008. The swimmer beat off competition from Wimbledon junior winner Laura Robson and last year?s award recipient, Olympic diver Tom Daley.
The 14-year-old swimmer made Great Britain proud when she took gold in the 100m and 400m [...]
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December 16, 2008
Arsenal 3-0 Wigan
Courtesy the BBC
Arsenal's youngsters produced another outstanding display to brush aside Wigan and book their place in the Carling Cup quarter-finals.
A pinpoint pass from Jack Wilshere set up fellow teenager Jay Simpson to poke home on his first start for the club.
They added a second when a blistering counter-attack ended with Carlos Vela squaring for Simpson to sidefoot home...
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November 12, 2008
Edu Rises Quickly
Courtesy New york Times
Maurice Edu has been a professional soccer player for only two years. But in that relatively short period of time, the 22-year-old midfielder has been named Major League Soccer rookie of the year, he has starred for the United States at the Beijing Olympics and he earned a $5 million move to Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premier League.
It has been a rapid...
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November 11, 2008
Murray wins on Masters Cup debut
Courtesy BBC
Andy Murray got off to a winning start at his first Masters Cup by defeating Andy Roddick in three sets in Shanghai.
The British number one came through 6-4 1-6 6-1 against the American in the season-ending event for the world's top eight players.
Murray still has round-robin matches to come against Frenchman Gilles Simon and world number two Roger Federer.
The...
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November 11, 2008
Usain “Lightning” Bolt - Olympic 100m Champion
Usain "Lightning" Bolt, took the Olympic 100 meter final by storm in Beijing, and only at 21 years of age. After a relatively poor start and easing up in the last 20 meters to pound his chest and gaze about, Bolt crossed the line in just 9.69 seconds with his left shoelaces coming loose. The effort broke his own world record of 9.72s, set earlier this year. You have to...
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August 18, 2008
Gold Medal Chinese Gymnast He Kexin May Be Underage
Just days after reports surfaced that the Chinese Olympic committee was faking the song which kicked off last week's opening ceremonies comes the accusation the Chinese are faking ages as well.
Amid allegations that three of the Chinese gold medalist gymnasts are underage, The Associated Press reports they've tracked down a story reported by the Chinese government news agency...
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August 18, 2008
Brazil vs Cameroon (2 - 0) Olympic Football Quater-finals 2008
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August 18, 2008
Italy vs Belgium (2 - 3) Olympic Football Quater-finals 2008
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August 18, 2008
Olympic football August 13th
Results from the third day of the olympic soccer tournament.
No suprises for the big teams as Brazil, Argentina and Nigeria go through to the quarter finals.
Unlucky teams include USA and China
Quarter finals on August 16th
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August 13, 2008
Olympic Football results
Group A
Ivory Coast (CISSE Sekou, KALOU Salomon, GERVINHO, RAJKOVIC Slobodan (SRB)Own Goal ) 4 - 2 Serbia (MRDAKOVIC Miljan, RAKIC Djordje)
Argentina ( Ezequiel LAVEZZI ) 1 - 0 Australia
Group B
USA (KLJESTAN Sacha, ALTIDORE Jozy) 2 - 2 Netherlands (BABEL Ryan, SIBON Gerald)
Nigeria (OBINNA Victor, ANICHEBE Victor) 2 - 1 Japan (TOYODA Yohei)
Group C
China 0 ...
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August 10, 2008
SA Academy vs Bangladesh National Academy Day 3
Scorecard Day 3
From University of Pretoria
SA Academy finished day 3 a mere 80 runs behind their Bangladeshy opponents.
SA Academy 1st Innings
R Jappie Ct. S Rahman B. M Sohrawardi 56
S van Zyl Ct. S Rhaman B. M Alam 161
R Hendricks Ct. SH Pavel B. M Alam 0
D Vilas ...
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August 10, 2008
SA Academy vs Bangladesh National Academy Day 2
Stiaan Van Zyl and Rushdie Jappie put on a gutsy performance as they steered the SA Academy side into a commanding lead at the end of day 2 of the Standard Bank Academy Series.
Van Zyl led the way with a dominating performance, going to his century in style with a well timed cover drive.
This Standard Bank Series four day match is a huge turn around from the performance that...
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August 10, 2008
Olympic football results Day 1
Group A
Australia (Ruben Zadkovich) 1 - 1 Serbia
Argentina ( Lionel Messi, Lautaro Acosta ) 2 - 1 Ivory Coast (Sekou Cisse)
Group B
USA (Stuart Holden) 1 - 0 Japan
Netherlands 0 - 0 Nigeria
Group C
Brazil (Hernanes) 1 - 0 Belgium
China ( Fangzhou Dong) 1- 1 New Zealand ( Jeremy Brockie)
Group D
Italy (Sebastian Giovinco, Giuseppe Rossi and Robert Acquafresca...
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August 07, 2008
Tom Daley - Diving Wonderkid
With the start of the Games a week away, Team Great Britain have arrived in the Chinese capital. The diving squad were the first to practise at the city's National Aquatic Centre this week, which will host diving and swimming events.
Tom Daley will be 14 years and 81 days old when he dives off the 10m platform into the pool at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, making him...
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August 04, 2008
Scare for Serena Williams as 15 y.o. puts her to the test
Top-seeded Serena Williams rallied from one set down to beat hard-hitting teenager Michelle Larcher de Brito of Portugal 4-6 6-3 6-2.
Williams looked completely out of sync for much of the match - against a 15-year-old qualifier no less.
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July 17, 2008
U.S. Development Academy - Wednesday & Thursday results
Results from Wednesday and Thursday at the U.S. Development Academy. The finals for the u17/u18 are to be held today - Friday, 18th and the u15/u16 finals on Saturday, 19th July.
Wednesday, July 16 Results
U-17/18 Chicago Fire 2-0 FC Westchester
U-17/18 Baltimore Bays 2-1 Colorado Rush
U-17/18 CASL 2-5 LAFC
U-17/18 Columbus Crew 2-1 Concorde Fire
Thursday, July 17 Results...
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July 17, 2008
US Olympic team announced
The U.S. will begin their final preparation for the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, July 20, with six days of domestic training in San Jose, California. The team will then depart for Hong Kong, where they will participate in the ING Cup, facing fellow Olympic participants Ivory Coast on July 30 and Cameroon on Aug. 2.
A total of 11 players were part of the USA squad that booked the...
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July 17, 2008
Soccer squads for Beijing 2008 - Group D
Group D
Cameroon
Honduras
Italy
Korea Republic
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July 17, 2008
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