FIFA Clears The Way For Messi And Others To Play

FIFA has directed clubs to release their players who want to play in the Beijing Olympics soccer tournament starting next week in China. Lionel Messi is on his way to Beijing to play for Argentina after all. This has beena back and forth affair with the star players such as Messi expressing a desire [...]

U.S. Men’s Olympic Team Ties Ivory Coast 0-0 in Hong Kong in Warm-Up Match

The U.S. Men’s Olympic Team earned a scoreless draw with Ivory Coast in the opening match of the ING Cup in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The United Says will face Cameroon in their second match of the tournament and their final Olympic tune-up on Aug. 2 at 5 p.m. local / 5 a.m. ET [...]

Dutch To Warm Up for Olympics With Round Of Games

The Dutch Olympic men’s soccer team will play with Côte D’Ivoire, Cameroon and the United Says in a four-team competition in Hong Kong, which will serve as a final warm-up before the Olympic football tournament in Beijing.rn
The Netherlands will play two matches in the competition, against Cameroon and Côte D’Ivoire [...]

Beijing Olympics Tickets - Word Is They Are Sold Out

The organizers of the Beijing Summer Olympics are reporting that tickets to all events at the games set to open on August 8th are sold out. Word is that only a few tickets to soccer games at venues outside the capital city are still available.
Mr Li said: “We’re still counting the number of remaining [...]

Messi Getting Squeezed in Olympic Tussle

Stuck between the club he cares about and the country he adores Lionel Messi is in a tight spot right now with regard to the Olympic soccer tournament next month. Messi wants to play for Argentina on the international stage. Meanwhile his club team Barcelona wants him to skip the Olympics and train for [...]

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