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Carli Lloyd Helps US Win Soccer Gold
Carli Lloyd Hits Winning Goal Carli Lloyd hit the winning shot that pushed the women’s US soccer team ahead of Brazil. The shot came at minute 58 of the one hour contest. The 26 year old from Delran, New Jersey hit a 20 yard shot off her left foot which turned out to be all the scoring the U.S. needed. The two teams tied through the first 30 minutes of play and Lloyd didn’t score until the 28th minute of the overtime period. Closing Ceremony to Feature 6,800 Performers (and Jimmy Page) Zhang Yimou will direct another small city’s worth of performers to close the 2008 Olympics, including… (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images) The closing ceremony of the Beijing Games on Sunday will be another elaborate show from the filmmaker Zhang Yimou, who also produced the opening ceremony on Aug. 8. American Women Face Victory, Defeat in Beijing It’s been a day of highs and lows for American women at the Beijing Olympics. Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor defended their gold medal in women’s beach volleyball. Though it was raining, the players didn’t seem to mind, with Walsh saying, “The rain made it better. I don’t know why, but it made it better. The ball is really wet and slimy, and you have to take care of the ball. But it’s not my first rodeo in the rain.
Oh snap, Michael Phelp’s dad!?
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/The-mystery-of-Michael-Phelps-missing-father?urn=oly,102215Lol, no wonder Ms. Phelps divorced him. Haha jkjk . His dad looks nothing like him. Who thinks his dad looks like him?
Add comment August 21, 2008
Indias day at the global Village
flag during the opening ceremony on Friday, finally broke his silence. Being chosen as the flag-bearer in an Olympics is one of the greatest honours that has been bestowed upon me, he said. Mia Farrow to air alternative ‘Darfur Olympics’ Bhupathi hits out, asks ITF to be consistent revved up here, beginning their hunt for that elusive Olympic doubles medal. Paes even joked about a sixth Olympics but Bhupathi fired a verbal volley at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) asking it to be more consistent.
what time and on what channel could we watch the opening ceremony of the beijing olympics?
Add comment August 8, 2008
