Soccer squads for Beijing 2008 - Group D

Fan power shows its might in Italy | Sports

Reuters Soccer Blog found this 7/15/2008 on uk.reuters.com

MILAN (Reuters) - Woe betide football clubs who ignore the views of their supporters. Italian top-flight side Atalanta decided to re-sign former striker Christian Vieri during the close season and unwittingly unleashed a wave of protests from angry ...

“There is….another…”

The Beautiful Game found this 7/15/2008 on theoriginalwinger.com

21 year old Diego Maradona Jr gets called up by Italy for the Beach World Cup . Image by Goal

This and that

The Netminder found this 7/15/2008 on blog.dispatch.com

--Emmanuel Ekpo will join the Nigerian Olympic team in Korea on Friday. The American roster is expected to be announced on Thursday. --Guillermo Barros Schelotto will not be among the seven All-Stars announced today, although he could take Robbie ...

ESPNsoccernet - Europe - Mourinho wraps up first major signing for Inter

Women Like Sports found this 7/16/2008 on soccernet.espn.go.com

MILAN, July 15 (Reuters) - AS Roma's Brazilian winger Mancini has become Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho's first major signing, the two clubs said on Tuesday. Roma, who finished second to Inter in Serie A last season, announced an initial agreement ...

US Olympic team announced

ontheverge posted 7/18/2008 from ontheverge.co.za

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.