OS Beijing 2008 Paralympics Olympics Pekin

Vyacheslav Glaskov failed the medical examination, after an elbow injury that necessitated his transfer to the hospital. The cancelled semi-final against Chinese Zhang Zilei will be in favor of the local boxing champion who just made it into the final game.

Who placed a bid on that??!

Just like for all the boxing tournaments in Beijing’s Olympics, ranked 3^rd and 4^th will both get bronze medals, and it will be the same in Glaskov’s case.

 In the other semi-final, David Price from Britain faces the Italian Roberto Cammarelle.

The winner of the match joining Italy and Britain, will get a chance to play on gold against The Chinese national hero Zhang Zilei.

Zhang will definitely have a tough dual to go through, and can’t bet on another opponent’s injury this time.

For the crowds and TV viewers, 96 minutes of anticipation and mental strain were needed to hear the final whistle and see the winner of this football carnival! As for the players, it was definitely the longest minutes of their lives, thus the greatest feeling ever for the Americans who won again in Olympics, beating Brazil by 1 goal after 6 minutes from the additional period.

The 1^st 30 minute of the match illustrated the intense fear and respect shared among the 2 poles of the game, with 22 ladies fighting for every ball and a crowded defensive area at each side of the field. What started like an American domination was terminated by a parade of skills from Marta and Cristianne, who made the Yankees get into a very stressful 20 minutes. Luckily, the score was 0 to 0 at the break and no damage was made.

USA’s won 3 Football gold medals in 4 Olympics; 2 rewards in a row (Beijing’s2008- Athens2004)

FIFA’s best player of the year, Marta, was closely guarded and insistently double teamed with every ball possession, in order to paralyze the master Samba’s key to success. German policy of bugging Marta was a good placed bet to keep her away from scoring.

Both teams proved to earn a final game, and went into over time; another chance to end the game before the penalty lucky kicks. Extra time is an advantage to the North Americans who proved to have a better physical endurance in the last minutes. Carli Lloyd put the surplus of power and energy into action and stroke Brazil’s web (96th minute) with the most precious goal in Beijing’s Olympics.

Simply, it was gold worthy goal, and that’s all what mattered in fact for the BACK to BACK champions. As for the Samba girls, a nation’s bidding on them to achieve what the men’s team couldn’t do failed again; Beijing’s a disaster for Brazilian football, yet, a paradise for the USA.

The Russian team was playing aggressively, fighting over every ball and leading the game on many occasions all along 3 quarters. Despite a Russian lead over the 1^st quarter and a part of the 2^nd, the final minutes of the 3^rd period were a wake-up call for the Americans who knew that their only way to regain leadership is through a good defensive line up especially that bidding on shooting from long range (area of expertise) wasn’t much of a winning bet.

Out-rebounded Russians were starting to lose grip, while making plenty of turnovers allowing the Basketball jerseys of America to pull out 22 steals!!

Russia’s counting on American’s origin Becky Hammon to lead the score was a badly placed bet;

she scored 3 points with 0 out of 4 from long range.

Maria Stepanova led Russia in scoring with 14 points.

Diana Taurasi made the top of the scoring sheet with 21 points and

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bounds, Tina Thompson hit 15 and 4 boards. Defensively, Silvia Fowles caught 10 recoveries next to Tamika Catchings’ sickly sweet defense.

Becky Hammon who gave up for the strength of Uncle Sam’s defense will face China for a bronze medal; USA moved into the final game against Aussies to play on gold.

A match that’s much anticipated by all fans, sports betting sites and sports news for being an ultimate attraction.

Coach Anne Donovan said that Russia has improved a lot, and that victory is due to the calm nerves. This was a very important introduction

to what the final game will look like against the Opals.

Rainy day in Beijing and a very wet grass to play on, as Japan and Germany play for bronze medal in football. The 1^st half witnessed 4 major Japanese occasions but none of them found the back of the net. Japs clearly bidding on an early opening to struck the Deutschland’s ego turned into a losing bet; German goal keeper, Nadine, made a terrific job in saving all 4 Geishas’ attempts, especially a long range shot and a ball off the line with the help of her defenders. On the break, the score was 0 to 0 as crowds were expecting a different type and style of playing after watching 45 minutes of ball movement in midfield, filled with a lack of ball control and strategies.

The 2^nd half was all about setting the German rules! 3 early substitutes launched the German machine in face of the tired Asians who gave it all in the1^st part. Substitute Fatmire Bajramaj was behind the big bang of the match placing the ball into the red dot’s web in the 67^th minute putting Germany in the lead.

Germany’s medal in Beijing’s games is the 3^rd successive bronze in 3 Olympics

Japan’s trials to equalize came to a complete failure; Bajramaj skillfully scored again in the 87^th minute, killing any Asian’s odds and leaving no room for Japan on the podium. A 2^nd half totally different from the 1^st sent Geishas back home with no medals.

Australia survived for 18 minutes, disallowing the basketball jerseys of America from flying with the game in their pockets. A good and organized defense was crowned by a strong finishing under the basket, with 20 year old Mills on the play making! Opals were magnificent on the ball movement and determined to walk along with the States in scoring. In a pre-game interview, Australians declared that they will the smiles off the Dream team’s faces, a betting that almost came true, but …. It was Kobe Bryant’s show time to start, saving the states from the stress that Uncle Sam was facing with the 2^nd quarter coming to an end.

After the break, Kobe and friends were already warm to start the show, cherishing the crowds is a must, leaving no space for Australians to breath. After missing a lot of free throws and 3 pointers in 1^st part of the match, luck was starting to smile to the Eagles. Kobe leading his Dream team with 25 points was performing the true displays of an MVP sending angry Aussies back home.

US out-rebounded the Opals 57 to 28 of which 9 “second chance” scored from 13 offensive boards.

Australia’s primary bet of embarrassing the States was whooshed far, and so did their plan B, which consisted on keeping the score divergence under the 30 points; a bid that they struggled to achieve: actually it’s too good to be true, and they had 2 losing bets in 1 night!!!

USA’s points’ average for winning is still over 30 points after today’s game

USA will face the winner of the game joining Argentina and Greece in semi-finals, and still has 2 more games to wear gold medals. Basketball tickets are definitely sold out with a Dream team that puts on the flame to the game. For the 1^st time since Athens 2000, bidding on Basketball games hadn’t been that easy!

The stadium was trembling, under the screams and cheers of supporters. Crazy atmosphere was a great set up for a crazy game. Belgium was bidding on her defensive walls that have already beaten Italy’s offensive forces, while Nigeria’s bet was all around its international players.

1^st half witnessed a Crowdie defensive line up on the European side, but no one was really marking an opponent. Missing out on the man to man strategy cost them an early goal by Adefemi in 17th minute. As the teams went into relaxation, sports news was already reminding the readers and TV viewers of Nigeria’s 1996 team that won the gold in Atlanta.

As the 2^nd half was whistled on, everyone was betting on an attacking Belgium, unlike in the 1^st part, but if you want to place a bet, you’d rather think twice!! Nigeria kept on controlling the midfield and its attacks were about to turn into half a dozen goals; luckily the European goal keeper was always there, to do what his defenders wouldn’t do!!

Poor defensive display by Belgium cost them 3 more goals in 30 minutes. Ogbuke scored Nigeria’s second and third hits in minutes 59 and 72, while Africa’s star Okonokwo stroke Belgs with a 4^th goal of pure talent, with 12 minutes remaining.

Being in lead, Africans were just pushing away the ball from their area keeping it safe, with an unorganized and clearly nervous attacking from Belgium, desperate for a goal and earning a free kick that was transformed into a clean hit in the 88^th minute by Ciman, saving what’s left of the honor and pride.

Nigeria will face the winner of Brazil’s game with Argentina, in a superb dual that will be seen on TV by millions around the world. It is jam period in Sport betting sites, while bidding panels’ employees are ordering more sheets and ink to print on!

China faced Czech Republic in the last group’s game, a game to fix the group’s standings. Leading from the beginning till the end, China’s ladies were a bit concerned about facing their opponents, after being beaten twice in practice games.

Unusually, Europe’s team wasn’t too much into the game, with only 35% from close range and 26% from the wide arc, giving the host nation a chance to lead the sport from the very 1^st minute until the final whistle: 79-63

Many Chinese ladies scored with double figures, raising their team into the final 8.

Belarus is known to be stubborn, and the game will be much anticipated. I bet it’s going to be real hot in the stadium as both teams are known to be fighters, not quitters!

Basketball tickets are almost out, that’s being the case for every Chinese game, and sports news are starring and headlining the dragon’s ladies in order to encourage them; China is trying to show the world its modern and civilized image!

America’s super hero in swimming, Michael Phelps just made history by winning all 8 gold medals. Each 1 of them is special for the Yankee who broke the world record time in the 1^st round of the competition!

Mark Spitz’s record of 7 medals is now gone, after 36 years: it is Phelps time!

8 are what any athlete couldn’t reach in Beijing, while admitting that nothing is impossible.

The 23 year old idol was thrilled full of excitement, missing nothing and no one but his mother, as her pride in Michael, beyond doubt grew at the same time as he made his 8^th reward during the 4×100 meters medley relay.

Sports news and betting sites were making it look hard, coming clear those 8 medals is beyond reason and that it can’t be done; Phelps’s imagination helped him achieve the unpredictable blowing away all the odds.

USA’s talent in the Beijing’s Olympics earlier dominated the 400 individual medley, 4×100 freestyle relay, 200 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 4×200 freestyle relay, 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly en route towards being the world’s best swimmer ever.

Michael’s total number of medals is now 14, adding the 6 golden medals of Athens, keeping sports news and TV programmers to wonder about his speed secret. Investigations and analyzing went too far this time, talking about Phelps’s diet: a probable explanation and a secret weapon!

Personally, I think it wouldn’t take long before seeing Phelps advertising for nutritional products or sports equipment on TV.

The ultimate contestant just made it into the sports books and sports news, I would bet on him as the athlete of the year, and of the few years to come!

Domination remains, dream team nomination is finally for real. Eagles unleashed in a game of Eagles poles against Spain were incredibly thrilling and supernatural, sucking all the intensity out of the Spaniards and turning the game into their own approach. Yellow basketball jerseys were forced into 28 turnovers, in face of the most ferocious defense, talking of China’s wall!

Although including a number of NBA players, and European stars, Pau Gasol and Spanish mates were left behind in  keeping count, suffering from a poor field score percentage (6of 28 in long range shots), turnovers and slow movements! Americans were faster and better:

Lebron James scored 18, dwayne wade and Anthony (4 of 6 in 3 points shot) ended up with 16 points each. 8 of the US lineup were “score wise” double figured.

Pau Gasol uncertainty about the team’s performance during the game was faced by a relief in the Yankees side who made it clear that they are getting better!

The declaration can be understood in 2 ways:

• 1- The dream team can be much stronger and violent in tearing apart every opponent.
• 2- A clear alert and a loud warning for challengers to seek silver or bronze, nothing else.

As for the sports betting sites, the leader on sheets is way ahead of the others. USA looks like the best bet in men’s basketball tournament.