Category — Football

Embarrassed that female Olympians [Britta Heideman, Natalie Coughlin, Amanda Beard, etc] are outscoring the males in the very important Olympic art of posing naked, this group of New Zealand football players led by Sam Messam decided to equalize things by removing their shirts and performing the traditional Maori “haka” before a crowd of cheering thousands.

Now everything is all right with the world since the nakedness score between male and female Olympians is now even.

New Zealand related stories:
Olympics Fashion: New Zealand Unveils Uniform
Quote of the Day: New Zealand’s Tash Hind
Selection Controversy: Liza Hunter-Galvan to Sue Athletics NZ

Photo source: Chinadaily

Ronaldinho will still go to Beijing even if this means breaking his contract with Barcelona. Hah. Good for him. Maybe the other footballers, like Argentine Martin Demichelis, who are similarly being prevented by their clubs from playing in Beijing should follow Ronaldinho’s example.

Let’s see what those Olympic party-pooping club owners will do when their stars abandon them. Go, Ronaldinho!

Related:
Ronaldinho on Barcelona

This must be Ronaldinho’s true sentiment regarding Barcelona’s reported plan to prevent his participation in the Bejing Olympic Games.

Boo, Barcelona. Dog in a manger indeed.

The list is just announced today. Via beijing2008:

Goalkeepers: Diego Alves, Renan

Defenders: Marcelo, Ilsinho, Rafinha, Thiago Silva, Alex Silva, Breno

Midfielders: Lucas, Anderson, Hernanes, Ronaldinho, Diego, Thiago Neves

Forwards: Jo, Robinho, Alexandre Pato, Rafael Sobis

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British football star David Beckham is bound for Beijing during the Olympics but he’s not going there to play football. Rather, he’s there to “star in the closing ceremony” where he will reportedly “play a key role role in the the official handover to Britain for the London 2012 Games”.

It is fitting that Beckham is joining this handover because he’s one of the “ambassadors” for London’s successful bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.