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Get your sporting calendar's at the ready! Here's how I see the best of 2008 to be shaping up for armchair sportsmen and women everywhere!
Always worth a flutter - the most popular horse-racing event of the year is...
John Smith's Grand National, Aintree
5 April
Europe's best club football teams go head to head after the gruelling league and knock-out stages to reach the...
UEFA Champions League Final, Moscow
21 May
Countries battle it out to be crowned the best footballing nation in Europe (although Scotland, England, Ireland & Wales won't be there!)...
Euro 2008 (Austria/ Switzerland)
Group stages 7 to 18 June
Quarter finals 19 to 22 June
Semi finals 25 to 26 June
Final 29 June
Strawberries and ice cream, white cotton clothing, grunting, rain and some tennis(?) guaranteed at...
The Championships, Wimbledon, London
23 June to 6 July
The World's top athletes and sports-folk arrive in the Far East to participate in the biggest event of 2008...
Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing (China)
8 to 24 August
What a great year for sports fanatics! Don't just sit back at home and watch it though - get out and see some sport for yourself, or, even better, get out and participate in sport!
Table of Contents
Quick Links
- Great British Olympians
- Olympic Gold Medal Battle
- Sporting Memorabilia
- Sporting News 2008
- Wimbledon 2008
- Great Sporting Games on Amazon
- UEFA Euro 2008
- First Past The Post
- New CafePress
- UEFA Champions League
- Uefa Champions League 2008
- Top Sporting Events of 2008 Websites
- Top 5 Sporting Events of 2008 Guestbook
Great British Olympians
Setting the groundwork for 2012
Pulling in 47 medals raised Great Britain to 4th on the overall medal table, behind China, USA and Russia.
19 Golds, 13 Silver and 15 Bronze medals to celebrate tell some remarkable stories.
Claiming 3 of those Golds was cyclist Chris Hoy who put in tremendous performances in the velodrome. He became the first British sportsman to win 3 golds at one games for 100years.
In the pool, Rebecca Adlington is now being hailed the greatest British swimmer for 100 years after winning Gold in the women's 400m and 800m freestyle.
Olympic Gold Medal Battle
The battle to win Gold will be fierce at the 2008 Olympics.
Who will win most Gold medals?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byChina
RedSportNiac says:
The last Olympics China took 4 gold less than US which won the most medal. And now the Chinese are hosting the games so definitely they will win the most medals.
Posted July 13, 2008
Kanga says:
The host nation always does really well, and I'm sure China will be no exception. They were only 3 gold behind the USA at Athens, so I think they'll be hard to beat on home soil!
Posted June 07, 2008
derekshirlaw says:
I think being the home nation, China will take home the biggest catch!
Posted January 05, 2008
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Sporting Memorabilia
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Wimbledon 2008
The Championship winners!
Scotsman, Andy Murray shrugged off injury and some of his rough-around-the-edges character to win new fans and put in an impressive performance.
Spain's Rafael Nadal earned his first Wimbledon finals victory in the Men's Singles, beating off Roger Federer in a real clash of the Titan's - the longest ever men's singles final lasting 4hours 48minutes!
Venus Williams took the Ladies' Singles crown after a battle with her sister Serena. It's the 5th time she's won at Wimbledon.
Great Sporting Games on Amazon
The best title for your consoles!
UEFA Euro 2008
Spain Shrug-off Final Nerves!
Spain shook themselves free of the big finals curse that has blighted them for decades to lift the Euro 2008 cup, beating a distinctly poor German side 1-0.
For most of the match, Spain dominated and deserved to add to the tally in what was a fantastic night for the side who've brought this competition to life.
The Germans, led by Ballack, suffered from a weak defence and little vision for overcoming the strength and guile of the Spaniards.
A deserved win then, and possibly a signal of a major revival in Spanish footballing fortunes?
First Past The Post
John Smith's Grand National - April 5th 2008
UEFA Champions League
Manchester United - best in Europe!
22 - 23 April 2008 (1st leg)
Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1
Barcelona 0 Manchester United 0
29 - 30 April 2008 (2nd Leg)
Manchester United 1 Barcelona 0
Chelsea 3 Liverpool 2
Final
21 May 2008
Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1
Manchester United won 6-5 after penalties.
It was an all-English Champions League Final held in Moscow on 21st May won by Manchester United and manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Uefa Champions League 2008
Top Sporting Events of 2008 Websites
Your one-stop place for links to the official homes of sport
- UEFA Champions League
- The official UEFA site for the Champions League 2008. Fixtures, leagues, news and all the latest action!
- UEFA EURO 2008
- The official EUFA site for EURO 2008 in Austria/ Switzerland. All the latest news, leagues, fixtures and action!
- Aintree Racecourse
- The home of the Grand National.
- Wimbledon
- The official site of Wimbledon.
- 2008 Beijing Olympics
- The official Beijing Olympics site. With news, tourist information, events, tickets and much more! Available in English, French and Chinese.
Top 5 Sporting Events of 2008 Guestbook
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Kanga
Great lens! I've lensrolled it on my Equestrian Events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics lens. 5 stars! :-) Posted June 07, 2008 |
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vivarbon
Hi Posted January 28, 2008 |
