Football
Football draw for the Beijing Olympics
The draw for the men’s football was decided last night by lottery.
Group A
Côte d’Ivoire, Argentina, Australia, Serbia
Group B
Netherlands, Nigeria, Japan, USA
Group C
China PR, New Zealand, Brazil, Belgium
Group D
Korea Republic, Cameroon, Honduras, Italy
For lack of anything better to do, I even watched the draw on television.
The Nigerian women’s soccer team qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics by beating Ghana 2-0.
Cynthia Uwak scored both goals for her team.
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