Athens 2004
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I only ever watch the opening and closing ceremonies.
I never watch any sports.
I never watch any sports.
Oh...joy. A month of TV-saturated adverts-disguised-as-athletics. Old competitors who haven't done any form of exercise in decades dragged out to act as "insightful" commentators. Thinly veiled xenophobia passed of as patriotic support. Countless SHOCK-HORROR news reports about drug taking that are as surprising as they are news worthy.
And to top it all off, the bloody football season starts too.
Thank God work kicks back off again in a few weeks time...
And to top it all off, the bloody football season starts too.
Thank God work kicks back off again in a few weeks time...
I hate anything ball-team related to be honest, so it's not surprising I hadn't noticed the season had already started.Mariner said:I think you'll find that the football season kicked-off a week ago.Neeyik said:
There is proper football as well as the Premiership you know!
I can never be bothered with the Olympics myself - I find athletics incredibly tedious. I'd watch some of the team sports but they rarely show any on TV here in the UK. In the last Olympics, I think they showed about 30 minutes of highlights of the entire football tournament! This is just preposterous when you can see hours of 'walking' and other similarly impressive events. :?
it had already started
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/football/3560424.stm
football group D match , iraq 4 portugal 2
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/football/3560424.stm
football group D match , iraq 4 portugal 2
-dave-
Only thing I can say is that hopefully Greece will continue to prove itself as an excellent host for the 28th Olympic games.
One further wish would be that the world would get finally reminded of the true sense of Olympic games after all. Nations have (or should have) in reality nothing to divide and in the end it's more about taking place in such games than winning. The true spirit is to remind everyone that common grounds and peace aren't unreachable utopic ideals.
Does the destination count in a journey after all more, than the journey itself?
One further wish would be that the world would get finally reminded of the true sense of Olympic games after all. Nations have (or should have) in reality nothing to divide and in the end it's more about taking place in such games than winning. The true spirit is to remind everyone that common grounds and peace aren't unreachable utopic ideals.
Does the destination count in a journey after all more, than the journey itself?
thop said:
BTW did you know 190 country incl. US supported last year November the 2003 UN agreement regarding Olympics 2004? It says ANY WAR ACT OR ARMED CONFLICT SHOULD CEASE FIRE DURING the Olympics.
And now, of course, we are excusing: State Dept says Iraq is not any of the mentioned case...
BTW Dream Team been spanked by Puerto Rico - with 19 points!
US lost its last stronghold in Olympics, the basketball - it's no more "olympic sport of US", no US=basketball anymore...
Hungary spanked the Serbs in water polo - they (Serbs) supposed to be their strongest competitor... good, nice job there, my old country. 8)
They also got their first gold, in fencing...
8)
What are you talking about? Min you, I suppose that the 2000 Olympics were held in September (iirc) and that's pretty damned close to winter in SydneyDarN said:
Did anyone see Sth Africa in the men's 4x100m freestyle(/crawl)? They had outboard motors!!
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