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  Mexico upset odds to take Olympic football gold (picture gallery)11 Aug 2012

  Olympic gold remains elusive for the Brazilian men’s football team after Mexico upset the odds to record a 2-1 win in the final at Wembley this Saturday afternoon. Prior to the match Brazil were priced at odds of 8/15 with Boylesports to win the match in 90 minutes, and just 1/5 to...

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  200 metres final betting preview and tips – Bolt v Blake II9 Aug 2012

  Usain Bolt has already secured his place in Olympics sprinting flklore, but the 200 metres gold is the one that he really wants and it is now within touching distance. Coming into these games all the talk was of whether Yohan Blake could unseat Bolt as the Olympic champion. Blake h...

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  Brazil v Mexico Men’s Olympic football betting tips9 Aug 2012

  Pre-tournament favourites Brazil meet Mexico in the men’s Olympic football gold medal match. This was always going to be a big tournament for Brazil. Without a World Cup qualifying campaign to prepare themselves for the 2014 World Cup on home soil, this week’s final will be the las...

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  USA v Japan Women’s Olympic football betting tips9 Aug 2012

  USA meet Japan in the final of the women’s Olympic football tournament, with the Americans made overwhelming favourites for the gold medal. Both sides arrive in the final unbeaten in the tournament so far, but it is Team USA that have been the most impressive to this point. After w...

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  Men’s Olympic football tournament latest odds - Brazil a penalty kick for gold?6 Aug 2012

  The Men’s Olympic Football tournament semi-finals take place on Tuesday and, aside from Brazil, there are some surprise countries in the last four with South Korea, Mexico and Japan all still in the hunt for the Gold medal. Brazil are understandably the favourites for Gold (2/5) in what has often b...

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  Mexico v Japan Olympic football betting tips6 Aug 2012

  Mexico are the favourites to reach the final of the 2012 Olympics but Japan have been impressive so far and look like the value bet to win Tuesday's semi final at Wembley. Mexico and Japan are both unbeaten so far at the Olympic Games and both sides go into Tuesday's semi final after good wins in t...

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  Brazil v South Korea Olympic football betting tips6 Aug 2012

  South Korea may have eliminated Team GB but they look set to struggle against a classy Brazil side in the semi finals of the Men's Olympic Football on Tuesday evening. So, after all the hype Team GB turned out to be no different from England at a major tournament with a couple of solid but unspecta...

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  Team GB football team unlikely for Rio, admits Pearce5 Aug 2012

  Team GB men's football coach Stuart Pearce is not expecting to  see a Team GB men’s football team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Pearce was talking after seeing his side knocked out of the London tournament in the quarter-finals by South Korea, losing out in a penalty shootout after the cla...

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  Powell wants Team GB football team at 2016 Games4 Aug 2012

  Hope Powell hopes there will be a Team GB women’s football team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. The British women lost out at the quarter-final stage of the London 2012 tournament, beaten 2-0 by Canada on Friday evening after impressing in their group games. They beat Brazil in front of 70,000 fa...

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  Team GB v South Korea tips – Great Britain to scrape into semis4 Aug 2012

  Team GB head into tonight’s men’s quarter-final match against South Korea knowing a victory would give them a guaranteed shot at an Olympic football medal. Stuart Pearce’s men have performed pretty well so far in the tournament and the young side appears to be finding an understanding after three g...

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  Team GB men to book football semi-final spot3 Aug 2012

  As Team GB prepare for their quarter-final against South Korea, bookmaker William Hill believe that recent performances should give cause to be hopeful for British football fans. William Hill are 5/4 that GB win in 90 minutes on Saturday night, and they are odds on at 8/15 to qualify for the semi-f...

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  Team GB v South Korea - men's quarter-final preview (19:30 BST Saturday)3 Aug 2012

  Team GB coach Stuart Pearce has left no stone unturned in preparation for his side’s London 2012 Olympic Games men’s football quarter-final against South Korea (19:30 BST Saturday kick-off). Best match oddsGreat Britain – 39/29 (Pinnacle Sports)Draw – 23/10 (Sky Bet)South Korea – 3/1 (Stan James) T...

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  Men's Olympic Football quarter final betting news3 Aug 2012

  Team GB are being well backed to beat Japan and qualify for the semi finals of the Men's Olympic Football tournament. Great Britain are odds-on to make the Olympic semi-final according to Ladbrokes. Stuart Pearce's men take to the stage at the Millenium Stadium and it's 5/6 they ease past South Kor...

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  Team GB beat Uruguay to remain on course for Olympic medal (picture gallery)2 Aug 2012

  Team GB’s men’s football team defeated Uruguay 1-0 in their final group game to top Group A and remain on course for a previously unlikely medal. Daniel Sturridge scored the only goal of the game on the stroke of half-time to put Great Britain, who needed just a point to secure quali...

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  Team GB second favourites after ousting Uruguay1 Aug 2012

  Team GB are now second favourites to win the men’s Olympic football tournament after dumping Uruguay out of the competition. Team GB secured victory against the Uruguayans on Wednesday night, booking their place in the knockout stage, and William Hill now make Stuart Pearce’s men 13/2 second favour...