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Olympic football groups picked

The random group selections for the Men and Women‘s Olympic Football (AKA soccer) competition were made last night in a blaze of Beijing razzmatazz. For those of you who haven't been paying attention, most of the original entrants to the football ha... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Tue, Apr 22 2008

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