Thursday 26 July 2012

Olympics at Old Trafford


Manchester failed in its bids to host the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games, but instead hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2002. Ten years on from that, Manchester United's Old Trafford ground is hosting some of the London 2012 Olympics' football tournament, starting today.

Olympics at Old Trafford.
  • 26 July - Men's football - UAE v Uruguay - 5.00 p.m. & Britain v Senegal - 7.45pm
  • 29 July - Men's football - Brazil v Belarus - 12.00 p.m. & Egypt v New Zealand - 2.45 p.m.
  • 31 July - Women's football - USA v North Korea - 5.15 p.m.
  • 1 August - Men's football - Spain v Morocco - 5.00 p.m.
  • 4 August - Men's quarter finals
  • 6 August - Women's semi-finals
  • 7 August - Men's semi-final
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11 comments:

  1. Paul in Powell River26 July 2012 at 07:33

    Well Vancouver got the '08 Winter Olympics, and frankly, they cost us a fortune and, IMO,not money well spent. The cost of these games is getting nonsensical - and that's my tirade for this evening! :)

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    1. Chrissy Brand26 July 2012 at 13:05

      Agree with you Paul- the £2.4 billion cost in 2005 spiralled to £9.3 Billion by 2012.

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  2. Adullamite26 July 2012 at 08:47

    London games more important, Manchester gets the leftovers!
    The important folks live in London!

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  3. Luis Gomez26 July 2012 at 12:39

    Excellent!

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  4. Tanya Breese26 July 2012 at 14:59

    exciting times!!

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  5. Lincoln Eye26 July 2012 at 16:52

    Cool. I hope there are no flag mistakes like in Glasgow yesterday (we don't want to see the Man City flag at Old Trafford :-)

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  6. LONDONLULU26 July 2012 at 17:53

    Let the games begin! (Though as Paul above mentions, Manchester probably saved itself a lot of resources and disruption!)

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    1. Chrissy Brand26 July 2012 at 18:48

      Yes, Manchester gets a bit of the games but none of the costs or commercialism- and it was quite fun travelling on the tram with lots of people going to the matches tonight- Senegalese fans with scarves were sadly but predictably outnumbered by families and English people supporting Britain- come on Senegal! And come on all the underdogs for the next 2 weeks- looking froward to the men and women's bike racing at the weekend which I'm going to.

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  7. Anonymous26 July 2012 at 22:34

    Wonderful ! May the games be filled with friendship, fairness and only happiness. Please have a good Friday.

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  8. Pat Tillett27 July 2012 at 05:01

    I've always liked the Olympics, but it's a whole other level of excitement when it's held in your city. I've never seen Los Angeles as excited and vibrant as it was during the last Olympics that were held there.

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  9. Rath Savinders27 July 2012 at 07:28

    If people get so excited about seeing someone jogging by with a torch just think of how crazy they'll be when the Games start!

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