Rafael

Rolling over Belarus, winning at basketball, and a future win in volleybal. What a great day!

Pereira

Hoyama is class. 43 and still at it.

Oh yeah, Isner/Roddick eliminated by a brazilian duo, whose names I just forgot. EDIT: Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares.

Sa and Bellucci won a set against the Bryan brothers!

That Russian guy is amazing.

SHE DID IT! SHE DID IT! 1ST GOLD!

What a dominant performance from Iraoka.

Yay! First medal!

Nottm Forrest completed the signing of Southampton's Dan Harding. Another done deal is Luc Castaigno's, joining FC Twente on a four-year deal.

Only think I can complain about the music thing is that they didn't put Oasis. Did they?

Wait? West Ham?!!!!!!!!!

It''s just that awesome.

It's amazing how Brazil always has trouble when playing against Egypt. 4-3 in the Confederations Cup, now 3-2 at the Olympics. The team was great in the first half, then average at best in the second half. After Spain lost to Japan, I really don't know if I want Brazil to face the japanese, their style should trouble our defence easily.

Well, another 'Moneyball' hiring.

Reading target Geoffrey Kondogbia is joining Sevilla on a five-year deal. Mattia Destro may complete his move to Roma soon, as it seems. Atletico Mineiro's star Bernard has received interest from Internazionale. Easily their best player, and still 19. Leeds completed the signings of Portsmouth's Luke Varney and Brann's Rodolph Austin. And....Rubin Kazan are close to signing Demba Ba acording to a local sports radio. What a dumb move. I'd pick Galatasaray any day.

Palermo have signed Uruguayan Edigio Arevalo from Tijuana. He was good here in Brazil, not sure if he will be in Europe. Fulham announced that Marcel Gecov is out. He signed for belgian club KAA Gent for an undisclosed fee. And, oh man....Michael Owen has received offers from Flamengo (Brazil), Al Rayyan (Qatar), Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) and Sivasspor (Turkey). If he wants money, he'll join Al Rayyan. If he wants to play at a competitive league, he should join Flamengo. If he's dumb, he joins Sivasspor. If he wants money and competition, he will join Lokomotiv Moscow.

According to Sky Sport Italia, FC Twente are close on the signing of Internazionale promising striker Luc Castaignos for 7M euros.

I hate Leeds United. First half of the season completely perfect, sitting in first place 6 points ahead of Leicester. Loses Andrew Keogh, slowly stops winning. 1 game left Leeds are 2nd-placed 1 point above of West Ham. We're playing Doncaster without Billy Sharp at home, piece of cake. Ross McCormack misses 2 sitters and Lonergan fails to grab an easy ball and we lose 1-0. We finish 3rd. Facing against Cardiff, we play well in the two games (After 2 months without a good exhibition). 1-0 and 2-1 wins at away and home, respectively. We face Bristol City in the play-offs final, everything was working right....except for the great Paul Connolly. Two bad passes resulting in two Nicky Maynard goals, and we lost the Premier League promotion.

More news, as Al-Ain are set to place a 10M euros bid for brazilian international and Lyon right winger Michel Bastos. What a waste, should've come back to Brazil. More from from Petroland, as Corinthians midfielder Alex is joining Qatari side Al Gharafa. Vasco Da Gama's midfielder Diego Souza shall go to Saudi Arabia to play in Al-Ittihad. Ajax midfielder Lodeiro joined Seedorf and now will play in Botafogo. Not sure if he will be in the starting 11 but that's one fine signing. And now, a move that took place yesterday as Wolfsburg have hired impressive Vasco Da Gama right-back Fágner for something in the likes of 8M euros.

But Lineker is faster than my resources.

Feyenoord once again loans a young Man City player, now it's Omar Elaba....Elba....Elabda....Elabdellaoui. Words from the player himself: "It's an exciting challenge for me and it gives me the opportunity to play regular first-team football that will obviously benefit me and hopefully City as well in the long-term Liverpool and QPR are also targeting Spanish wonderkid Gerard Deulofeu, stand-out player for Spain in the U17 and U19 European Championships. It seems Nicklas Bendtner will move to either Galatasaray or AC Milan for 7.5M Euros in the coming week. Good business for the danish, indeed. More from italian football, as Lazio are looking to sign Sporting Lisbon defender Xandao for 3M Euros.

There was this brazilian reporter interviewing a Boro fan, and he asked 'What do you know about this brazilian team?' and the Boro fan answered 'Is Juninho playing?'

I'm not satisfied with Brazil. We won, alright. But we won with two set pieces. If that didn't happen, y'all would be very happy and I would still have the same reaction about that game. The team plays a lot of passes, and there were several opportunities where the player was in position to shoot, instead preferred a pass and missed it. We just need to be more vertical, if you know what I mean.