Olympic & Paralympic Games London 2012

[Rafael]

18-man squad for Brazil was announced right now :

Goalkeepers - Neto (Fiorentina), Rafael Cabral (Santos)

Defenders - Thiago Silva (Milan) , Bruno Uvini (Sao Paulo) , Juan (Internazionale)

Wing-backs - Danilo (Porto), Rafael (QPR), Alex Sandro (Porto), Marcelo (Real Madrid)

Midfielders - Sandro (Tottenham), Romulo (Spartak Moscow), Paulo Henrique Ganso (Santos), Lucas Moura (Sao Paulo), Oscar (Internacional)

Attackers - Alexandre Pato (Milan), Hulk (Porto), Leandro Damiao (Internacional), Neymar (Santos)

:/

I already changed it.

[Dynamite]

Ugh, I have tickets for the quarter final between the winner of Spain's group and the runner up of Brazil's. Looking at how scarily strong their squads are, I guess that effectively rules out the chance of seeing Spain vs. Brazil.

[Cymbols]

Brazil vs Egypt, well keen.

[Adam]

So we've got Scott Sinclair, and they've got Hulk. And Pato. Looking good!

[Guest mr. potato head]

So we've got Scott Sinclair, and they've got Hulk. And Pato. Looking good!

"I have a swan!"

"We've got a Hulk."

[Johnny Drama]

Brazil squad looks quality, shame I got tickets to probably two of the worst games!

[Colly]

Well pleased with mine, Spain v Honduras and Japan v Morocco, plus I've got GB v Brazil friendly tickets. Come on GB!

[Rafael]

Well pleased with mine, Spain v Honduras and Japan v Morocco, plus I've got GB v Brazil friendly tickets. Come on GB!

We'll teach your young lads something about football.

[Johnny Drama]

I got Japan v Honduras and Senegal v UAE I will be supporting Honduras

[Lineker]

Senegal have omitted Newcastle United's Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba from their squad for this month's Olympic Games.

The Senegalese federation had been in talks with Newcastle, who were loathe to release Cisse in pre-season with an Africa Cup of Nations next January.

Everton striker Magaye Gueye and West Ham United midfielder Mohamed Diame have been included in the squad.

Diame, 25, is one of the squad's three over-age players, along with Dame N'Doye, 27, and Ibrahima Balde, 23.

Both FC Copenhagen striker N'Doye and Diame played in this year's Africa Cup of Nations, when the Senegalese crashed out in the first round without a win despite being tipped by many to lift the trophy.

Senegal open their Olympic campaign against hosts Great Britain in Manchester on 26 July, before moving to London to face Uruguay at Wembley three days later.

The first-time qualifiers conclude their Group A campaign when taking on United Arab Emirates in Coventry on 1 August.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Ousmane Mane (Diambars FC), Papa Demba Camara (Sochaux, France)

Defenders: Abdoulaye Ba (Academica Coimbra, Portugal), Serigne Kara Mbodji, Saliou Ciss (both Tromso, Norway), Papa Gueye (Metallist Kharkiv, Ukraine), Pape Ndiaye Souare (Lille, France), Zargo Toure (Boulogne-sur-Mer, France), Victor Demba Bindia (Sandefjord, Norway), Cheikhou Kouyate (Anderlecht, Belgium)

Midfielders: Stephane Badji (Sogndal, Norway), Idrissa Gana Gueye (Lille, France), Mohamed Diame (West Ham United, England), Moussa Konate (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel), Sadio Mane (Metz, France)

Forwards: Magaye Gueye (Everton, England), Ibrahima Balde (Osasuna, Spain), Dame N'Doye (Copenhagen, Denmark).

Stand-by: Issa Ndiaye (AS Douanes), Ibrahima Seck (SAS Epinal, France), Abdoulaye Sane (Rennes, France), Kalidou Yero (Gil Vicente, Portugal).

[Dingle]

Good news for us England fans (and for newcastle fans), less striking prowess is exactly what we want for our first game.

[Rafael]

GB should roll over Senegal. Even if Ba and Cisse were playing, they would roll over that team. The team as a whole is dreadful.

Edited July 7, 2012 by RafaelFms

[Lineker]

Ryan Giggs will be the captain of Team GB.

[Lineker]

Uruguay have named Liverpool's Luis Suarez in their 18-man squad for this summer's Olympic Games in London.

The 25-year-old striker is one of three over-aged players along with Napoli striker Edinson Cavani and Palermo midfielder Egidio Arevalo Rios.

Suarez's Liverpool team-mate, defender Sebastian Coates, and Ajax midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro are also included.

Uruguay are one of Great Britain's opponents in Group A, along with Senegal and United Arab Emirates.

'La Celeste' start their campaign against UAE on 26 July before facing Senegal on 29 July and finally Team GB on 1 August.

Uruguay, who won last year's Copa America and finished fourth at the 2010 World Cup, are aiming for their third Olympic title, after wining gold at the 1924 Summer Games in Paris and again four years later in Amsterdam.

Uruguay Olympic squad:

Goalkeepers: Martin Campana (Cerro Largo), Leandro Gelpi (Penarol)

Defenders: Sebastian Coates (Liverpool), Diego Polenta (Genoa), Ramon Arias (Defensor Sporting), Alexis Rolin (Nacional), Emiliano Albin (Penarol).

Midfielders: Egidio Arevalo Rios (Palermo), Nicolas Lodeiro (Ajax), Matias Aguirregaray (Palermo), Gaston Ramirez (Bologna), Maximiliano Calzada (Nacional), Diego Rodriguez (Defensor Sporting)

Forwards: Luis Suarez (Liverpool), Edinson Cavani (Napoli), Abel Hernandez (Palermo), Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Vitoria Guimaraes), Tabare Viudez (Nacional)

Stand-by: Alejandro Silva (Fenix), Marcelo Silva (Penarol), Federico Pintos (Defensor Sporting), Martin Rodriguez (Wanderers)

[Lineker]

Oh, and Dai Greene is the overall Team GB captain. Good choice.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Canadian hurdlers who didn't qualify for the Olympics in 'wanting Canada to change its qualification process to give them a better shot' shocker!

To be fair we probably would have a better chance with them, but still, their fault for not running well enough at the qualifier.

[Lineker]

Team GB play USA in basketball tonight, live on BBC Three.

They're gonna slaughter us.

[Lineker]

The Olympics offers 'stiff' competition.

[Matt]

tl;dr, something about lots of fucking in the Olympic village?

[Lineker]

In quite graphic terms, yes!