Soccer Jocks featuring Eden Hazard

 Eden Hazard

Antoine Griezmann

Julian Draxler

Leonardo Bonucci

Olympic Soccer heats up Wednesday!

John Arne Riise

Antoine Griezmann

Julian Draxler

 Leonardo Bonucci

Ryan Giggs

Wednesday, August 17  Olympic Men's Soccer moves into the Semifinals.  The first game pits Brazil against Honduras.  In the second game, Germany, the last European team still involved, plays Nigeria. 

The finals and the consolation final will be held on Saturday, August 21

Happy Olympics!

The 2016 Olympic Games, held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are about to get underway in the first Olympic Games to be held South America.

The "Amateur" Sports Festival runs this year from the opening ceremonies on Friday, August 5th, until the  closing ceremonies on Sunday, August 21st.   This year's Olympic slogan, "Live your passion" (in Portuguese "Via sua paixão") refers to the passion of sports, of course, and  to the passionate feeling of the sensuous city of Rio.    

10,500 athletes from 206 different countries will be competing in these games, competing in 42 different sports, in 306 medal events. 

Truth be told, the games have already begun. 

Women's Soccer featured several games today, August 3rd, and tomorrow, August 4th, several men's games will be contested. 

Soccer finals will be on the 18th and 19th of August. 

Other sports of special interest to those who follow these reports:

Track and Field  aka "Athletics" runs from the 12th to the 21st.   

Basketball is contested from the 6th to the 21st.

Cycling competitions begin August 6th and wrap up August 20th. 

Diving runs August 9th through the 18th.

Gymnastics is contested from the 6th of August to the 20th.

Rowing, August 6th, through the 13th. 

Rugby Sevens is being resurrected this year at the Olympics, after an absence of Rugby from the games of almost 100 years.  Competition is August 6th through the 9th. 

Swimming begins August 6th, kicking off the Olympics as normal, and wraps up the 16th. 

Water Polo will be contested on August 6th through the 20th. 

Wrestling is the last sport listed of special interest to you, although I know and hope at least some of you are interested in a wider variety of sports.  Wrestling was almost voted out this year, which would have been a stupefying event, given inclusion since the dawn of the modern Olympics and the fact that it was one of the ancient Olympics sports.  Wresting will be held from August 13th to August 20th. 

Most of these sports have men's and women's competitions.  The norm is for those to be run on alternating days, so although a sport like Water Polo runs from the 6th through the 20th, half of those days will feature either men's or women's competitions.  This is normally the case, also, with many of the other sports, although there is probably no hard and fast rule.

Every Olympic Games generates some controversy, and negativity in the media rich culture.  We here will do our best to update you  throughout the Olympics, and we encourage you to enjoy the sports you want to enjoy...  and shoot us an email once in a while if you have a picture to share,  are enjoying some event or if any questions come up... 

Happy Olympics from all your friends at SR!   

World Cup Deutschland

by Rexswimguy

As of Tuesday, all World Cup teams will have played their opening game, and you can keep up with all the action here ==> Click here: The Official Website of the FIFA World Cup | FIFA.com

And, in what is likely your most dramatic result so far, Germany gave Portugal a thorough drubbing on Monday, 4-0.  Who would have expected that?

Germany 4, Portugal 0 ==> Click here: 2014 FIFA World Cup: Germany dominates Portugal, 4-0 | CBS Sports

... plus midfielder Julian Draxler of the German National Team.  He's one of the most talked-about newcomers around, so keep him in mind as the World Cup proceeds.

Name: Julian Draxler

Date of Birth: September 20, 1993 (Virgo)

Hometown: Gladbeck, Germany

Height/Weight: 6'2"/159 lbs

Team: German National Team, FC Schalke

Position: Midfield