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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
Mexico won Olympic soccer gold for the first time in their history on Saturday, courtesy of an upset 2-1 victory over Brazil at Wembley. Striker Oribe Peralta, scorer in El Tri's semifinal victory over Japan , came to the fore once more as he struck...
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Fiji Times
| 10 months ago
Brazil coach Mano Menezes insists he doesn't deserve to be sacked after his side's Olympic final defeat against Mexico because they will use the painful memory to win the 2014 World Cup. Menezes faces a fight to hang onto his job after Brazil's...
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China Post
| 10 months ago
Most Brazilian players hadn't even touched the ball and the team was already losing 1-0 at the men's Olympic soccer final Saturday. The Brazilians acknowledged they were shaken by Mexico's goal just 29 seconds into the match and said it affected the...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
A day after Brazil lost the Olympic soccer final to Mexico, the country's soccer playing authorities took the unusual step of singling out full back Rafael for his part in the defeat. A loose pass from the Manchester United defender led to Mexico's...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
Mexico, quite understandably, is reveling in the glory of being the Olympic men's soccer champion. Brazil is going home to yet another inquest into how its players fell short of the only title that it has failed to win over the past half-century...
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Sacramento Bee
| 10 months ago
Mexico's national anthem played at a medal ceremony for the first time in the London Olympics on Saturday, following its men's soccer team's 2-1 upset of Brazil in the gold-medal match. But if the country's Olympic program continues to improve at the...
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Miami Herald
| 10 months ago
The five-time World Cup champion once again leaves the Olympics without a gold medal in men's soccer after Mexico stunned the South American favorites 2-1 on a pair of goals by Oribe Peralta. It is the only major title that has eluded the soccer-...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
So it was fitting that Brazil and Mexico contested the men's final. Before the game, I think the only people who thought Mexico could win the gold medal were the Mexican fans...Brazil adopted a pyramid formation and for me, Oscar was absolutely...
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Charlotte Observer Online
| 10 months ago
The five-time World Cup champion once again leaves the Olympics without a gold medal in men's soccer after Mexico stunned the South American favorites 2-1 on a pair of goals by Oribe Peralta. It is the only major title that has eluded the soccer-...
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Kuwait Times
| 10 months ago
With a goal in less than 30 seconds, Mexico extended Brazil's wait for a first Olympic football gold for at least another four years. Oribe Peralta stunned the Brazilians by scoring after just 29 seconds in the Olympic final Saturday and the heavily...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
The contrast could not have been greater as Mexico's jubilant coach Luis Fernando Tena greeted the media punching the air in delight as beaten opponent Mano Menezes was left looking like he could punch someone's head. Tena's young side had just...
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
Mexico shocked Brazil in the Olympic men's soccer final, winning gold in a 2-1 game in which it never trailed. Mexico's Oribe Peralta scored just 29 seconds into the game, after pouncing on a turnover to scorch a ball that tracked low and bounced to...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Oribe Peralta scored the first of his two goals only 29 seconds into the match Saturday, igniting Mexico to a 2-1 win over Brazil for the Olympic gold medal. The unexpected result denied Brazil what would have been the first Olympic soccer...
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Epoch Times
| 10 months ago
August 11, 2012 Mexico's Oribe Peralta (L) celebrates his second goal with his teammates. Mexico went on to claim the Olympic gold medal in men's football. (Michael Regan/Getty Images) Mexico took Olympic gold in men's football with two goals from...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 10 months ago
Brazil coach Mano Menezes insists Rafael da Silva doesn't deserve to be made the scapegoat for his side's shock 2-1 defeat against Mexico in the Olympic men's final on Saturday. Rafael was booed by Brazilian fans at Wembley after his blunder led to...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Peralta grabbed his and Mexico`s second with a bullet header from Marco Fabian`s free kick on 75 minutes as four motionless Brazilian defenders watched the unmarked striker score. Hulk pulled one back for Brazil in second-half stoppage time with...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
Story London 2012 France's Anne-Caroline Graffe (R) competes against South Korea's In Jong Lee during their women's +67kg quarterfinal taekwondo match at the ExCel venue during the London Olympic Games, August 11, 2012. London 2012 It can have...
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Wellington Dominion
| 10 months ago
Mexico left Brazil's long-cherished Olympic dream in tatters again when they scored a stunning 2-1 upset win to clinch the men's soccer title for the first time at Wembley Stadium today...Their players, who won all five matches scoring 15 goals on...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 10 months ago
Mexico, attacking from left to right, get us going, the kick-off greeted a rare old roar from the crowd...A beautiful purple montage in the crowd spells out London 2012...Mexico are all in green, Brazil in their yellow shirts and blue shorts. "This...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 10 months ago
Mexico's forward Oribe Peralta celebrates after he scored his team's second goal in the Olympic men's football final against Brazil. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Mexico 's first ever Olympic football medal is gold and the wait for Brazil to add...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
Lee/The New York Times Mexico celebrates after scoring against Brazil in the first minute of the soccer final. On one side of the field, the Mexican defender Diego Reyes fell to the ground in joy. On the other, the Brazilian prodigy Neymar toppled...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
Mexico won the Olympic men's soccer title for the first time when they stunned favorites Brazil 2-1 in front of 86,162 fans at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Oribe Peralta put Mexico ahead after 28 seconds and added their second in the 75th minute with...
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The independent
| 10 months ago
Brazil lost 2-1 to Mexico this afternoon in the men's football final. Expectations in Brazil were huge going into the match as they looked to win their first Olympic tournament, and clinch the last trophy that has so far eluded the five-time world...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 10 months ago
Oribe Peralta scored two goals, the first in the opening minute of the game, and Mexico held on for a 2-1 victory over powerhouse Brazil to win its first Olympic men's soccer gold medal Saturday at Wembley Stadium. Brazil, winner of five World Cup...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
England Mexico is celebrating its first Olympic gold medal in men's soccer, and Brazil is wondering if it will ever be able to add the title to its long list of triumphs. Oribe Peralta scored only 29 seconds into the Olympic final at Wembley...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
Brazil still doesn't have an Olympic gold medal in men's soccer...In what likely will rank as the greatest sporting achievement in Mexican sports history, El Tri shocked Brazil (and the rest of the soccer world) with a 2-1 victory Saturday at soldout...
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News 24
| 10 months ago
Mexico stunned Brazil to win their first gold in the Olympic men's football tournament as Oribe Peralta's double clinched a shock 2-1 victory over the five-time world champions here Saturday. Peralta struck after just 30 seconds and the Mexican...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
But the South American side scarcely deserved to take the game into extra-time after a very patchy performance, particularly in defence. Mano Menezes's team had scored three in each of their previous five games and were treating the tournament as an...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Peralta, he is weaving magic in the crucial match for his side. Mexicans are denied a second goal as Oribe Peralta shot is off-side. The Mexicans have given away the opportunity to take a 2-0 lead...They just had to target the goal post, Marco Fabian...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Soccer and the Olympics have not always been the happiest of bedfellows as the world's most popular sport has struggled to find its identity in the quadrennial celebration of athletic competition. But while some fans struggle to get excited about the...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
The men's football final at the London Olympics 2012 will feature Brazil and Mexico fighting for their first ever Olympic football gold. The Brazilians last qualified for the Olympic final in 1988 and the elusive gold remains the only title the...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Neymar and Olympics top scorer Leandro Damiao will lead the line in attack with the Internacional man holding off the presence of Alexandre Pato throughout the tournament to keep his place. New Paris Saint-Germain signing Lucas Moura will be pushing...
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Kansas City Star
| 10 months ago
Brazil has a rich legacy in soccer, and some of the best players in the game have proudly competed in its jersey. What it doesn't have is an Olympic gold.Mexico, which faces the team Saturday in the men's gold medal game, believes that it will need...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
27 p.m., Aug. 10, 2012 Mexico's Oribe Peralta, left celebrates with Mexico's head coach Luis Fernando Tena during the men's soccer semifinal match between Japan and Mexico at the Wembley stadium, at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7,...
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Tahoe Daily Tribune
| 10 months ago
Mexico coach Luis Fernando Tena thinks his team will need an "almost perfect" game to pull off an upset against Brazil in the men's Olympic football final on Saturday. Tena loudly praised the quality of the Brazilian team on Friday and said he...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
Mexico coach Luis Fernando Tena joked that he read an article about people betting overwhelmingly on Brazil to win their gold-medal men's soccer match Saturday at Wembley Stadium. And that was before Tena announced his Giovani Dos Santos has a pulled...
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The New York Times
| 10 months ago
The men's soccer tournament rarely garners significant attention at the Olympics, and in many ways this is by design. Unlike the women's tournament, which is contested by teams using their best players, the men's tournament has an age restriction:...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
South Korea took their first Olympic soccer medal with goals from Park Chu-young and skipper Koo Ja-cheol that secured the bronze when they beat Asian rivals Japan 2-0 on Friday. The soccer tournament has been marked by massive crowds and more than...
