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Olympic Soccer Schedule AnnouncedThe Olympic Men's and Women's schedule has been announced and available here USA Softball schedule set for 2008 Olympic Games in BeijingOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. --- The game schedule for the 2008 Olympic Softball competition was announced today by the International Softball Federation (ISF). The USA Softball Women’s National team will begin competition five months from today on August 12 as the 32-game slate spans from August 12-21 at Fengtai Softball Field in Beijing, China. The three-time defending Olympic Gold Medal winning team will look to defend its title by playing seven round robin games before looking to advance to the playoffs on August 20 and the grand final on August 21. Six of the seven round robin games for the U.S. will take place at noon local time. On August 17, they will play the Netherlands at 7:30 p.m. local time. See below for complete schedule and attachment. Fengtai Softball Field was built for the 2008 Olympic Softball competition and opened in August 2006 with the ISF’s XI Women’s World Championship, which also served as the sport’s Olympic Test Event. In 2007, the venue hosted the China Cup. Click Here to download Schedule USASoftball on ESPN2 Tonight!OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – At 7 p.m. Eastern tonight, ESPN2 will air the match-up between the USA Softball Women’s National team and the University of Arizona. In February, ESPN announced it will feature 11 nationally televised games along the KFC Bound 4 Beijing pre-Olympic tour. Five consecutive weekly national televised games on ESPN2 in April and May along with two other bonus games plus four games slated for July will round out over 22 hours of original USA Softball branded programming on the ESPN family of networks. “We are thrilled to be working with ESPN again this year,” said 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Jennie Finch. “Their support of the sport of softball is outstanding. They have continued to raise the bar in the World Cup broadcasts and to be able to display this team’s talent on national television as we prepare for the Olympic Games in Beijing is tremendous.” “Softball continues to deliver solid upward rating trends for our networks,” said Associate Manager of Programming for ESPN Laura Sandillo. “We look forward to showcasing what’s going to be one of the top teams competing this summer in Beijing.” A complete schedule of all TV games airing as part of the KFC Bound 4 Beijing Tour is listed below. All times are Eastern.
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