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I am from Birmingham, England, and I am a fan of many sports, including F1, snooker and cricket. I don't much care for "soccer".

My name is not of British decent, but of Ukrainian decent. My grandfather was from Lvov, a town in Western Ukraine. During the Second World War, he ended up in Britain.

I am the reigning ArmchairGM Pool and Chess Champion, and I hope to retain my Pool trophy in 2008.

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What do we have to look forward to in 2008?

by Alex Holowczak

created January 01, 2008, last edited February 10, 2009

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Here's a list of everything we have to look forward to in 2008 in sport:

2008 Summer Olympic Games

Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Field Hockey
Football (soccer)
Gynmastics
Handball
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Synchronised Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling

American Football

2007 NFL Playoffs - can the Pats go 19-0?
2008 NFL season - can the Pats go 16-0 again?!

Athletics

2008 Indoor Athletics World Championship

Aussie Rules Football

Aussie Rules World Cup

Aquatics

Swimming World Cup
Short-Course World Championship

Auto Racing

Formula One World Championship (for Drivers and Constructors). Kimi Raikkonen looks to reclaim his title.
World Rally Championship. Sebastien Loeb and Marcus Gronholm look to have another battle.
MotoGP World Championship. Can Valentino Rossi stop Casey Stoner? Two races in the US (Indianapolis and Laguna Seca).

Bandy

World Cup
World Championship

Baseball

The 2008 MLB season.

Basketball

The 2007/08 NBA season.

Cuesport

World Championship events in 8 and 9-ball pool.
World Billiards and Snooker Championships. The World Professional Snooker Championship has it's first preliminary round on Thursday.
World Cup of Pool.

Cricket

India in Australia until February 2008
Commenwealth Bank ODI series in Australia (Australia/India/Sri Lanka)
England in New Zealand (Feb - Mar 2008)
English cricket season in the summer, including full international tours

Cycling

Road Cycling World Championship
Track Cycling World Championship
Mountain Biking World Championship

Darts

Two World Finals, the biggest of which is today, between Canadian John Part and Englishman Kirk Shepherd, Part a two-time Champion and Shepherd a youngster that has come from nowhere to make the final.

Golf

Four majors:

The Masters at Augusta National.
US Open Championship at Torrey Pines.
The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
The PGA Championship at Oakland Hills.

World Matchplay Championship at Wentworth.

Horses

Grand National
Derby
US Triple Crown - Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes
Melbourne Cup
St Leger
Prix de l'Arc de Triumph
Show Jumping World Cup
2008 Polo World Cup

Ice Hockey

Lawn Tennis

Four Grand Slams:

Australian Open in Melbourne.
French Open at Roland Garros.
Wimbledon in Wimbledon, funnily enough...
US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Real Tennis

2008 Real Tennis World Championship (The oldest World Championship in sport, dating back to 1740.)

Rowing

2008 World Rowing Championship

Rugby

Union
- 2008 Six Nations between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales
- 2007/08 English League season
League
- 2007/08 English League season
- 2008 Rugby League World Cup
Sevens
- 2008 Sevens World Series

Skating

"Soccer"

Euro 2008 in Austria, although no team from the British Isles is in it.
One of the closest Premier League battles in some time, with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool all realistically in with a chance.
2008 African Cup of Nations

Speedway

The 2008 Speedway World Championship will be a close battle between defending champion Nicki Pedersen and others such as Leigh Adams, Jason Crump and rookie outsider Kryzstof Kasprzak.
The 2008 Speedway World Cup will no doubt see Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain and Australia all battle for supremacy (USA won't be too far away either).