08/08/2008 - LOTTO AT THE BEIJING 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES

Football - First Olympic goal scored with the Twist'ngo technology
The Italian sportswear company kicked off today at the Beijing Olympic Games. During the Olympic Football Tournament, to be held from 6 to 23 August,  6 out of the 22 Italian national team players will be wearing Lotto football shoes featuring the world's first rotating stud Twist'ngo. Below the list of the Lotto testimonials:

Andrea Consigli, 27/01/1987, goalkeeper                Zhero Evolution Due + G-Force Evo gloves
Salvatore Sirigu, 12/01/1987, goalkeeper                Zhero Evolution Due + Drago Hist gloves
Andrea Ranocchia, 16/02/1988, defender              Vento Diablo KL
Antonio Nocerino, 09/04/1985, midfielder                Zhero Leggenda Due
Tommaso Rocchi, 19/09/1977, forward                  Zhero Leggenda Due
Giuseppe Rossi, 01/02/1987, forward                    Vento Diablo KL
       
The match calendar of the Italian national team playing in Group D is as follows:

07/08 11:00 (CET) at Qinhuangdao: Honduras vs Italy
10/08 13:45 (CET) at Qinhuangdao: Italy vs Republic of Korea
13/08 11:00 (CET) at Tianjin: Cameroon vs Italy

Matches played:
07/08 Honduras vs Italy: 0-3
Goals scored: Giuseppe Rossi (ITA), Vento Diablo KL

Tennis

The tennis tournament will be held at the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing from 10 to 17 August and will see Lotto on court in both the singles and doubles matches. The players will be wearing the Lotto Kontact (men), Vanity and Ranking lines (women) recalling the colours of the respective national teams.

Men (singles/doubles):
David Ferrer (ESP), Simone Bolelli (ITA), Dominik Hrbaty (SVK), Julian Knowle (AUT)

Women (singles/doubles):
Francesca Schiavone (ITA), Tzvetana Pironkova (BUL), Roberta Vinci (ITA)

First round - Men's singles (to be played on 10th August):
Thomaz Belluci (BRA) vs Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) vs David Ferrer (ESP)
Simone Bolelli (ITA) vs Victor Hanescu (ROU)

First round - Men's doubles (to be played on 10th August):
Nicolas Kiefer (GER)/Rainer Schuettler (GER) vs Julian Knowle (AUT)/Jurgen Melzer (AUT)
Roger Federer (SUI)/Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)/Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Nicolas Almagro (ESP)/David Ferrer (ESP) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA)/Jeff Coetzee (RSA)

First round - Women's singles (to be played on 10th August):
Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) vs Francesca Schiavone (ITA)
Marta Domachowska (POL) vs Tzvetana Pironkova (BUL)

First round - Women's doubles (to be played on 10th August):
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)/Dinara Safina (RUS) vs Mara Santangelo (ITA)/Roberta Vinci (ITA)
Casey Dellacqua (AUS)/Alicia Molik (AUS) vs Flavia Pennetta (ITA)/Francesca Schiavone (ITA)



Gli atleti scritti in grassetto sono testimonial Lotto.
The athletes written in bold letters are Lotto testimonials.