The 2008 season saw the two teams meet twice again ; on November 23 the two teams battled to a 20-20 tie until Vinatieri booted a 51-yard field goal on the final play and a 23-20 Colts win ; the Colts surged to 12-4 but lost the AFC South title to the Titans ; they thus had to travel to meet the 8-8 Chargers on January 3.

The Chargers won the 2008 AFC West championship in convincing fashion by beating Denver in a 52 – 21 blowout.

On January 11, 2009 the Chargers were defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers 35 – 24 in the AFC Divisional Game ending the 2008 San Diego Chargers season.

In 2008 and 2009, AFC Wimbledon earned two more promotions, via the Conference South into the Conference National.

New Zealand emerged as winners of the 2008 OFC Nations Cup, ahead of New Caledonia, and thus qualified for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and a playoff with the fifth placed team from the AFC for a place in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Brady did not play in any games during the 2008 preseason due to a right foot injury from the previous AFC Championship game.

AFC Keynsham was established in 2008 from the defunct Charles Saunders FC.

* 2008 ( NFL )-Super Bowl XLIII-2 / 1 / 09 AFC Pittsburgh Steelers 27, NFC Arizona Cardinals 23

For his efforts Manning won AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the third time in 2008.

By winning the Hazfi Cup once again in 2007, Sepahan also qualified for the AFC Champions League 2008, but could not repeat their success of 2007.

* 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup – Third place

2008 would see the Titans climb to the top of the AFC with a 13-3 record, but they were soon knocked from the playoffs by the Ravens.

" Arise " was written as the theme to the 2008 AFC Championship on CBS.

In the Ravens ' 2008 AFC Wild Card game against the Miami Dolphins, Reed intercepted Chad Pennington twice, returning one for a touchdown.

Due to club commitments and injury he had to miss out on the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers for Pakistan, a situation that proved costly for the national team as defensive blunders cost them the chance of qualifying despite a promising start to the campaign.

After defeating Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in the quarter final with a penalty shoot-out following a one-all draw after regular and extra time, Pohang knocked out Daegu FC in the semi-final, and then Gyeongnam FC in the final to ensure qualification for the 2009 AFC Champions League by virtue of winning the 2008 Korean FA Cup.

The assessments was conducted by AFC Pro-League committee during 2006 – 2008, and is based on the football competitiveness, professionalism, marketability, and financial status of the league and its clubs.

Afghanistan entered the second edition of AFC Challenge Cup in 2008, by winning group D of AFC Challenge Cup Qualification which drawn with Bangladesh and won against Kyrgyzstan.

In 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, Afghanistan lost all group matches to India, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Aldridge is a patron of AFC Liverpool, a non-league football club set up by Liverpool FC fans in 2008.

They came close in 2008 after missing out on the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup only on goal difference, and the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup with an inferior goals scored record.

During the 2008 AFC Championship Game, Willis was the Ravens ' primary offensive weapon, scoring two touchdowns against the Pittsburgh Steelers to keep the game close.

Charlton held the record for most appearances for Manchester United ( 758 ), but this was surpassed by Ryan Giggs on 21 May 2008 ( the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final ).

Charlton left Manchester United at the end of the 1972 – 73 season, having scored 249 goals and set a club record of 758 appearances, a record which Ryan Giggs broke in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final.

View from the Stamford Bridge ( stadium )# West_Stand | West Stand of Stamford Bridge ( stadium ) | Stamford Bridge during a UEFA Champions League | Champions League game, 2008 In October 1905 it hosted a rugby union match between the All Blacks and Middlesex, and in 1914 hosted a baseball match between the touring New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox.

There were several piebald dachshunds that became AKC Champions in 2008.

On February 28, 2008, Cryptic Studios purchased the Champions intellectual property, and sold the rights back to Hero Games to publish the 6th edition books.

The club regained the Premier League in the 2006 – 07 and 2007 – 08 seasons, and completed the European double by beating Chelsea 6 – 5 on penalties in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

On January 11, 2009 the team defeated the defending Super Bowl Champions and the 2008 NFC East champion New York Giants 23 – 11 en route to their 5th NFC Championship Game in 8 years and 5th in the 10 years the Eagles have been coached by Andy Reid.

From Opening Day through July 26, 2009, the Phillies wore 2008 World Champions patches on the right sleeve of their home uniforms.

Van Basten became trainer of Ajax after Euro 2008 but resigned on 6 May 2009 after his team failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

In a statewide sense, the semi-professional Goldfields Giants basketball team competes in the State Basketball League ( SBL ), and were SBL Champions in 2007 and 2008.

The 2008 – 09 season saw Rangers recover from an early exit from the UEFA Champions League to FBK Kaunas of Lithuania.

Home of the 2008 Sr League Boys Baseball Kentucky State Champions.

* August 2008-played his final game with Team Usa Eagles in Mexico City against Boreos Cem Rams 2008 Mexico College National Champions.

The Graves County High School Co-Ed Cheerleading Team won the titles of National Champions in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 and State Champions in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, 2010, and 2012.

Home of the 2008 Senior League Boys Baseball Kentucky State Champions.

The local high school ( Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Fighting Saints ) claimed the 2008 Minnesota High School Football Class A Championship by defeating Royalton, MN and also reigned as 2009 Minnesota Class A Wrestling Champions.

The SCBP squad were back-to-back LBIBPA Island Champions ( 2007 & 2008 ) for the first time in the last 25 + years.

Endwell is the home of the 2007 New York State Little League Champions and the 2008 New York State Class A High School baseball champions.

The Baldwinsville sports teams are nicknamed the " Bees ," and have had some recent success, especially in Girl's Volleyball ( 2010 New York State Champions, 2006, 2009 & 2011 New York State Semi-Finalists, and 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Section 3 Champs ), 2008 Boy's Cross Country ( 6th ranked team in the state ), and Boy's Soccer ( 2007 & 2008 Section 3 Champions ).