During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the " Special International " Ivor Novello award from ' The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ', twice " The Music Export Prize " from the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade ( 2008 ), as well as the " Lifetime Achievement " award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association ( SMFF ).

The loss marked a major turning point in Northern Territory politics, a result which was exacerbated when, at the 2005 NT election, the ALP won a second landslide victory, reducing the once-dominant party to a total of just four members in the Legislative Assembly. The 2008 saw the CLP reverse its earlier election losses, increasing its representation from four to 11 members.

In January 2008, he appeared on the second episode of Thank God You're Here and won.

Despite the drop on popularity of the romantic dramas, some of them have enjoyed big box office and critical success, as the controversial, groundbreaking Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ) for example, that won several awards and Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ), a critically acclaimed romantic-drama that has been nominated for ten Academy Awards, and went on to win eight of them, including Best Picture.

The figure skating team won the national championship five straight times from 2004 through 2008.

Former heavyweight rower Dominic Seiterle is a member of the Canadian national rowing team and won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's 8 + event.

In the national elections held in early months of 2008 the DPP won less than 25 % of the seats ( 38. 2 % vote share ) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin ( 41. 55 % vs. 58. 45 %).

The Monarchs have won the Premier League 3 times 2003, 2008 and 2010.

Capello took charge of his first game on 6 February 2008 against Switzerland, in which England won 2 – 1.

In 2008, Marion Cotillard won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of legendary French singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, the first French-language performance to be so honored.

At the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, Entre les murs ( The Class ) won the Palme d ' Or, the first French victory at the festival in 21 years.

In 2008 Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo, a biographical film based on the life of Giulio Andreotti, won the Jury prize and Gomorra, a crime drama film, directed by Matteo Garrone won the Gran Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

This was won by Inis Mór in a 2 – 0 match allowing them to use the title of Craggy Island until February 2008, while Inis Oírr was given the title of Rugged Island.

The 2008 election was won by the National Democratic Congress under Tillman Thomas with 11 of the 15 seats.

At the July 2008 election the NDC won a comfortable 7 seat majority over the government of former Prime Minister Keith Mitchell.

The 2008 and 2012 elections were both won by Boris Johnson, the Conservative Party candidate.

They have entered two plays into the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, D. C .. Their 2007 show, For Boston, won " Best Comedy ", and their second show, The Sticking Place, won " Best Overall " in 2008.

Despite recording the most successful home and away season in the game's history, the club went one win short of back-to-back premierships in losing the 2008 AFL Grand Final, but won the 2009 Grand Final against St Kilda.

At the 2008 Olympics, Vijender Singh Beniwal won a middleweight ( 75 kg ) bronze medal and Vikas Krishan Yadav boxer from Bhiwani district won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category.

On November 4, 2007 the Patriots defeated the Colts 24 – 20 ; in the next matchup on November 2, 2008, the Colts won 18 – 15 in a game that was one of the reasons the Patriots failed to make the playoffs ; in the 2009 meeting, the Colts staged a spirited comeback to beat the Patriots 35 – 34 ; in the most recent 2010 game, the Colts almost staged another comeback, pulling within 31 – 28 after trailing 31 – 14 in the fourth quarter, but fell short due to a Patriots interception of a Manning pass late in the game.

In 2008, Torbay Council finally permitted the film to be shown after it won an online vote for the English Riviera International Comedy Film Festival.

The 2008 – 09 Manchester display, titled " Lindow Man: A Bog Body Mystery Exhibition at the Manchester Museum ", won the category " Best Archaeological Innovation " in the 2010 British Archaeological Awards, run by the Council for British Archaeology.

* 2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.

Bacardí 8, for example, received two gold medals and a silver from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition between 2008 and 2010.

In the 2008 year, the gold in the uniforms noticeably shifted from a bright yellow metallic appearance to more beige.

Through 2008, Krugerrand coins containing 46 million ounces of gold have been sold.

After various colour combinations in the 1990s, including gold and navy, bright yellow, black and grey, and ecru, the club alternated between yellow and white away kits until the 2008 – 09 season, when it re-introduced the grey kit.

There are now dozens of breweries in Britain making porter, with Fuller's ' London Porter ' winning gold and silver medals at the 1999, 2000 and 2002 International Beer & Cider Competitions, and CAMRA's Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain silver medal in 2007, with Wickwar Brewery's ' Station Porter ' winning gold in 2008.

Nurmi's record for most Olympic gold medals was matched by gymnast Larisa Latynina in 1964, swimmer Mark Spitz in 1972 and fellow track and field athlete Carl Lewis in 1996, and broken by swimmer Michael Phelps in 2008.

In 2008, Berdimuhamedow restored the traditional names of the months and days of the week ( Niyazov had renamed them after himself and his mother, among other things ), and announced plans to move the infamous gold rotating statue of Niyazov from Ashgabat's central square.

* Kyle Hamilton, gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's eights in rowing

Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won in a single Olympics, his eight at the 2008 Beijing Games surpassed American swimmer Mark Spitz's seven-gold performance at Munich in 1972.

Euro gold and silver commemorative coins ( Austria )# 2008 Europe Taler | 2008 Europe Taler.

In August 2008, the Hornets unveiled a modified logo and new uniforms with the colors of Creole blue, purple, and Mardi Gras gold, and after six seasons, the pinstripes were reinstated on the uniforms.

The gold checkerboard uniforms were used as throwbacks in the 2004 – 05 season to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the ' Miracle of Richfield ' team, while the gold ' Feathered C ' uniforms were used again in the 2008 – 09 season, as a buildup to the then-upcoming 40th season of the Cavaliers.

On 7 December 2008, TNT unveiled a newly stylized update of its logo, mainly in shiny silver ( onscreen during programming and on the TNT website ) but sometimes in gold.

On the centenary of his birth, 27 August 2008, the Royal Australian Mint issued a $ 5 commemorative gold coin with Bradman's image, and on 19 November 2009, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

* Kenenisa Bekele, set the current 5000 m world record of 12: 37. 35 at Hengelo, Netherlands and set the current 10, 000 m world record of 26: 17: 53 at Brussels, Belgium, and is the gold medalist in the 10, 000 m at the 2004 Olympics, 2005 World Championships, 2007 World Championships, 2008 Olympics, and 2009 World Championships.

He is also the gold medalist in the 5000 m at the 2008 Olympics and 2009 World Championships.

Harlesden has a rich culture of boxing, with two Olympic Gold medallists hailing from Harlesden: Audley Harrison who won gold in the Super-Heavyweight division at Sydney in 2000, and James Degale who won gold in the Middleweight division at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

The Danish flag at the medal ceremony for the Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit | men's team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

* Matt Orford – Former NRL halfback, 2008 Dally M medal winner, 2008 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles premiership captain

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A clause to the archival procedures was revised in mid 2008, where if a veteran themselves or ( if deceased ) an immediate member of the family requested the Purple Heart on an Army or Air Force record, the medal would still be granted by the National Archives.

Until 2008 this medal had been awarded every 50 years by the Linnean Society of London.

On 12 August 2008, Benjamin Boukpeti ( born to a Togolese father and a French mother ) won a bronze medal in the Men's K1 Kayak Slalom, the first medal ever won by a member of the Togolese team at the Olympics.

In 2003, the International Olympic Committee made BMX a full medal Olympic sport for 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, and Māris Štrombergs ( male, for Latvia ) and Anne-Caroline Chausson ( female, for France ) became the first Olympic champions.

Since 2008, the medal has been awarded to the player showing the most determination, courage and skill in matched between the Kangaroos and the Bombers.

2009-2012 ); Sauermann also received a silver medal ( 2007 ) and Reiher a bronze medal ( 1999 ), von Burg received a silver medal ( 2008 ) and a bronze medal ( 2007 ).

In February 2009 Coin World reported that some 2007 Abigail Adams medals were struck using the reverse from the 2008 Louisa Adams medal, apparently by mistake.

Also, Michael Robertson who lived in Beebe as a toddler, qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China in the shot put, but did not medal.

* Rebecca Soni ( born 1987 ), U. S. Olympic swimmer and gold medal winner of the 200m breaststroke at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

* Jennifer Stuczynski, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games pole vaulting silver medal winner, 2012 London Olympic games Gold medal winner