Babel is Beijing bound

Last updated : 15 July 2008 By Al Campbell
The Liverpool forward is making good progress after returning from injury and is likely to be selected for Holland's Olympic team.

"Ryan is very at ease under the words of Benitez," said the Dutch Olympic coach Foppe de Haan.

"Other Liverpool players are also going to Beijing , so why not him?

"In the past couple of days Ryan has been doing warm-ups at Liverpool with the rest of the group.

"Ryan is very optimistic about his recovery and he wants to go with us to the Olympic Games very much."