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Brazil's all-time top scorer Marta (38) called on her team to move on from their stoppage-time loss to Japan that saw them miss a chance to secure a quarter-final spot in the women's Olympic football tournament, and marred her 200th international cap.

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Eight years after Mallory Swanson (26) scored her first Olympic goal, the forward struck twice in 66 seconds in the United States' Group B opener against Zambia in Paris, breaking Carli Lloyd's record for the fastest double in the country's history.

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Argentina managed to hold off a spirited Iraq side in a hard-fought 3-1 victory at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, to keep their hopes of making the knockout stage of the Olympics alive.

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New Barcelona coach Hansi Flick on Thursday hailed the performance of the Spanish club's teenage winger Lamine Yamal (17) at Euro 2024, calling it "unbelievable". Yamal made history in his country's opening game against Croatia by becoming the youngest player ever to appear in a European Championship game at the age of 16 years and 338 days.

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Spain became the first team to secure their place in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Olympic men’s football tournament after dispatching 10-man Dominican Republic 3-1 at the Stade Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux.

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Nicolas Kuhn scored twice and Luis Palma netted the decider in the 68th minute to give Celtic a 4-3 victory over Manchester City in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday. Norway's Erling Haaland, wearing the City captain's armband for the first time, nodded home an equalizer in the 57th minute only for Honduran international Palma to tap in the winning goal on a breakaway at the University of North Carolina's Kenan Memorial Stadium.

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France won consecutive games at the Olympics for the first time since 1976 as they labored to a 1-0 victory against Guinea in Nice, moving them to the brink of securing a place in the knockout stages.

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Spain began the Paris 2024 Olympic men’s football tournament on a high after recovering from a goal down to beat debutants Uzbekistan 2-1 at the Parc des Princes, leaving La Roja with only one defeat across their last six opening matches at the Games.