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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 - one of the favorites to win the men’s Olympic football tournament - incredibly saw a 106th-minute equalizer against Morocco to make it 2-2 officially ruled out more than two hours after the goal had been scored, as the Albiceleste’s hopes of avoiding a third straight group-stage elimination at the Games suffered a setback. 

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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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Leny Yoro (18) made his first Manchester United appearance following his $67 million move from Lille as Jadon Sancho ended his exile in Saturday's 2-0 friendly victory over Rangers.

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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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Manchester United are still in the process of building their squad and have less depth than many of their Premier League rivals, manager Erik ten Hag (54) said on Friday, as he blamed injuries for last season’s disappointing eighth placed finish.

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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.

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The Friedkin Group has abandoned its plans to buy a majority stake in Everton after being granted a period of exclusivity last month, the Premier League club said on Friday. The Friedkin Group, who are also majority owners of Italian Serie A club AS Roma, were in exclusive talks to buy a stake after a takeover agreement with prospective owner 777 Partners fell through.