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Men’s Olympic Football: Matchday 3

The stage is set for the Olympic knockout round. After today’s results, Great Britain and Senegal from Group A will play in the quarterfinals. From Group B, Mexico and South Korea move on. From Group C, Brazil and Egypt advance. And finally from Group D Japan and Honduras will play in the quarterfinals. [Photo Credit: EFE]

Matchday 3 Results:

• Great Britain 1-0 Uruguay
• Senegal 1-1 United Arab Emirates
• Mexico 1-0 Switzerland
• South Korea 0-0 Gabon
• Brazil 3-0 New Zealand
• Egypt 3-1 Belarus
• Japan 0-0 Honduras
• Spain 0-0 Morocco

Quarterfinal Match-ups:

• Japan vs. Egypt
• Mexico vs. Senegal
• Brazil vs. Honduras
• Great Britain vs. South Korea

New Zealand players perform the Haka after their 3-1 win over Cameroon. [Photo Credit: AFP]

Men’s Olympic Football: Matchday 2

What an upset today, with 10-man Senegal besting Uruguay stars Cavani and Suarez. Brazil also had problems getting around Belarus’ defense, but they persevered and came away with all three points. But most shockingly Spain went down 1-0 to Honduras in the first half and couldn’t come back, meaning they are mathematically eliminated from the tournament. With today’s results all four groups have teams still battling for the right to move on to the knockout stages, so don’t miss the final group games on August 1st in what should feature some amazing matches. [Photo Credit: Getty]

Matchday 2 Results:

• Senegal 2-0 Uruguay
• Great Britain 3-1 United Arab Emirates
• Mexico 2-0 Gabon
• South Korea 2-1 Switzerland
• Egypt 1-1 New Zealand
• Brazil 3-1 Belarus
• Japan 1-0 Morocco
• Spain 0-1 Honduras

Women’s Olympic Football: Matchday 2

After today’s results, Brazil, Great Britain and the United States have all reached the quarterfinals based on their points total, in a day in which there were no games where both teams scored. The top two teams points-wise from each group will advance to the knockout stages, but the two best third-place teams also move on, ensuring that the final group matchday on July 31st should be great to watch. [Photo Credit: Getty]

Matchday 2 Results:

• New Zealand 0-1 Brazil
• Great Britain 3-0 Cameroon
• Japan 0-0 Sweden
• Canada 3-0 South Africa
• United States 3-0 Colombia
• France 5-0 North Korea

Men’s Olympic Football: Matchday 1

We all know that the Euro tournament dominates in Olympic years, but there sure are a lot of fantastic players in this competition. Brazil, the favorites for the gold, looked like they were in complete control in the first half of their match, but Egypt caused them trouble with two goals in the second half. The other matches featured the host nation drawing and a shocking Spain defeat to a deserving Japanese team. Men’s play resumes Sunday, July 29th. [Photo Credit: AFP]

Matchday 1 Results:

• United Arab Emirates 1-2 Uruguay
• Great Britain 1-1 Senegal
• Mexico 0-0 South Korea
• Gabon 1-1 Switzerland
• Belarus 1-0 New Zealand
• Brazil 3-2 Egypt
• Honduras 2-2 Morocco
• Spain 0-1 Japan