The Olympics
France should be proud of their extraordinary Olympic run despite failing to win their first gold medal in 40 years at the men's soccer tournament, coach Thierry Henry said after their 5-3 extra time defeat by Spain in the final on Friday.
Spain secured the gold medal in the Olympic men's football tournament after substitute Sergio Camello scored twice in extra time to earn a dramatic 5-3 win over hosts France in a nail-biting final at Parc des Princes on Friday.
Whether France claim their first Olympic soccer title since 1984 or not, their run to the final against Spain will still be considered a success, coach Thierry Henry said on Thursday.
Despite seeing their gold medal dreams dashed, Egypt and Morocco will be looking to cap their remarkable Olympic men's football campaigns with their first ever podium finish when they meet in the bronze medal clash in Nantes on Thursday.
France coach Thierry Henry called the behaviour of some of his players unacceptable after their 1-0 Olympic quarter-final victory over Argentina in Bordeaux ended in a brawl and a red card for midfielder Enzo Millot.
The Pharaohs are back to the semi-finals for the first time since 1964 when they finished fourth in the Rome Olympic Games.
Hosts France reached the Olympic men's football semi-finals for the first time in 40 years with a 1-0 win over Argentina thanks to Jean-Philippe Mateta's first-half goal in a grudge match in Bordeaux on Friday.
FIFA, the world's soccer governing body, has rejected Argentina's complaints over a last-minute equalizer being ruled out in the Summer Olympics' opening match against Morocco, the head of Argentina's soccer association (AFA) said on Saturday.
France struggled to find their feet in Bordeaux after their opening 3-0 Group A triumph over the United States but found a way past a solid Guinea team, who had two efforts disallowed in the first half, with Sildillia's brilliant 75th minute header.
Canadian players have not been involved in any unethical behaviour, Canada Soccer chief Kevin Blue said on Friday in the wake of a drone spying scandal that led to the sacking of women's national team coach Bev Priestman at the Paris Olympics.
The defeat could have been a whole lot worse had the 2016 champions converted their chances and the manner in which Australia crumbled does not bode well for a team that reached the semis at the Tokyo Games and at their home World Cup last year.
The Canadian women's squad will be led by assistant coach Andy Spence for the remainder of the Paris games, the COC said.
Argentina coach Javier Mascherano said he had never witnessed such a circus after a pitch invasion triggered a dramatic and long-delayed climax to the country's 2-1 loss to Morocco in their Olympic opener in St-Etienne on Wednesday.
Argentina's Cristian Medina scored deep in injury time to salvage what looked like a 2-2 draw, but the decision ruling out the goal for offside was delivered about two hours after play was suspended.
Egyption Karate-player Feryal Ashraf said that she can’t describe how much she was thrilled after knowing that President Abdel Fattah al Sisi directed naming a new bridge in the Fifth Settlement district after her name.
