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Olympic women's football bronze medallists Germany will play their first home match since the Paris Games on October 28 against Australia. The German Football Federation (DFB) said on Wednesday that the match will take place in the western German city of Duisburg. Germany beat Australia 3-0 in the group stage of the Olympic tournament last month. It will be the first home game for new coach Christian Wück who starts three days earlier with a match against England at Wembley, where the two sides met in the Euro 2022 final which England won.
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Italy overpowered the United States to win in three sets and claim gold in the women's volleyball on Sunday at the Paris Games. The Italians never looked in danger and cruised to a 25-18, 25-20, 25-17 triumph to claim their first-ever women's volleyball medal at the Olympics. Bronze went to twice Olympic champions Brazil, who on Saturday defeated Turkey 3-1. In the men's event, hosts France defeated Poland to take gold, while the US won bronze.
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Dutch multi-event runner Sifan Hassan made history by winning a high quality Paris Olympic women's marathon on Sunday, just edging out world record holder Tigst Assefa in a tight finish. Hassan, who managed bronze in the Paris 5,000 metres and 10,000m having won gold in both in Tokyo, becomes the first woman to medal in all three events at one Olympics. "I have no words. Every moment in the race I was regretting that I ran the 5000m and 10,000m. I was telling myself if I hadn’t done that, I would feel great today," she joked. "From the beginning to the end, it was so hard. Every step of the wa...
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Dutch runner Sifan Hassan triumphed in a high quality Paris Olympic women's marathon on Sunday, just edging out Tigst Assefa in a tight finish. The 2023 London and Chicago marathon winner Hassan, who managed bronze in the Paris 5,000 metres and 10,000m having won gold in Tokyo, follows Czech Emil Zátopek who famously took medals in the three events at the 1952 Olympics - in that case all gold. Hassan and Tigst even bumped into each other on the sprint finish, with Hassan's track experience helping her pull away from the Ethiopian, who had smashed the mixed marathon women's world record in Berl...
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The United States defeated Brazil for a third time at the Olympics to claim a record-extending fifth women's football gold medal with a 1-0 win at the Paris Games on Saturday. Forward Mallory Swanson scored the winner in the 57th minute as she made a perfectly timed run into the box from the left side to beat Brazilian keeper Lorena. "I had a couple of opportunities earlier. I tried to put those behind me. It was a great feeling to score," Swanson said. Swanson had a shot brilliantly denied by Lorena in the 26th. Brazil, meanwhile, had a goal ruled out in the 16th because goalscorer Ludmila wa...
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Germany took bronze in the Olympic women's football tournament after Giulia Gwinn's second-half penalty sealed a 1-0 win over world champions Spain on Friday amid late drama. Spain's Alexia Putellas missed a penalty deep into injury time, prompting an excited celebration from interim coach Horst Hrubesch, 72, in his final game in charge. "I have to make my wife happy now and go on holiday with her for a few days," Hrubesch told reporters. Gwinn, who admitted to a "brief moment of shock" when the late Spain spot-kick was given, said. "We gave it all we had. Then everyone sank to the ground, tea...
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Germany took bronze in the Olympic women's football tournament after Giulia Gwinn's second-half penalty sealed a 1-0 win over world champions Spain on Friday amid late drama. It was a parting gift to interim coach Horst Hrubesch in his final game in charge. The Spanish, shocked 4-2 by Brazil in their semi-final in Marseille, had star trio Alexia Putellas, Jenni Hermoso and Aitana Bonmati all in the starting line-up. They had the better of the first half. Teresa Abelleira hit the bar for Spain after trying to catch out goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger with a free kick, and Oihane Hernandez also hit...
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The German women's football team seeks Olympic bronze on Friday for personal pride - and as a farewell gift for their popular interim coach Horst Hrubesch. "We dedicate the game to him. We badly want the medal," forward Klara Bühl said ahead of the game against world champions Spain. Forwards Alexandra Popp and Lea Schüller return after missing the 1-0 semi-final defeat against record winners United States, annd key defender Marina Hegering has also said that she can play. Hrubesch, 72, took charge as caretaker for a second time in autumn and led them to the Olympics via third place in the Nat...
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The German women's football team seeks Olympic bronze on Friday for personal pride - and as a farewell gift for their popular interim coach Horst Hrubesch. "We dedicate the game to him. We badly want the medal," forward Klara Bühl said ahead of the game against world champions Spain. Hrubesch, 72, took charge as caretaker for a second time in autumn and led them to the Olympics via third place in the Nation's League, ad to Euro 2025. It is his second Olympics for the Euro 1980 winner and Champions Cup winner with SV Hamburg, having earned silver at Rio 2016 with the men's team. Hrubesch is not...
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Germany's women's footballers reacted to their 1-0 semi-final defeat against the United States at the Olympics with tears, but also defiance, vowing not to go home empty-handed. Sophia Smith grabbed the winner for the US against Germany in the 95th minute in Lyon when she lobbed over goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger from some 14 metres. After missing out on the final in Paris, Germany will now face the world champions from Spain in Lyon for the third-place match. "We are all ready and willing and don't want to go home empty-handed," said Giulia Gwinn, who wore the captain's armband for the missing...
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