Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Soccer: Five teams secure quarter-final places (Reuters)

2016 Rio Olympics - Soccer - Preliminary - Women's First Round - Group F Germany v Canada - Mane Garrincha Stadium - Brasilia, Brazil - 09/08/2016. Melissa Tancredi (CAN) (L) of Canada celebrates with teammate Christine Sinclair after Canada defeated Germany. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Australia, Canada and France all won on Tuesday and qualified for the quarter-finals of the women's soccer tournament, where they will be joined by the United States and Germany as the teams in pursuit of gold move on to the knock-out stage. France beat New Zealand 3-0 to finish second behind them in Group G. Canada topped Group F after defeating Germany 2-1 earlier in the day.


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