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      Fran Kirby OUT of Team GB Olympics clash with Japan but should be back for final group game in Tokyo

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      CHELSEA star Fran Kirby has been ruled out of Team GB’s group clash against Japan today – but SHOULD return for the final match with Canada.Women’s footballer of the year Kirby missed the opening win over Chile with a knock sustained in pre-tournament training at Loughborough.
      Fran Kirby is recovering from a knock sustained by the Tokyo Olympics football tournamentCredit: PA
      Coach Hege Riise is set to make changes on the left side with Demi Stokes replacing Rachel Daly at the back and Nikita Parris coming in for Lauren Hemp.
      Riise said: “Fran is back in training, slowly but we have to be sure we don’t push her.
      “We don’t want to risk her when there are so many games left to play.”
      Scotland’s Kim Little will take the rotating captaincy from Steph Houghton after pulling the midfield strings against Chile.
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      Little, one of just three non-English players in Riise’s 22, said: “It’s just exciting to play with new players and a different team and to see what we’re capable of. 
      “We all bring different qualities and combining them, with our speed or technical ability, will always come together when we’re put in a pressurised environment where we can thrive.
      “As players, whenever you come into a new team you just try to bring your best self as much as possible. 
      “So I wouldn’t say it’s something Caroline Weir and myself spoke about because we’ve both played with a number of the players in different circumstances over the years. It’s just quite natural.”
      Riise believes the empty stands inside the Sapporo Dome will work to GB’s advantage against the hosts, held 1-1 by Canada in their opener.
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      A draw would be enough to guarantee a knock-out place but the Norwegian coach is looking for more.
      She added: “Every time we step on the pitch we aim to win.
      “When you have fans cheering it gives you more energy.

      “Against Canada, they conceded early and struggled to get into the game so maybe their confidence has gone down.
      “We have done a lot of work on and off the pitch on set-pieces because it can be a big thing for us. 
      “But we also have to be more ruthless than we were against Chile.” 
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      Ex-Arsenal star Dani Ceballos shares horror picture of ankle after nasty injury for Spain at Tokyo 2020

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      SPAIN midfielder Dani Ceballos has revealed the extent of a painful ankle injury that has threatened to end his Olympics.Midway through La Roja’s opening Tokyo 2020 clash with Egypt, the former Arsenal loanee suffered a freak injury.
      Dani Ceballos shared a photograph of his heavily bruised ankleCredit: Instagram @danifuli10
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      Opposition forward Taher Mohamed caught Ceballos while on the turn, planting one foot on the ankle of his rival to leave a hefty mark.
      The Spanish star’s ankle became swollen immediately, forming a huge lump that meant he was unable to play on.
      Mohamed escaped a red card after a VAR check, much to the chagrin of Dani Olmo who said there was ‘no doubt’ it deserved more than a booking.
      And Ceballos, 24, posted an update to his Instagram 24 hours after the game, showing little improvement on his injury.
      The phrase ‘no pain no gain’ also featured after he shared an upbeat post about his chances of featuring again in the tournament.
      He wrote: “In pain, yes.
      “But still hoping and excited about doing everything I can to come back and keep helping my colleagues in this Olympic Games.”
      However, Spain are not said to be optimistic about Ceballos’ hopes of appearing again in Tokyo.
      According to Marca, the swelling has taken longer than hoped to go down, meaning an official diagnosis and recovery timeframe cannot be deduced.
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      Ceballos was named captain of the Olympic squad sent to Japan, with Euro 2020 stars Pedri, Olmo and Unai Simon also selected.
      The Real Madrid player is certain to miss Sunday’s second group match against Australia, and is a major doubt the game against Argentina.
      La Roja are out to win a first Olympic men’s football gold medal since the 1992 Games in Barcelona, but drew 0-0 with Egypt to open the tournament.
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      Tokyo 2020 gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals made entirely from mobile phones and recycled electronics

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      TOKYO 2020 medallists will become the first in the history of the Olympics and Paralympics to win medals made out of recycled electrical goods.And the precious prizes have been crafted from more than SIX MILLION reused mobile phone parts.
      Nearly 80,000 tonnes of recycled electrical goods were used to make Tokyo 2020 Olympic medalsCredit: AFP
      The parts of more than six million used mobile phones were also used to make gold, silver and bronze medalsCredit: Getty
      The creation of the environmentally-friendly gold, silver and bronze awards are all part of an effort by organisers to make this year’s competition as eco-conscious as possible. 
      The opening ceremony for the Tokyo Games, which is this year’s biggest sporting event, takes place today. 
      It is the second time the capital city of Japan has hosted the Olympics with the first being back in 1964. 
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      It is reported a whopping 79,000 tonnes of small electrical goods – including 6.21million used phones – were reconstructed into medals ahead of the contest. 
      The items – which took two years to gather – have been turned into 5000 gold, silver and bronze medals. 
      And two-time Olympic decathlete champion Ashton Eaton, 33, is among the sports aces backing recycled goods being awarded to athletes. 
      The American, who is the heptathlon indoor world record holder, said: “I have always been a fan of people who do things differently – of those who try to move the needle in a positive way.
      “The weight of a medal around your neck is always a good weight,” 
      “And when an athlete at Tokyo wins a medal, the weight of it will not be from the gold, silver or bronze; it will be the weight of a nation.”
      Yuki Arata, the Tokyo Games director of sustainability added: “We hope that the approach we are taking for these Olympics, for example utilising timber to make benches for public facilities for local areas will remain in (people’s) minds as a good memory of these Olympics to be passed on to the next generation.”
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      Other recycled inventions include Olympic uniforms produced entirely from reused plastic bottles. 
      The iconic torch used to light the flame to mark the start of the Tokyo Games is among the items made from reused products. 
      The Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch has been crafted from recycled aluminium used for earthquake sheltersCredit: Alamy

      Aluminium waste from homes built as temporary shelters following a major earthquake in Japan in 2011 was used to construct the torch. 
      And competitors staying in the Athletes Village will be sleeping in recyclable cardboard beds.  
      At least 18,000 of these beds have been provided for athletes staying in the Village located at Tokyo Bay.
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      Tokyo 2020: Russian archer Svetlana Gomboeva COLLAPSES in blistering 33C heat and stretchered out of qualifying

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      RUSSIAN archer Svetland Gomboeva lost consciousness during a qualifying Olympic round after collapsing in the brutal Tokyo heat.The 23-year-old was checking her final scores before she fainted in the blistering 33 degrees Celsius sun, with medics and team-mates rushing to her aid.
      Russian archer Svetlana Gomboeva collapsed in the blistering Tokyo heat on FridayCredit: Reuters
      Gomboeva quickly regained consciousness after passing out while checking her final scoresCredit: Getty
      Gomboeva, who qualified 45th of 64 archers in the women’s event on Friday, had to be taken out of the arena on a stretcher.
      Ice bags were given to the female athlete in an attempt to cool her down, with Gomboeva quickly regaining consciousness.
      She is said to now be recovering well, with the 2021 Archery World Cup recurve gold medallist to compete in the individual and team events later in the Games.
      The Tokyo heatwave forced coaches and staff to huddle under trees for shade.
      And Gomboeva’s coach Stanislav Popov declared that the unbearable temperature was too much for her.
      In quotes published by the Russian Olympic Committee, he said: “We hope that she will be okay.
      “It turns out that she couldn’t stand a whole day out in the heat.
      “This is the first time I remember this happening. In Vladivostok, where we were training before this, the weather was similar. But humidity played a role here.”
      🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻Желаем здоровья и скорейшего выздоровления Светлане ГомбоевойВо время олимпийской квалификации в стрельбе из лука нашей спортсменке стало плохо😔#КомандаОКР #ROCTeam #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/ZYpHTGsfKZ— Olympic Russia (@Olympic_Russia) July 23, 2021

      Gomboeva’s team-mate Ksenia Perova added: “It’s probably heatstroke.
      “It’s very hot here and the asphalt is really baking. Of course there are also nerves, but the main reason is still the weather.”
      South Korea’s Kang Chae-young, who came third in the individual ranking rounds, said she had not experienced anything like Tokyo’s heatwave conditions in other recent events.
      Meanwhile Australia’s Alice Ingley has offered some simple advice for her fellow competitors on how to beat the heat.
      She told Reuters: “Cooling vest, slushies, fans, umbrellas, just all that, just try to keep out of the heat as much as possible.
      “And drink water as much as possible.” 
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      Tokyo 2020: Dina Asher-Smith hopes to take ‘moral leadership’ baton from Marcus Rashford and England

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      HAVING watched the heroics of England’s footballers at the Euros, Dina Asher-Smith is now ready to inspire the nation at the Olympics.Team GB have been lifted not just by the Three Lions’ run to the final, but also by the words published on their social media accounts.
      Dina Asher-Smith is ready to star at the Tokyo OlympicsCredit: Getty
      The Brit wants to express her voice, like Gareth Southgate and Marcus RashfordCredit: Reuters
      Star sprinter Asher-Smith is hotly-tipped to become just the TENTH British female champion in track-and-field.
      Yet away from the starting blocks, the sprinter is part of a new generation of athlete activists who want to win medals and change the world at the same time.
      It is similar to what England and Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford did, taking on Prime Minister Boris Johnson and helping feed starving children.
      Asher-Smith, 25, said: “What Marcus and all the other players have been doing is fantastic.
      “It made me so proud to watch them and see how they conducted themselves.
      “They did fantastically throughout the Euros and England surpassed all of our expectations in the nicest way. They performed fantastically.
      “They’re a credit to our nation and are showing a really good sense of moral leadership.
      “As sportspeople we are really proud, and definitely as a Brit, as a black Brit, I was really proud of them during the Euros.
      It would be entirely selfish not to give back when you’ve had so many opportunities in your career.Dina Asher-Smith
      “I thought they represented our nation and our communities incredibly well.
      “Definitely social activism is something I’d love to increase. You do have to give back.
      “It’s an essential part of being not only an athlete but also somebody who had an opportunity.
      “The only reason I am here today is the goodwill and hard work of other people in teams and throughout my community.
      “It would be entirely selfish not to give back when you’ve had so many opportunities in your career.
      “I’m really proud of how the footballers have done that increasingly through the year and proud of how they conducted themselves at the Euros.”
      England might have fallen short in the Wembley final, losing on penalties to Italy, but the 374-strong Team GB squad can certainly continue the feelgood factor in Tokyo after 18 months of Covid hell.
      Asher-Smith said: “I’m so unbelievably excited to be here. I feel like I’ve been capping my excitement for over a year because it’s been postponed and pushed back.

      “It feels like it’s been a long time in the making. I’m really excited to go and put a really good series of runs together.
      “The Olympics are the pinnacle of our sport. It’s what so many of us have dreamed of since we were babies.”
      Lost amid all the cynicism and scepticism — not to mention the growing number of positive Covid tests — is the fact that the Olympics on their day, when gold medals are won, can encourage people to get fit and active.
      Asher-Smith said: “The next fortnight has a great potential to inspire an entire generation of young women.
      “We do have significant drop off rates of young women when they hit their teenage years.
      “I really hope the next fortnight shows that you can make a viable career out of this, being a sportswoman in whatever sport you want to do.
      “It’s fun, it can change your life, you can develop lifelong friendships, you can lose weight, it’s good for self-esteem, your mind and your mental health.
      “This is a great platform and showcase for the sports we all love and I hope I can do you all proud over the next two weeks.”
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      Slowly but surely the jetlag is getting out of Asher-Smith’s system as she adjusts to the eight-hour time difference following eight hours of unbroken sleep.
      The tight hamstring that put her out of the Gateshead Diamond League this month is fine but left her feeling grumpy for a few days.
      The Londoner will run in the 100m, the 200m — in which she is the current world champion — and the 4x100m relay.
      Yes, it will be in front of empty stands and for the first time her proud parents Julie and Winston will not be there to watch.
      For so many reasons it will be an Olympics like no other, but for Asher-Smith it is still a time to shine in front of billions.
      She said: “Honestly, I just like a challenge.
      “I like the events, I love the spectacle. I love the championships and I love the vibe.
      “When people talk about this other stuff — the poster girl — whatever, it’s cool. But I don’t pay attention to the noise, the chatter and the predictions.
      “At Heathrow loads of the British Airways people said to me, ‘Are you nervous?’.
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      “No, what’s there to be nervous about? Obviously this is on a different scale but I line up for a race and I’ve done that since I was eight and I’m very, very good at it.
      “There’s absolutely nothing to be scared of. I love a show, I love a stage.
      “I love putting together a great performance when it matters, when the lights are really on. That’s just part of me.”
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      Football fixtures at Tokyo Olympics: Who will Team GB women play and when do the men’s fixtures take place?

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      IF Euro 2020 wasn’t exciting enough, there is plenty more football to come at the Tokyo Olympics.And Team GB have their women’s side BACK at the Games, where they are looking to go for the gold they missed out on at London 2012.
      Brazil took gold last time out at Rio 2016, after beating Germany in a penalty shoot-out in the finalCredit: Splash News
      Team GB’s women starred at the London 2012 Games but were knocked out in the semi finalsCredit: Getty Images – Getty
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      The likes of France, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Brazil and Germany will be competing in Japan as football makes it’s long awaited return to the Olympics.
      The Team GB women’s football team will be right in the mix as well.
      The tournament itself will start on Wednesday, July 22 – two days before the opening ceremony – until Saturday, August 8.
      Hege Riise’s women’s side are due to play Chile in the first match of the tournament in Group E, on July 21 before also playing Canada and Chile in their other initial group games, which will all be played at the Sapporo Stadium. 
      Team GB women’s Group E fixtures:

      Wednesday, July 21 – Great Britain vs Chile – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      Saturday, July 24 – Japan vs Great Britain – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      Tuesday, July 27 – Canada vs Great Britain – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)

      *Kick off times marked approximate are because games are clustered into sets of two, the Olympic organisers only give kick-off times for the early matches.
      What are the Olympic football groups?
      The men’s competition will consist of sixteen teams split up four by four per group and the women’s competition will consist of 12 teams split up in three groups.
      Men’s groups

      Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France
      Group B: New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Romania
      Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia
      Group D: Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia

      Women’s groups

      Group E: Japan, Great Britain, Chile, Canada
      Group F: Brazil, Netherlands, China, Zambia
      Group G: USA, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand

      The GB Women’s team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of England’s performance at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, when they finished fourth in France.
      Defending champions Germany will not field a women’s side at the Olympics after they lost their World Cup quarter-final to Sweden.
      And unlike the men’s event – which is an under-23 tournament – the Olympics is one of women’s football’s biggest events, with no age restrictions.
      Olympic football fixtures in full
      Games in the same group are being played two at a time in various stadia, so second kick-off times are approximate.
      Wednesday July 21 – Women

      E: Great Britain vs Chile – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      E: Japan vs Canada – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      F: China vs Brazil – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      F: Zambia vs Netherlands – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      G: Sweden vs USA – 9.30am UK (5.30pm Japan)
      G: Australia vs New Zealand – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)

      Thursday July 22 – Men

      C: Egypt vs Spain – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      C: Argentina vs Australia – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      A: Mexico vs France – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      A: Japan vs South Africa – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      B: New Zealand vs South Korea – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      B: Honduras vs Romania – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      D: Ivory Coast vs Saudi Arabia – 9.30am UK (5.30am Japan)
      D: Brazil vs Germany – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)

      Saturday July 24 – Women

      E: Chile vs Canada – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      E: Japan vs Great Britain – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      F: China vs Zambia – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      F: Netherlands vs Brazil – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      G: Sweden vs Australia – 9.30am UK (5.30am Japan)
      G: New Zealand vs USA – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)

      Sunday July 25 – Men

      C: Egypt vs Argentina – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      C: Australia vs Spain – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      B: New Zealand vs Honduras – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      B: Romania vs South Korea- 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      A: France vs South Africa – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      A: Japan vs Mexico – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      D: Brazil vs Ivory Coast – 9.30am UK (5.30am Japan)
      D: Saudi Arabia vs Germany – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)

      Tuesday July 27 – Women

      G: New Zealand vs Sweden – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      E: Chile vs Japan – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      G: USA vs Australia – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      E: Canada vs Great Britain – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      F: Brazil vs Zambia – 12.30pm UK (8.30pm Japan)
      F: Netherlands vs China – 12.30pm UK (8.30pm Japan)

      Wednesday July 28 – Men

      D: Germany vs Ivory Coast – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      C: Australia vs Egypt – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      D: Saudi Arabia vs Brazil – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      C: Australia vs Egypt – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      B: Romania vs New Zealand – 9.30am UK (5.30am Japan)
      A: South Africa vs Mexico – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)
      B: South Korea vs Honduras – 9.30am UK (5.30am Japan)
      A: France vs Japan – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)

      Friday July 30 – Women

      Women’s quarter final 1 – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Women’s quarter final 2 – 10am UK (6pm Japan)
      Women’s quarter final 3 – 11am UK (7pm Japan)
      Women’s quarter final 4 – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Saturday July 31 – Men

      Men’s quarter final 1 – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Men’s quarter final 2 – 10am UK (6pm Japan)
      Men’s quarter final 3 – 11am UK (7pm Japan)
      Men’s quarter final 4 – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Monday August 2 – Women

      Women’s semi final 1 – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Women’s semi final 2 – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Tuesday August 3 – Men

      Men’s semi final 1 – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Men’s semi final 2 – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Thursday August 5 – Women

      Women’s bronze medal match – 9am UK (5pm Japan)

      Friday August 6 – Women and Men

      Women’s gold medal final – 3am UK (11am Japan)
      Men’s bronze medal match – 12 Noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Saturday August 7 – Men

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      Most valuable football teams at Tokyo Olympics revealed with Spain nearly FIVE times Germany’s with mega £500m-plus

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      SPAIN have the most valuable football squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.And their team is worth more than FOUR TIMES as much as Germany’s.
      Spain’s Olympic squad is worth £487m, £172m more than second-place BrazilCredit: Getty

      According to transfermarkt.co.uk, the Spanish side’s total worth stands at £487million.
      That places them way out in front at the top of the pile.
      It is unsurprising, considering nine of the 15 players with the highest market value across the tournament are representing La Roja.
      That includes the top two, teenage Euros midfield sensation Pedri at £72m and winger Mikel Oyarzabal of Real Sociedad, who is worth £63m.
      Dani Olmo, Pau Torres (both £45m), Carlos Soler and Mikel Merino (both £36m) are also all inside the top ten.
      Brazil come in second at £315m with £49.5m-rated Richarlison their main asset, fresh off the back of his Copa America exploits.
      There is then a major gap to Germany at £111m and Argentina at £110m.
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      Respectively, Maximilian Arnold at £17m and Thiago Almada at £18m are their most valuable stars.
      France (£105m) and Ivory Coast (£103m) come in next – with £49.5m of the African nation’s total coming from AC Milan ace Franck Kessie.
      The remaining four slots in the top ten at the Olympics are made up by Mexico (£81m), hosts Japan (£67m), South Korea (£25m) and Mo Salah-less Egypt (£16m).
      Spain are in Group C with Egypt, Australia and Argentina while Germany and Brazil – the two finalists in 2016 – face off in Group D.
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      Franck Kessie is worth £49.5m with the rest of the entire Ivory Coast squad totalling £53.5mCredit: AP
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      Football fixtures at Tokyo Olympics: Who will Team GB women play and what sides are in the men’s draw?

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      IF Euro 2020 wasn’t exciting enough, there is plenty more football to come at the Tokyo Olympics.And Team GB have their women’s team BACK at the Games, where they are looking to go for the gold they missed out on at London 2012.
      Brazil took gold last time out at Rio 2016, after beating Germany in a penalty shoot-out in the finalCredit: Splash News
      Team GB’s women starred at the London 2012 Games but were knocked out in the semi finalsCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      The likes of France, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Brazil and Germany will be competing in Japan as football makes it’s long awaited return to the Olympics.
      The Team GB women’s football team will be right in the mix as well.
      The tournament itself will start on Wednesday, July 22 – two days before the opening ceremony – until Saturday, August 8.
      Hege Riise’s women’s side are due to play Chile in the first match of the tournament in Group E, on July 21 before also playing Canada and Chile in their other initial group games, which will all be played at the Sapporo Stadium. 
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      Team GB women’s Group E fixtures:

      Wednesday, July 21 – Great Britain vs Chile – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      Saturday, July 24 – Japan vs Great Britain – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      Tuesday, July 27 – Canada vs Great Britain – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)

      *Kick off times marked approximate are because games are clustered into sets of two, the Olympic organisers only give kick-off times for the early matches.
      What are the Olympic football groups?
      The men’s competition will consist of sixteen teams split up four by four per group and the women’s competition will consist of 12 teams split up in three groups.
      Men’s groups

      Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France
      Group B: New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Romania
      Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia
      Group D: Brazil, Germany, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia

      Women’s groups

      Group E: Japan, Great Britain, Chile, Canada
      Group F: Brazil, Netherlands, China, Zambia
      Group G: USA, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand

      The GB Women’s team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of England’s performance at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, when they finished fourth in France.
      Defending champions Germany will not field a women’s side at the Olympics after they lost their World Cup quarter-final to Sweden.
      And unlike the men’s event – which is an under-23 tournament – the Olympics is one of women’s football’s biggest events, with no age restrictions.
      Olympic football fixtures in full
      Games in the same group are being played two at a time in various stadia, so second kick-off times are approximate.
      Wednesday July 21 – Women

      E: Great Britain vs Chile – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      E: Japan vs Canada – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      F: China vs Brazil – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      F: Zambia vs Netherlands – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      G: Sweden vs USA – 9.30am UK (5.30pm Japan)
      G: Australia vs New Zealand – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)

      Thursday July 22 – Men

      C: Egypt vs Spain – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      C: Argentina vs Australia – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      A: Mexico vs France – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      A: Japan vs South Africa – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      B: New Zealand vs South Korea – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      B: Honduras vs Romania – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      D: Ivory Coast vs Saudi Arabia – 9.30am UK (5.30am Japan)
      D: Brazil vs Germany – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)

      Saturday July 24 – Women

      E: Chile vs Canada – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      E: Japan vs Great Britain – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      F: China vs Zambia – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      F: Netherlands vs Brazil – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      G: Sweden vs Australia – 9.30am UK (5.30am Japan)
      G: New Zealand vs USA – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)

      Sunday July 25 – Men

      C: Egypt vs Argentina – 8.30am UK (4.30pm Japan)
      C: Australia vs Spain – 11am UK approx (7pm Japan)
      B: New Zealand vs Honduras – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      B: Romania vs South Korea- 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      A: France vs South Africa – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      A: Japan vs Mexico – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      D: Brazil vs Ivory Coast – 9.30am UK (5.30am Japan)
      D: Saudi Arabia vs Germany – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)

      Tuesday July 27 – Women

      G: New Zealand vs Sweden – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      E: Chile vs Japan – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      G: USA vs Australia – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      E: Canada vs Great Britain – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      F: Brazil vs Zambia – 12.30pm UK (8.30pm Japan)
      F: Netherlands vs China – 12.30pm UK (8.30pm Japan)

      Wednesday July 28 – Men

      D: Germany vs Ivory Coast – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      C: Australia vs Egypt – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      D: Saudi Arabia vs Brazil – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      C: Australia vs Egypt – 11.30am UK approx (7.30pm Japan)
      B: Romania vs New Zealand – 9.30am UK (5.30am Japan)
      A: South Africa vs Mexico – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)
      B: South Korea vs Honduras – 9.30am UK (5.30am Japan)
      A: France vs Japan – 12 Noon UK approx (8pm Japan)

      Friday July 30 – Women

      Women’s quarter final 1 – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Women’s quarter final 2 – 10am UK (6pm Japan)
      Women’s quarter final 3 – 11am UK (7pm Japan)
      Women’s quarter final 4 – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Saturday July 31 – Men

      Men’s quarter final 1 – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Men’s quarter final 2 – 10am UK (6pm Japan)
      Men’s quarter final 3 – 11am UK (7pm Japan)
      Men’s quarter final 4 – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Monday August 2 – Women

      Women’s semi final 1 – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Women’s semi final 2 – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Tuesday August 3 – Men

      Men’s semi final 1 – 9am UK (5pm Japan)
      Men’s semi final 2 – 12 noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Thursday August 5 – Women

      Women’s bronze medal match – 9am UK (5pm Japan)

      Friday August 6 – Women and Men

      Women’s gold medal final – 3am UK (11am Japan)
      Men’s bronze medal match – 12 Noon UK (8pm Japan)

      Saturday August 7 – Men

      Men’s gold medal final – 12.30pm UK (8.30pm Japan) More