Did Thierry Henry show USMNT credentials in France's opening win? (1:30)
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Argentina report robbery at Olympic training base

Argentina men's soccer coach Javier Mascherano said the team's Olympic training base was robbed before its chaotic tournament-opening loss to Morocco on Wednesday.

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USWNT's Shaw (leg) ruled out of Olympic opener

Jaedyn Shaw was a late injury scratch from the U.S. women's national team roster on Thursday, with U.S. Soccer saying that the forward had sustained a leg injury and would be replaced for the match against Zambia by alternate Croix Bethune.

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Mascherano baffled by 'circus' in Argentina loss

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.

Julien Laurens credits United States despite 3-0 defeat to France (1:02)
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Why the Argentina-Morocco match took so long to finish (1:34)
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Borden: USA's loss to France is epitome of a 'moral victory' (0:48)
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Johnson: 'Incredible' it took 2 hours to make a VAR decision (1:41)
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Are these Africa's 25 best athletes of the 21st century?

Look, we're not going to lie to you. Condensing an entire continent's premier athletes, from across sporting codes and dozens of countries, to a ranking list of 25 is impossible. But we did it anyway...

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Messi to miss Olympics: Can't play 'everything'

Lionel Messi has ruled out playing in this summer's Olympic Games with Argentina, saying it would be "too much" to play in Paris after representing his country at the Copa América.