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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Simon Burnton

Olympic Games highlights: your day-by-day guide to the best bits in Paris

The Olympic rings adorn the Eiffel Tower in Paris
The Olympic rings adorn the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/AFP/Getty Images

Wednesday 24 July Day -2

  • Men’s football
    France get their tournament under way in Marseille against the USA in what should be the key game in Group A – the two other sides in the group, Guinea and New Zealand, play just along the coast in Nice a few hours earlier. Thierry Henry, who was appointed coach of France Under-21s last August, leads a side packed with young talent (and 33-year-old Alexandre Lacazette), including Crystal Palace’s Hammersmith-born forward Michael Olise.

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