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16 April 2024

Football (Women): Marta stars for five-star Brazil

Brazil's Marta controls the ball past China's Pang Fengyue during a Group E match of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament between Brazil and China at the Rio Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016.(AP)

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By AFP

Brazil striker Marta laughed off comparisons with Neymar on Saturday after she scored twice in Brazil's 5-1 victory over Sweden at the Rio Olympics.

Collated women's football results from the Rio 2016 Olympics on Saturday:

Group E
South Africa 0 China 2 (Gu 45+1, Tan 87)
Brazil 5 (Beatriz 21, 86, Cristiane 24, Marta 44-pen, 80) Sweden 1 (Schelin 89)

Group F
Canada 3 (Beckie 7, 35, Sinclair 19-pen) Zimbabwe 1 (Chirandu 86)
Germany 2 (Dabritz 45+1, Bartusiak 88) Australia 2 (Kerr 6, Foord 45)

Group G
United States 1 (Lloyd 63) France 0
Colombia 0 New Zealand 1 (Hearn 31)

Results from the group stages of the women's tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games on Wednesday:

Group E
Brazil 3 (Monica 36, Alves 59, Cristiane 90) China 0
Sweden 1 (Fischer 76) South Africa 0

Group F
Canada 2 (Beckie 1, Sinclair 80) Australia 0
Zimbabwe 1 (Basopo 50) Germany 6 (Dabritz 22, Popp 36, Behringer 53, 78, Leupolz 83, Chibanda 90-og)

Group G
United States 2 (Lloyd 9, Morgan 46) New Zealand 0
Colombia 0 France 4 (Arias 2-og, Le Sommer 14, Abily 42, Majri 82)