{"id":10229,"date":"2012-04-24T16:29:37","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T14:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/update-1-olympics-soccer-britain-to-face-senegal-in-first-game\/"},"modified":"2012-04-24T16:29:37","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T14:29:37","slug":"update-1-olympics-soccer-britain-to-face-senegal-in-first-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-olympics-soccer-britain-to-face-senegal-in-first-game\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Olympics-Soccer-Britain to face Senegal in first game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Mike Collett<\/p>\n

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LONDON, April 24<\/span> (Reuters) – Hosts Britain, taking part in
\ntheir first Olympic soccer event since 1960, will kick off the
\nbid for gold against Senegal at Manchester United’s Old Trafford
\non July 26 after the draw was made at Wembley on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Senegal reached their first Olympics after beating Oman 2-0
\nin a playoff at the City of Coventry Stadium on Monday.<\/p>\n

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“It is such an honour to play against Britain in the opening
\nmatch at Old Trafford,” Augustin Senghor, the president of the
\nSenegalese FA, told Reuters.<\/p>\n

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“I know we were the last to arrive in these finals after the
\nplayoff last night, but I hope that we will not be the first to
\nleave. We will also field our strongest team and see if our
\nplayers at Newcastle like Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse can be
\ninvolved.”<\/p>\n

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Britain will also meet Uruguay and United Arab Emirates in
\nGroup A.<\/p>\n

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Brazil, five-times World Cup winners but never Olympic
\nchampions, face Egypt, Belarus and New Zealand in Group C.<\/p>\n

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Spain, gold medallists in 1992 and the world and European
\nchampions, take on Japan, Honduras and Morocco in Group D while
\nseeded Mexico meet South Korea, Gabon and Switzerland in Group
\nB.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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