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China opens Olympic soccer with win, but is the tournament irrelevant?

Olympic soccer (football) preliminary play started yesterday, with the Chinese women's team beating Sweden 2-1 on goals from Xu Yuan and Han Duan. The men's team plays New Zealand tonight in Shenyang, and Shanghai Stadium will host games next week,... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Thu, Aug 07 2008

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