Tokyo 2020: Canada and Sweden football teams to compete in women's final

The Canada and Sweden women’s football teams will be the pair to compete in the final at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

In the semi-final held today, the Canadians defeated the U.S. team 1-0.

The Sweden team defeated the Australians 1-0.

The final will take place on August 6. The US and Australia will compete for third place on August 5.

The Mexico-Brazil and Japan-Spain pairs will be competing in the men’s semi-final.

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— Kosovare Asllani (@KosovareAsllani) August 2, 2021

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