Canada shake off points deduction to reach Olympic football knockouts

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Canada players celebrate after Vanessa Gilles put them ahead against Colombia.
Photo: Valery HACHE / AFP
Source: AFP

Canada shook off a six-point deduction following a spying scandal to reach the quarter-finals of the women’s Olympic football tournament with a 1-0 win over Colombia in their final group game on Wednesday.

Defender Vanessa Gilles, who scored a dramatic late winner against France in Canada’s previous outing, headed in the only goal of the match in Nice from a Jessie Fleming…

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