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Women's Football
Key Facts
Olympic debut
1996
2008 Gold medallist
- United States
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Canada 
Team GB's Smith laments Rio snub
Striker Kelly Smith says it would be a shame if Great Britain's women's football team did not compete at the Rio Olympics.
14 Aug 12
USA overcome Japan to secure gold
9 Aug 12
The USA beat Japan 2-1 to avenge their World Cup final defeat and claim a fourth Olympic gold in women's football.
Late strike seals Canada bronze
9 Aug 12
Canada score an injury-time winner to defeat France 1-0 and claim bronze in the women's Olympic football tournament.
London 2012 digest - Day 11
7 Aug 12
A round-up of the latest news, views and gossip from the 2012 Olympic Games in London
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Final Results
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Team USA
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Japan
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Canada
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Head to Head
Eniola Aluko vs Anita Asante
Eniola Aluko
London 2012 medals
0
London 2012 appearances
4
Height
1.57m (5'2")
Weight
56kg
Age
26
Anita Asante
London 2012 medals
0
London 2012 appearances
4
Height
1.66m (5'5")
Weight
64kg
Age
28
Picture Galleries
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London 2012 Olympics: Day 10 Photo Gallery The best pictures from Day 10 of the London 2012 Olympics.
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London 2012 Olympics: Day Four Photo Gallery The best pictures from Day Four of the London 2012 Olympics.
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London 2012 Olympics: Day One Photo Gallery The best pictures from the first day of the London 2012 Olympics.
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London 2012: TeamGB footballers talk to School Report School Reporters from Macmillan Academy quizzed some of TeamGB's top women's footballers and coach Hope Powell as they prepare to kick off the Olympic Games in a few days' time.
Comment & Analysis
More blogsBBC football commentator Jacqui Oatley picks her women's football team of the tournament from among the star performers…
Team GB's Jill Scott says the excitement generated at the 2012 Olympics can feed into the women's domestic game
If the emotional state of the players reflects a tournament's quality then women's Olympic football is right up there
Despite a depressingly familiar pair of quarter-final exits, the London 2012 football tournament provided some…
Olympics football: Team GB women attract new supporters
Why London 2012 has been the perfect showcase for Hope Powell and her Great Britain team
Team GB midfielder Jill Scott says explaining her goal celebration to David Beckham has been part of a unique Olympic…
Chief sports writer Tom Fordyce watches London 2012 get under way - in Wales, two days before the opening ceremony
Team GB midfielder Jill Scott on opening the Olympics and the bond between the men's and women's football teams
A stuttering start from Team GB, but Brazil could serve up an Olympic football treat, writes BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher
Olympics may not sell out
My next sentence is one which, for much of the past year, I never considered possible I would write. There is a real…