Games-Chile go for gold without a specialist keeper in Pan Am Games final
Chile will have to do without a specialist goalkeeper when they play the final of the women's soccer tournament at the Pan Am Games against Mexico on Friday.
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Chile will have to do without a specialist goalkeeper when they play the final of the women's soccer tournament at the Pan Am Games against Mexico on Friday.
SANTIAGO : Bill May became the first male to win a medal in artistic swimming at the Pan American Games on Friday, but the 44-year-old American trailblazer will have to wait a bit longer to see if he can make the same history at the Paris Olympics.
Mexico claimed gold in the women's football final at the Pan Am Games on Friday after beating hosts Chile 1-0.
In what was supposed to be a simple XI layout showing the best players not at the Women's World Cup — standard pre-tournament fare to whet the appetite for upcoming fun — the list of stars that had simply missed out on their place in the respective 23-player squads became much, much longer.
Chelsea 1-2 Lyon (Chelsea win 4-3 on penalties)
Battling, bruised and almost beaten. The goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger was the hero, seven months after announcing the return of her thyroid cancer and ongoing treatment, making two saves in the penalty shootout as Chelsea booked a place in the Champions League semi-finals at the expense of the European champions, Lyon.
Chelsea are through to the semi-finals of the Women’s Champions League following a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over eight-time winners Lyon at Stamford Bridge. The Blues held a narrow advantage from the first leg thanks to Guro Reiten's brilliant curling finish but Vanessa Gilles restored parity in the 77th minute and substitute Sara Dabritz thought she had won it for the French side in extra time.
Chelsea took a significant step to reaching the semi-finals of the Women's Champions League after Guro Reiten fired her side to a 1-0 first-leg win at Lyon.