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  • 2004: Marta and new-look Brazil scale Olympus

    2004: Marta and new-look Brazil scale Olympus

    Friday 15 October 2004

    Marta's true high water mark so far came at the Women's Olympic Football Tournament in Athens this summer, where she dragged an impressive Brazil to their first-ever Women's final. 

  • Brazil: a groundbreaking achievement

    Brazil: a groundbreaking achievement

    Friday 27 August 2004

    August 26, 2004, will be long remembered by fans of women's football in Brazil as the day René Simoes' players came within a whisker of beating the USA in the Final of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

  • April Heinrichs: "dreams can come true"

    April Heinrichs: "dreams can come true"

    Friday 27 August 2004

    Although she denied it, an emotional U.S. coach April Heinrichs was in eloquent mood at the post-match press conference after her side's 2-1 gold medal victory over Brazil in Athens.

  • Revenge-seekers miss out in riveting rematches

    Revenge-seekers miss out in riveting rematches

    Thursday 26 August 2004

    THE DAY REPLAYED - Revenge was in the air at the last two matches of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament. Finalists Brazil were seeking to make good an unlucky 2-0 group stage defeat at the hands of the USA, while third-place play-off contenders ...

  • USA strike gold

    USA strike gold

    Thursday 26 August 2004

    The United States seized their second Olympic football gold after a 2-1 Final victory (a.e.t.) against a breathtaking Brazil at the Karaiskaki stadium in Athens. A towering 112-minute Abby Wambach header gave many of the side's veterans, who are now ...

  • Heartbreak for Sweden as Germany claim Bronze (1:0)

    Heartbreak for Sweden as Germany claim Bronze (1:0)

    Thursday 26 August 2004

    In an emotional re-run of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final at the Karaiskaki Stadium in Athens on Thursday, Germany overcame Sweden 1-0 to claim the Bronze medal in the Women's Olympic Football Tournament. Midfielder Renate Lingor struck the ...