Paris Olympics latest: France wave of success continues in football, handball and rugby sevens
Paris Olympics day two scores and latest updates. Women's sports take centre stage on day 2 of the Olympics as France racks up one victory after another.
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00:00On day two of the Paris Olympics, women's sports took center stage with the first football
00:10and handball games.
00:13Tokyo 2020 gold medalists Canada defeated New Zealand in a 2-1 comeback following a
00:21spying scandal that saw two members of the Canadian staff sent home.
00:28In Lyon, France equalled Wednesday's men's victory by beating Colombia 3-2, as reigning
00:36world champions Spain saw Japan off 2-1.
00:41The hosts won the opening handball game too, with a narrow three-goal margin on Hungary,
00:49raising hopes for a second consecutive Olympic gold.
00:55In men's rugby sevens, France beat Argentina in the quarter-finals 26-14.
01:02The French will be joined in the next stage by South Africa, Fiji and Australia.