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Soccer kicks off Paris Olympics ahead of opening ceremony

The sporting action at the Paris Olympics kicked off with soccer matches on Wednesday, two days before thousands of athletes and artists are set to take part in an ambitious opening ceremony at the heart of the French capital.

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Hamidou Diallo of Mali scores Israel's first goal with an own goal.
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Cheickna Doumbia of Mali celebrates scoring a goal.
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Sergio Gomez of Spain scores his team's second goal.
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Marc Pubill of Spain scores a goal.
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Marc Pubill of Spain scores his team's first goal.
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Shunsuke Mito of Japan scores his team's second goal.
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Shota Fujio of Japan celebrates scoring Japan's fifth goal.
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Alexandre Lacazette of France reacts.
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Kevin Paredes of United States in action with Adrien Truffert of France.
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Loic Bade of France in action with Djordje Mihailovic of United States.
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Soufiane Rahimi of Morocco celebrates scoring a second goal with teammates.
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Santiago Hezze of Argentina in action with Amir Richardson of Morocco.
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Giuliano Simeone of Argentina in action with Zakaria El Ouahdi of Morocco.

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